Recently I was asked to shoot the piano recital of my friend’s seven-year-old. Her total performance time (including walking on stage, playing, and bowing and exiting) was just about 2 minutes. I get your advice about short shots, but how can you tell parents …(Read the rest)
Along with my partners at Redtail Media, I just completed a series of videos for the new Anchor Brewing website. They’re the folks who brew Anchor Steam Beer. To tell the story of their Bock Beer, we decided to bring a goat to the …(Read the rest)
Let’s approach this lesson on “intent in action” backward. Before you watch this great video from singer/songwriter Kina Grannis watch the “making of” video below (I promise you’ll still like the video when we get to it) Notice that over the …(Read the rest)
This is james in the Bay Area. I recently bought your book. I appreciate your approach of putting many filmmaking concepts in smaller ‘chunks’ to understand. I consider myself a serious amatuer/semi-pro videographer/filmmaker and enjoy the technical side of dSLR technology. My interest seems to …(Read the rest)
This is only the second video I’ve ever produced, and the first video after reading your book. The video was shot entirely on a GoPro Hero. I think its apparent, especially to a trained eye, that I’m not using expensive equipment. But I …(Read the rest)
As the holidays approach, it’s time for us again to consider the age-old question we ask every Holiday Season: Why do we shoot Holiday Video? My answer? We shoot Holiday Video to remember. We want to remember our kids as they …(Read the rest)
Blogworld and New Media Expo rolls into the Los Angeles Convention Center November 3-5 for an exciting weekend that I understand is being filmed for “Nerdy Introverts Gone Wild” on Spike. Or maybe not. If you’re a blogger interested in using more …(Read the rest)
Dear Steve– I am reading your book and have an urgent question about sound. I’ll be taking video of an upcoming family celebration. If I follow your advice to shoot short shots, I’ll be starting and stopping the camera a lot. I …(Read the rest)
I’m living in Holland and I’m working as a teacher and a radiohost for a local station. I have just bought in New York your book and I’m loving it very much! In the summertime I have every week an interview of exactly …(Read the rest)
In a Facebook thread last week after my Marketingprofs.com seminar one person bemoaned the expense of shooting live action. “Maybe post production animation is cheaper?” he wondered. Someone else jumped in and recommended Flixpress.com– a place you can get very inexpensive (sometimes …(Read the rest)
Oh, wait. Maybe that’s “Disney World”. No matter. For three days, Blogworld and New Media Expo will be the happiest place on earth as thousands of bloggers pack the Los Angeles Convention Center November 3-5 for an uncharacteristic weekend of extroversion …(Read the rest)
Yes, you got a new editing program that does dissolves, star-shaped wipes, spiral dissolves, clock wipes digital bouncing block transitions and more. When you watch a movie, or network TV, do you see any of those effects? No. Why not? Because …(Read the rest)
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