Are you editing videos or podcasts? Doing sound design for video games and films? I’ve put my ambient sound collection up on Gumroad: 40 tracks from a decade of field recording side-quests, for you to use in your sound design…
I put off learning After Effects expressions for years. Even when my visual effects and motion graphics skills became pretty advanced, I had memorized only a handful of tricks and was hesitant to venture out. If you’ve just gotten comfortable…
When was the last time you saw, or edited, a video without music? It happens, but it sure is rare! Almost all of the videos I create for my clients need music, and that music needs a certain mood, pacing,…
Wondering where to start with VFX? How do you budget for VFX shots in a microbudget or independent film? What is VFX in film? I address these and other topics for beginning filmmakers and aspiring writers/directors in this guest lecture…
Editing can be tedious, but it doesn’t have to be slow. If your New Year’s Resolution is to improve your editing skills, learning your software’s keyboard shortcuts for repetitive tasks will allow you finish projects faster with less clicking, searching…
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’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…
