Since re-launching in January of this year, No Film School has received over 500,000 pageviews from 200,000 visits. With an average time on the site of 5 minutes, that accounts for one million minutes collectively spent on this site in 2010! Compared to the largest web sites out there, this is nothing in terms of traffic. But for a one-man operation -- there is no marketing department, no ad sales team, no dedicated designers or developers -- it's been eye-opening and very pleasantly surprising. However, sometimes it feels like I've spent one million minutes working on the site myself. My eventual goal is to bring in other writers in order to A) take the content here to the next level, and B) keep the site going when I'm off shooting and can't post something every day. But that's still a ways off, so in the meantime, I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know about a page I've added. The Support No Film School! page includes B&H and Amazon search boxes -- if you use them to buy anything, No Film School gets a small percentage of each sale (the percentage comes out of the store's margin; it won't cost you a penny more). There are a couple of kinks to work out -- why is the B&H search box messed up? -- but by all means, please think of this page anytime you're planning on buying anything from B&H Photo or Amazon.com -- it's a great way of supporting No Film School at no additional cost to you. Thanks as always for reading!
What the New Pencil Pro Can Unlock for Filmmakers
Get ready to storyboard and shotlist with the pros.
At an Apple Event this morning, we got new looks at both an iPad update and an Apple Pencil update. Each have uses for filmmakers that I think will make our lives so much easier.
So, let's take a look at the uses and technical specs of the Pencil Pro and how it interacts with the iPad.
Check out the Apple event below on YouTube. And check out our Apple Event coverage.
Apple Event - May 7www.youtube.com
Apple Pencil Pro
The New Apple Pencil Pro
Apple
Apple has largely been happy with the stylus they have for the Apple iPad, and have not updated it since 2018. But in their event this morning, they unveiled a new Apple Pencil Pro, retailing for just $129.
New features include a squeeze sensor with haptic feedback, virtual shaped tools enabled by a barrel roll function, and Find My support for locating a misplaced device.
Third-party apps like Procreate are already integrating these innovative capabilities.
Why Filmmakers Love It
You can now draw your storyboards with accuracy, note screenplays, and take it onto set without losing it.
Let me know in the comments.