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Getting Content Creation Savvy with the New Medium for the New Year by Chris Cavallari 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 … Continue reading “10 Tips for Top Notch Podcasting”
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by Bryant Falk 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 continually expanding gastronomical art form. I have been lucky enough to be involved in shooting … Continue reading “Cooking With Audio: Tricks for Getting a Cleaner Audio Track”
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For the Cinema Editor by Scott Essman 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 that he would not be able to stand up to the temptation of being creatively involved in the … Continue reading “Editing Narnia’s ‘Prince Caspian’”
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Includes the Basic Menu Selection for the ‘Film Look’ by Michael Corbett I am a self-described “film chauvinist.” Film is kinetic and visceral. You load the camera with film, shoot it, process it, cut it, glue it together, and then, watch the outcome projected on a wall by a noisy clattering projection machine. I started … Continue reading “Working with High Definition Video for Feature ‘Bone Creek’”
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The Nighttime Blues by Carl Filoreto Colorado 4K Productions Urgency, necessity, and occasionally, downright fear can spawn creative inspiration. Quite a few years ago, I found myself in a swampy area of eastern Texas near the Louisiana border. I was working for a national news magazine show, and my mission was to create an … Continue reading “Creating an Eerie Look for Night Shots”
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A Quick Start Guide by Bryant Falk As you progress into creating more and more video or film projects, the need for original sound effects and sound design becomes a priority. Below is a quick start guide in getting your own sound effects library up and recording. Create a Custom SFX Library Most sound effects … Continue reading “Get Your Own SFX Library Up and Recording”
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Best Practices for Worst-Case Scenarios by John Badham You’ve called the actors on the set to rehearse. The crew eagerly awaits a camera set-up, and the writer is anxious to see how her brilliant scene plays. But then one of the actors (and just hope it’s only one) has a serious problem, and nothing can … Continue reading “Solutions for Your Actors’ Onset SNAFUs”
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Procedures to Take on a Tapeless Workflow by Saro Varjabedian 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 where video acquisitions is heading. It’s going tapeless. The reason is quite simple: efficiency. For some … Continue reading “What to Consider When Going Tapeless”
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Creative Music Video Lighting to Test and Refine Your Chops by Kevin Zanit 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 with the reality that music video budgets and schedules are extremely tight, and you end up … Continue reading “A Synchronized Light Show”
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by Mary Ann Skweres A bird’s eye view flying over a sea of vines, cresting verdant hills – from that first shot, it is evident that the land is a powerful character in director Randall Miller‘s character-based recounting of the turning point in California winemaking. Commenting on that opening, Miller shares, “The image speaks to … Continue reading “‘Bottle Shock’”
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Collaboration is Key by Adam Matalon I think that the current ease and accessibility of digital media has created an environment of isolation for many young filmmakers. It is a truer statement that most first-time directors are also shooting and editing their own film rather than having the luxury of other creative individuals by their … Continue reading “Developing the Common Language between a Director and DP”
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Format and Digital Technologies by Jacqueline B. Frost ‘Intro on Aspect ratio for formats’ In discussing format it is necessary to understand aspect ratio, because each of the formats mentioned have a different aspect ratio, which has to do with the presentation of your finished project. Aspect ratio is basically the height and width of … Continue reading “A Conversation with Cinematographer John Seale, ASC”
