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...
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...
An Insider’s Perspective on the Creative World of Filmmaking
With hundreds of careers and opportunities, the Filmmaking industry can be a unique experience for a Filmmaker. Options include pitching...
Light the background to light the foreground
Years ago, when I first lit a shot of an actor, head to toe, standing on a green screen cyc,...
Golf Channel’s Sony PetaSite Storage
With the help of Sony, NBC’s Golf Channel can tee up the archive, drive home the petabytes and nail...
VR and 360 Video Workshop In The Nashville Area
When CBS’s 60minutes added 360 video capture for one of their stories I knew we were solidly on the...
“Too Much Headroom!” The Joy of “Unconventional” Compositions
I’m a huge fan of the TV series Mr. Robot. Not only does it have one of the deepest and...
Blackmagic’s Micro Cinema Camera Captures POVs for Mountain Dew
It’s a small camera. It has interchangeable lenses. It can record 12-bit raw or 10-bit ProRes files. The Blackmagic...
Developing An Awareness of Color
Color awareness came slowly to me, but now I can’t escape it. Read on, and follow me down the...
Is the film industry dying? I respond to an article that says it is.
An article at Adobe Spark says the film industry is spiraling into obscurity. Do you agree? I encourage you to...