When interviewing subjects who have no media training, it’s your job as the director to get the “performance” you need. Here are five tips.
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Anatomy of a Fantasy Photo & Film Shoot
The making of a fantasy themed concept video for our portrait studio. Part 2 of my series on “setting your studio apart.”
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The Importance of Lighting Design
Ask any professional filmmaker or photographer worth her weight in lens caps, and she’ll tell you that light is tantamount to a successful shoot. It’s because of lighting a set properly that significantly adds to how long it takes to shoot a film. I would guess that most of you out there who make this your profession […]
Continue readingEvernote vs. Bookmarking and Some Evernote Tips
Yesterday I did a review of Xmarks, a terrific way for synching your bookmarks across multiple computers and/or browsers. Another way you could technically sync “bookmarks” is by saving bookmark links in Evernote. I frequently do this. But there are some uses where traditional bookmarking is better, and some when Evernote may be best. How […]
Continue readingLiteral Truth vs. Emotional Truth in Event Filmmaking
When I first started in this business (nine years ago this month by the way), I produced wedding films in a style that today people call “cinematic short form.” They were cinematic…and they were short. :) (That is, short compared to the 90 minute to 2-hour wedding videos that a lot of studios were doing […]
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