Matthew Jeppsen

Matthew Jeppsen is the founder of FreshDV and a digital video shooter and editor. By most reports he is powered entirely by coffee.

Kendal Miller

Kendal Miller has over 10 years experience in the production industry. Currently he is working as Director of Photography in Chicago, IL where he resides with his wife Kendra.

He works on a wide variety of projects ranging from commercial to independent film projects, working on one of the first commercial Red projects in the midwest area. When he's not shooting film or video he enjoys still photography as a hobby.

An original part of the FreshDV team and contributing author to such magazines as DV and others Kendal enjoys providing industry training and education for others, and feels he often learns through the writing process as well.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

How to get good production dialogue

Matt Jeppsen | 05/15

Use a boom mic and some common sense!

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Here’s a short and sweet video with a tip on the best way to get good production dialogue audio from your talent. Watch below.

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Thursday, February 09, 2012

Gear In 60 Seconds – Nauticam NA-60D

Matt Jeppsen | 02/09

Getting watery trick shots with this DSLR housing

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Here’s another FreshDV Gear in 60 Seconds video, on the Nauticam NA-60D housing for Canon 60D DSLR stills & video. In this case, we used the housing to get some wild trick shots for a short narrative film. Watch me jump off a waterfall in the video below…

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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Daily Inspiration - Fleet Foxes Montezuma

Matt Jeppsen | 01/22

Beautiful stop-motion and shadowplay on this music video

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Great stop motion animation on this Fleet Foxes music video. I especially love how they’ve added depth by using the shadows as well. Simple concept, beautiful execution. Watch below…

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Monday, August 08, 2011

Gear In 60: SmallHD Monitor Case

Matt Jeppsen | 08/08

A fantastic hard case for the DP6 and accessories

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Here’s another video in our FreshDV Gear In 60 Seconds series that quickly shows how I store and travel with the SmallHD DP6 field monitor and it’s associated accessories. Watch below.

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Sunday, July 31, 2011

Gear In 60: Travel Lighting & Grip Kit

Matt Jeppsen | 07/31

A lightweight LED lighting & grip kit you can fly with

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I travel a lot for simple sit-down interview shoots, and commonly need to fly with a lightweight lighting and support kit for DSLR or small HD cameras. Here are two videos from our new FreshDV Gear In 60 Seconds series that talk about the two Pelican gear cases I often fly with, and the affordable tools inside. Watch below.

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Friday, July 29, 2011

Filming Inception’s Corridor & Zero-Gravity Sequences

Matt Jeppsen | 07/29

Behind the Scenes featurette shows how they did it “in real life”

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If you enjoyed Christopher Nolan’s film “Inception,” you’re going to love this behind-the-scenes documentary short on how the corridor and zero-gravity room sequences were shot. It’s an amazing peek behind the curtain at how they pulled off the shots live, with a minimum of stunt doubles and CG. Fascinating engineering and planning. Watch below…

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

FreshDV NAB 2011 Video Coverage

Kendal Miller | 04/14

Our complete video content and coverage of the NAB 2011 expo

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Welcome to FreshDV’s coverage of NAB 2011! The FreshDV crew is in Vegas for NAB week, bringing you video coverage from the show floor. If you can’t be on-site at NAB, we are the resource to watch. Watch our coverage of the show in the playlist below. If you’ve enjoyed it, drop us a line on Twitter @FreshDV. Watch below…

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Thursday, May 06, 2010

Filmmaker Conversations - Shane Hurlbut and Bandito Bros

Matt Jeppsen | 05/06

40-minutes of Shane Hurlbut and Bandito Bros on DSLR Filmmaking

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Cinematographer Shane Hurlbut and his collaborators at Bandito Brothers in LA have been shaking up the industry as they embrace the DSLR filmmaking revolution. We sat down with Shane, Bandito’s Jacob Rosenberg, and publicist Hesh Rephun at their amazing LA-area facility to talk about DSLR filmmaking. You can watch this 40-minute interview in two parts here.

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