Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Fast, cheap and good--normally you can pick any two. For these PSA’s we got all three.
“Dad has a barn and mom can sew--let’s put on a show!” Production budgets aren’t what they used to be, but that doesn’t excuse sloppiness. There’s almost always a way to do good work as long as your creativity extends beyond lighting and framing into the realm of “making do.”
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Friday, January 15, 2010
“Independent film” implies independence from money, but not from quality
A short schedule, minimal crew, no budget, a RED with an untried software build, and a trained dog in nearly every shot. What could go wrong?
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Monday, November 16, 2009
RED brings a quality boost to a low-budget quickly-shot spot.
In this economy one has to stretch every production dollar as far as it can go. This doesn’t mean compromising on quality, though: keeping things simple can yield huge dividends. This includes knowing when it’s okay to shoot with available light, and when natural light needs a little help.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The Tiger Lillies sail to a virtual arctic wasteland for their new album “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”
An accordion-playing lead singer; a drummer who occasionally uses a doll instead of drumsticks; and a song based on the “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Just another day on set with one of the most macabre bands in existence: the Tiger Lillies.
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Time-tested and mostly true advice for getting your first gigs in the film industry.
I get a lot of e-mail from film and video students asking how they can break into the film or television industries. I can’t afford the luxury of answering everyone’s questions individually so I decided to put my advice in writing. I hope it’s helpful.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
How to get Flash video on the web, fast
I hate reading manuals. They don’t tell me what I want to know in the order I want to know it. I’d rather figure things out on my own, or if that learning curve is too steep, have someone show me in the basic concepts. I can usually figure out the rest later. For example, when I first sat down to learn DVD Studio Pro, the manual drove me insane. An editor explained the basic concepts to me in five minutes or less, after which building a DVD became intuitive and easy.
I sought out the same information for encoding and using Flash for the web, and Adobe was kind enough to school me in the basics. Now I get it. I know exactly what I need to do, no more and no less, to create Flash video for the web. Let me share with you what I learned:
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Shoot safely at 23.98p with these few simple, but crucial, tips
The most common HD frame rate is a 50-year-old byproduct of the invention of color TV. And it’s not a flicker-free safe speed.
Watch the video clip below to see why you should care…
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009
I hope you like blue in your greens under tungsten light…
In a recent article I surmised that RED was mixing green into the blue channel to eliminate blue noise under tungsten light. I had a theory but no proof of what was going on. Now I have proof.
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