A friend recently asked for advice about recording her own voice overs (VO’s) at home, and although I get asked frequently about home studio equipment and setups I hadn’t yet written on the subject. Although she was asking about corporate…
“Sound is 50 percent of the moviegoing experience.” –George Lucas “The truth is, for me, it’s obvious that 70, 80 percent of a movie is sound.” –Danny Boyle “Sound is fifty percent of a film, at least. In some scenes…
I’m not sure if it’s the collaborative nature of filmmaking or my tendency to hang out in coffee shops, but as a filmmaker I often find myself surrounded by other artists. I’ve enjoyed collaborating with musicians, actors, painters, and makeup…
I’ve reorganized the site a little bit today, and added some more filmmaking freebies to accompany the templates and other film resources. I create textures compulsively, because I always prefer to use my own material whenever possible. Now I’m sharing…
Or: How I Learned to Read the Manual, and Free up 294 GB on my Hard Drive…. I go back to the days of Premiere 7 (as in ‘regular’ 7… before CS 1 came out), so for years my Premiere…
Besides a camera, light is the most important tool you need to shoot good video Sometimes the light you need is already there and sometimes, more often, you’ll have to bring equipment in to create or modify your light. Regardless…
If you’ve ever found yourself on set loosing track of progress, wondering if you shot everything you came to shoot, or just altogether forgetting where you are, you need a shot list. Even with a shot list on hand, I…
As my weary team and I near the close of our independent film’s second year of production, I often think back on our purchasing decisions. Before we started filming we set budget caps for each ‘department,’ distributing our funds across…
Werner Herzog once said “If you want to do a film, steal a camera, steal raw stock, sneak into a lab and do it!” but in the era of digital filmmaking it can be even easier… and less dangerous! I…
