Equipment
A curious reader recently asked for an explainer on the endlessly confusing world of professional video batteries. How is v-mount different from gold mount? What’s d-tap for? Are these things really worth the money? We don’t often get requests for video-related blog articles in the comments, so we try to accommodate as well as we […]
Equipment
For the kind of stuff I do, a computer has to accomplish a type of balancing act. I need something portable if I’m traveling for work, shooting in the field, or just want to set up shop somewhere other than my office. But it also has to be powerful enough to handle occasional intense tasks […]
How To's
A week or so ago, I started this production junket series with an article about how to budget and finance your short film. To continue that series, today I’m talking to you about part two of the multi-step process and talking to you about storyboarding your film. Putting a cohesive scene together isn’t something that […]
How To's
A film budget — it’s the large grizzly bouncer with the lousy reputation standing in the way of your talent getting beyond that golden door of opportunity where stories are made and told and, if you’re luckier than a ladybug rolling sevens, distributed. As filmmakers, we all come face to face with this very same […]
Equipment
GoPro cameras have been a staple in bags of various photographers and videographers around the world. They’re almost ubiquitous in action genres at this point. They’re small, sturdy, and have decent image quality for their size. GoPro carved out a niche for itself in the late 2000s with the introduction of their digital cameras in […]
