Helpful Ways for Cinematographers to Get a Grip on Lighting Part 4
Lighting is an evolving art form. Not only does technique change and advance but so does the technology of...
7 Reasons to Stop Working on That Script
Folks, I’m here to tell you: it’s time to put that script down, unless you can afford to make...
Helpful Ways for Cinematographers to Get a Grip on Lighting Part 3
Here we are in Part III of our series, Lighting Tips for Cinematographers. To recap, in part 1 I...
Helpful Ways for Cinematographers to Get a Grip on Lighting Part 2
The last post we talked about how to get a proper initial setting when lighting your subject/foreground and background....
Theatrical Television
Television has been trying to grow up and be a projection medium since its inception. With the advent of...
Helpful Ways for Cinematographers to Get a Grip on Lighting
I spent the 1st half of this year releasing two films, a feature length documentary and a short film...
Thinking About Extras
This happens a lot: I’m budgeting a script and I get to this crowded street scene, or a basketball...
A Recipe for Analog to Digital Video Transfer: Baking
We had a project come to us recently that required the transfer of ¾ inch videotape to digital files. To...
Thinking About Crew Prep
One of the biggest mistakes I see first-time filmmakers commit is to think solely in terms of production time...
The Demise of NBC Burbank Part 2
Recently, I wrote about the beginnings of NBC’s historic lot in Burbank as the Peacock network completed its move...