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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 MillerKendal 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. 
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29 Ways to Stay CreativeAn inspirational pick-me-up for when you’re stuck in a creative rut Stuck in a funk, creatively speaking? Here’s some ideas to break out of the old. Watch below… more »Gear In 60: SmallHD Monitor CaseA fantastic hard case for the DP6 and accessories
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. more »
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Gear In 60: Travel Lighting & Grip KitA lightweight LED lighting & grip kit you can fly with
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. more »
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Filming Inception’s Corridor & Zero-Gravity SequencesBehind the Scenes featurette shows how they did it “in real life”
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… more »
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Advertisement Kinetic Typography Motion Graphics TutorialHow do to those cool flying words
Here’s a nice long tutorial on how to do that cool animated word thing that is so popular (and useful) these days. It’s all compliments of creative superstar Jesse Rosten. Watch below… more »
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Switching from Final Cut to PremiereMy thoughts on the FCPX brouhaha
Since Final Cut X was released a few weeks ago, there have been a large number of Final Cut Pro post-production professionals looking into other NLE options. Final Cut Pro X is a very different animal, and lacks specific FCP7 features that certain users require or demand. It also changes up existing post-production workflows and is in general a disruptive release. I’ve observed that whether this disruption is a good or a bad thing for you really depends on how you use the software. Anecdotally speaking, I know professionals that are perfectly happy with FCPX. And I know an even larger number of professionals who are not at all happy with the new release… more »
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Cine Gear 2011 Video CoverageFreshDV’s video coverage from Cine Gear 2011
Cine Gear LA was held last week at the Paramount backlot in Hollywood, and the FreshDV crew was onsite to capture interviews and video coverage. Watch our coverage in the following video playlist... Click to audio / video »Digital Cinema Real-World Available Light Test35mm, 16mm, Alexa, Red MX, PMW-F3 and DSLR compared
We geeks are pixel pushers, and we love charts and scientific testing of camera systems. It’s an essential part of understanding where the system breaks, and it informs your creative freedom on-set. That said, it is sometimes refreshing to see a comparative test from a common real-world shooting situation - working with available light. This is one such test, compliments of John Brawley. Watch below… more »
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