Seven Notes on Giving Notes
As a freelance producer I’m often put in a place where I am giving notes to any number of...
Vertical video: new opportunities for filmmakers
Different categories of video and advertising have embraced the vertical format since 2013. If you can adapt to work...
DSLRs are still alive, DSLTs may be dead
Introduced in 2006 to solve a problem DSLRs had at the time, the Single-Lens Translucent family of cameras, from...
Blackmagic Design URSA Studio Viewfinder Review
Red, Blue, or Green. Sometimes just monitoring in a primary color helps a cameraperson nail the shot. In the...
Polishing the Talking Head Interview
I’m constantly experimenting with common lighting setups and trying to make them better. There is no more common lighting...
Blackmagic Announces URSA Mini Pro and Accessories
In a youtube live streamed press conference Blackmagic CEO Grant Petty displayed a few new items. Yet, this was...
Review: edelkrone Wing 7, a portable slider and dolly
The edelkrone Wing 7 is a portable solution to investigate if you need a slider extending to 40cm and...
Flicker: Why On-Set Monitors Fail Us
While working as a young second camera assistant on a film TV series in the 1990s, I noticed the...
Vintage TV Studios in Modern Film and Television
Have you ever watched a movie or a television program set in a time decades ago that had a...
Small Camera, Big Picture – Producing a Dream with the Sony a6300
Being a filmmaker who primarily produces international documentaries, both long and short, I know the pain of traveling with...
