Twelve days of shooting. One house for a set. A filmmaker starting to make a big splash in the cinematic community. One of the most popular Shakespearean comedies. “Much Ado About Nothing” has all the makings of a good comedy: high wit, slapstick, jokes of all kinds and of course, the traditional wedding finale. Read more...

The process of Jonathan Coria’s filmmaking began with online YouTube tutorials and an assembly of gadgets from the local hardware store. He needed camera equipment for his new film but didn’t have the hundreds or thousands of dollars needed to buy one. So, Coria decided to make one himself. Read more...

Photo: Jonathan Coria, a second-year English student and devoted filmmaker. Coria saved thousands of dollars by using inexpensive materials like plywood to make his own filmmaking equipment.

It’s a simple concept, really: The punishment should fit the crime. “Spy on us, we’ll spy on you; poison us, we’ll poison you.” Read more...

Welcome to the summer movie season! Today, we’re showing the usual: an action film based on your favorite franchise, a comedy film starring your favorite actors, a horror film for the adults, an animated film for the kids and a Tyler Perry movie. Read more...

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Dressed in jeans and a white polo and sporting a pair of aviators, Tamlin Hall looks like he’s been in Los Angeles his whole life. It’s not until he starts to talk that his Southern drawl reveals his Georgia roots. Read more...

Photo: TIM BRADBURY/daily bruin senior staff Tamlin Hall, a second-year screenwriting graduate student in the School of Theater, Film and Television, was awarded the David & Lynn Angell Fellowship in Comedy Writing from the HUMANITAS Prize for his original pilot “Young.”

Before working with his father on a film set, Mark Columbus did not realize that what started as a normal documentary would evoke difficult memories of their relationship, transforming it into an unconventional representation of their conflict-filled past. Read more...

Photo: Mark Columbus, a graduate student in directing, is a finalist in the Student Academy Awards.

As a kid, Nancy Richardson would use a bag of ice to cool off her television before her strict, anti-TV mother could check and feel the warm screen. Only once, when Richardson was home sick, the pair watched “Citizen Kane,” and Richardson knew she wanted to work in film. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna and professor Nancy Richardson has worked on 29 films including “Twilight” and “The Vow.”