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...
How to get trained
Almost everyone now seems interested in video or cameras or movie making. Filmmaking has become a popular hobby and...
Money
Imagine this: It’s the Producer’s Invitational Pancake Breakfast. Large hotel ballroom: happy grips, electricians and DPs are pouring batter...
A Requiem for NBC Burbank
In 1982, I began what was to become one of the most favorite periods of my life. I was...