(2018 UPDATE: I originally wrote this in 2012, but I’ve heavily revised to eliminate less relevant information and provide even more solutions.) When it comes to filmmaking, like many artforms, it’s not easy being green. I can’t honestly tell you…
(2018 UPDATE: I wrote this in 2012, and since then I have heard of many positive experiences with the Transcend and other cheap brands. I’ve also been told that the market is flooded with counterfeit SanDisk cards, even on the…
This anecdote should illustrate a few matters of safety on a film set, as well as some budgetary implications arising from lack of preparation in the safety department. When you need a solid scene of somebody’s arm getting hacked with…
In film class, we were taunted challenged with tales of the unaffordable Steadycam: a magical device that would allow a cinematographer to move freely around with a camera attached most unattractively to his/her midsection (despite the typical advertising efforts, these are…
