What Really Makes a “Game Changer”
The term “game changer” gets thrown around so much lately, I think people are forgetting what it really takes for something to TRULY be deemed a “game changer.”
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Kevin Margo, Director of “Grounded” on Crossing the 180 #92
This week on Crossing the 180 we have the filmmaker behind one of the most amazing and imaginative (if not confusing) sci-fi short films to hit the festival circuit: “Grounded.”
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Seven key points to consider when picking a camera for a video gig.
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It is my hope that both this film and the story behind the making of it will inspire all you creatives to push yourself, pursue your craft with passion, conviction and purpose.
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An amazing list of information Ed Burns supplies about shooting his latest film “Newlyweds” on the 5D Mark II and going straight to VOD and iTunes.
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What is art? Who defines it? What drives the artist? Can photography be considered “art”? These are the questions that drive the narrative of this third and final installment of the documentary profile series “Menuez on Manhattan.” In it renown commercial and stock photographer Doug Menuez has shared his life and career experiences. Act 1 […]
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Producing our 48 Hour Film Project had a series of “firsts” for me. One of those firsts I mentioned was the first time for me shooting with a Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 cinema lens (pdf link) (specifically the 35mm T2.1). There’s a lot of talk among DSLR filmmakers about the joy and benefits of using […]
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Yesterday guest blogger Ray Roman shared with his thoughts on the wedding filmmaking business. Today he continues by sharing the thoughts on the making of the promo film for his current workshop. Enjoy. So to launch our International workshop tour, I wanted to incorporate a concept film, and of course, it had to be “different”; […]
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One of the hottest shows on TV for the past eight years has been Fox’s “24.” It’s verite, block picture-in-picture, and high intensity editing has become a pop culture, signature style. Today we have on the show the man that plays a huge role in the look of the show, it’s director of photography, A.S.C. […]
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If you follow the video DSLR world, or if you’re an event filmmaker, chances are you’ve seen Kevin Shahinian‘s epic wedding film “City of Lakes.” This is an actual wedding movie shot for a client of Kevin’s. The clients originally hired Kevin to produce their wedding film plus have Kevin work his concept film magic. […]
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