Preview: the Mini XTC 9250-XL
Just in time for NAB, the 9250-XL is everything that a producer could want in a camera. The revolution...
Blocking Before Coffee
Feature film: first day. The crew and I start to run out of things to prepare; the director is...
Ask me no questions and I’ll speak in no fragments
A sign taped to the door says “Quiet– filming.” This only makes you more nervous. You enter the room:...
Keying and compositing in NukeX
You’ve seen it before: composited people with hair helmets. If you’ve done any keying yourself, you probably notice it...
DIY DCP
You used to hear a whir, the sound of sprockets pulling film from a 15 pound reel at a...
How to get trained
Almost everyone now seems interested in video or cameras or movie making. Filmmaking has become a popular hobby and...
Money
Imagine this: It’s the Producer’s Invitational Pancake Breakfast. Large hotel ballroom: happy grips, electricians and DPs are pouring batter...
Monitors and Filmmaking
The difference between a movie and a video is that a movie is created in the filmmakers’ minds and...
