Free · Interactive · Works on your phone
The Film Lab tools
Play with the camera before you pick one up. Each simulator teaches one core skill of filmmaking, ends with a challenge, and follows the real rules of light, lenses and sound.
Previs Studio
Shoot it before you shoot it. Pick a location, place your actors, light it, frame every shot and print the storyboard.
Open → Studio · NewEdit Bay
One scene, nine cameras. Cut it yourself, get notes from the editor, and compare with the instructor's cut.
Open →Learn one skill at a time
Simulators
Exposure Simulator
Aperture, ISO and ND with the shutter locked at 180°. Solve the bright-sun problem.
Open → LensesLens Explorer
14mm to 200mm: angle of view, compression, and what each lens does to a face.
Open → LensesFocus Lab
Depth of field, sensor size, hyperfocal distance and a rack-focus drill.
Open → LightingLighting Lab
Key, fill, back and background lights. Rembrandt, loop, split, butterfly and noir.
Open → LightingWhite Balance Lab
Daylight vs tungsten, mixed light, and when to gel a lamp or a window.
Open → DirectingThe Line
The 180-degree rule and screen direction. Place your cameras and cut the scene.
Open → CameraFrame Rate Lab
Slow motion, timelapse and why 24 fps feels like cinema.
Open → SoundSound Lab
Levels, boom placement, room noise and room tone. Keep dialogue around −12 without clipping.
Open →Plan the shoot
On-set calculators
The numbers crews check before they roll: lenses, framing, flicker, light, storage and batteries.
Shot Size Finder
Which lens, and where to put the camera, for a close-up or a full shot. Even in a small room.
Open → CameraFrame Guide Maker
Frame for 2.39, 1.85 or vertical, and download a guide overlay for your monitor or app.
Open → CameraFlicker Fix
Lamps and fluorescents in shot? Find the shutter angle that stops the flicker.
Open → CameraStop Calculator
Compare two exposures in stops and match a second camera.
Open → LightingLight & Distance
The inverse-square law: how distance controls how fast your background goes dark.
Open → CameraJudder Check
How fast you can pan before 24 fps starts to stutter.
Open → ProductionStorage Planner
How many cards and drives your shoot needs, with backups.
Open → ProductionBattery Planner
How many batteries get you through the day, plus what's allowed on a plane.
Open →Ready to test yourself?
Five free filmmaking quizzes, plus the one-page Filmmaking Cheat Sheet.