Reference: StudentFilmmakers Magazine, 2015. February 2008. The Interview Process: Guide Your Subjects through to Get the Best Responses: A Few Helpful and Often Overlooked Elements by Matthew Marshall. Pages 34 & 36. Interviews are usually conducted for corporate, documentary and event productions. As videographers, we often find ourselves in the position of conducting the interview … Continue reading “The Interview Process: Guide Your Subjects through to Get the Best Responses: A Few Helpful and Often Overlooked Elements by Matthew Marshall”

Reference: StudentFilmmakers Magazine, 2015. February 2008. What to Consider When Going Tapeless: Procedures to Take on a Tapeless Workflow by Saro Varjabedian. Pages 14 & 15. History has a way of repeating itself. If we were to take our cues from the path that audio and photography acquisitions have taken, then it becomes quite evident … Continue reading “What to Consider When Going Tapeless: Procedures to Take on a Tapeless Workflow by Saro Varjabedian”

Reference: StudentFilmmakers Magazine, 2015. February 2008. 7 A Synchronized Light Show: Creative Music Video Lighting to Test and Refine Your Chops by Kevin Zanit. Pages 6, 9 – 11. Music videos offer a great opportunity for cinematographers to try new and interesting things they would never get to do in the narrative world. Couple this … Continue reading “A Synchronized Light Show: Creative Music Video Lighting to Test and Refine Your Chops by Kevin Zanit”

Reference: StudentFilmmakers Magazine, January 2015. 7 Approaches to Financing Your Independent Film: Advice on Private Investors, Tax Rebates, State Subsidies, and More by Stacey Parksself. Pages 42 & 43. Here are some basic approaches to financing your independent film. Keep in mind, this is not conclusive by any means but at least will give you a … Continue reading “7 Approaches to Financing Your Independent Film: Advice on Private Investors, Tax Rebates, State Subsidies, and More by Stacey Parksself”

Reference: StudentFilmmakers Magazine, January 2015. On Set Effects Supervision: A Case Study: Working with Greenscreen by Mark Sawicki. Pages 38, 40 & 41. Many of my students like to hear the war stories of actual productions from real effects supervisors. A frank discussion of the actual work experience can vary dramatically from the sanitized DVD bonus … Continue reading “On Set Effects Supervision: A Case Study: Working with Greenscreen by Mark Sawicki”

Podcast Tips for Getting Started Podcasting is a medium that has seen enormous growth over the last few years, including a lot of mainstream attention. Some people have been doing it for years in one form or another, but 2007 really saw the medium come into its own. Today, content creators are becoming much more … Continue reading “10 Best Practices for Top Notch Podcasting”

Reference: StudentFilmmakers Magazine, January 2008. Tricks for Getting a Cleaner Audio Track: Cooking With Audio by Bryant Falk. Pages 30 & 31. Good food and how to cook it has constantly been something audiences across the globe have been wanting the answer to since almost the beginning of television. TV has been an excellent medium to teach people this … Continue reading “Tricks for Getting a Cleaner Audio Track: Cooking With Audio by Bryant Falk”

Reference: StudentFilmmakers Magazine, January 2008. A New Narnia: Adamson and Evan-Jones Collaboration Continues with Expanded Methodologies & Techniques by Scott Essman. Pages 28 & 29. When Andrew Adamson surmised that he would not direct the sequel to 2005’s critical and commercial blockbuster, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, one sensed … Continue reading “A New Narnia: Adamson and Evan-Jones Collaboration Continues with Expanded Methodologies & Techniques by Scott Essman”

Winning an Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography in 2001 for “Requiem for a Dream,” as well as a Chlotrudis Award in 1999 for Best Cinematography for “Pi,” award-winning director of photography Matthew Libatique, ASC is best known for his work with frequent collaborators Darren Aronofsky, Spike Lee (“She Hate Me,” 2004; “Inside Man,” 2006; … Continue reading “Matthew Libatique, ASC: Award-Winning DP Discusses Lighting for Genres, Camera Movement, Color Palette”