May Newsletter

May Newsletter

      
From "The Shining" to Today: The Gimbal Game with Midwest Movi

From "The Shining" to Today: The Gimbal Game with Midwest Movi

Austin Taylor of Midwest Movi is helping lead the game of stabilized camera movement in Chicago. This week he generously wrote up a history of where his craft started and where he thinks it's heading. When...
Cinema Femme April Showcase: Short Films

Cinema Femme April Showcase: Short Films

Cinema Femme April Showcase:Short Films "Cinema Femme is the voice of the female film experience, a platform for stories about womxn in film and their allies that aims to inspire change in the industry. [Their]...
Chicago Film Circle: Reeder & Smith

Chicago Film Circle: Reeder & Smith

We recently sponsored a small film project (Self Portrait) for Connor Allen Smith's boutique production company, Prairie Creek Productions. We thought it'd be fun to commemorate its completion by sharing it with Chicago auteur, Jennifer Reeder. The following is...
April 2021 Newsletter

April 2021 Newsletter

Erica Duffy, Sole Owner, Announcement and Q&A

Erica Duffy, Sole Owner, Announcement and Q&A

We're ecstatic to announce our fearless leader, Erica Duffy, is now the sole owner of Camera Ambassador (CA)! This makes CA one of the very few woman-owned & operated rental houses in the country and...
Five Women Directors You Should Know

Five Women Directors You Should Know

Five Women Directors You Should Know (Plus, local talent you should work with) Forward:While Hollywood & pop criticism lack representation & amplification of women directors, female creators have been utilizing the form brilliantly since almost the medium's beginning....
Women GNE You Should Know

Women GNE You Should Know

Women GNE You Should Know (Plus, local talent you should work with) Forward:Women are quite frequently the minority when it comes to film crews. And when looking at the number of women seen in the Grip and...
Five Women Critics You Should Know

Five Women Critics You Should Know

Five Women Critics You Should Know This week we've partnered with Cinema Femme to promote their event with CherryPicks! "Female Film Critics Are More Important Than Ever" is a diverse group discussing being a female film critic in...
Five Women Writers You Should Know

Five Women Writers You Should Know

Five Women Writers You Should Know (Plus, local talent you should work with) Forward:While Hollywood & pop criticism lack representation & amplification of women screenwriters, women creators have been utilizing the form brilliantly since almost the medium's beginning....
Camera Ambassador: March 2021 Newsletter

March 2021 Newsletter

Five Black Writers You Should Know

Five Black Writers You Should Know

Five Black Writers You Should Know (Plus, local talent you should work with) Forward:While Hollywood & pop criticism lack representation & amplification of Black screenwriters, Black creators have been utilizing the form brilliantly since almost the...