Filmmaking
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Take your videos to the next level with this introduction to camera movement for cinematic video. Jake shows you some basic filming techniques, as well as equipment!
The filmmaker behind Learning to Drive, Roderick Stevens, shares his thoughts on his film and filmmaking.
Steven Gladstone: How long have you been working in the industry, and how did you get started?
Roderick Stevens: I’ve worked in the film industry in some capacity or another for just shy of 30 years. I moved from a small town in southeast Arizona to Los Angeles, in 1990, to attend the since defunct Film
When you're a videographer on the move, portability is everything. Whether it's an outdoor action shoot, a multi-location shoot with interviews and b-roll, or a car video that requires riding around a track a few times, the key to building up your videographer kit is a combination of quality, portability, and preparedness. We are going to outline the basics for building your own on-the-go videography kit and suggest some useful products to help you get started.
Choosing a Primary Camera
Depending on your production requirements, the camera you
Steven Gladstone: You wear many different hats—writer, producer, director, actor, etc. Do you go by Filmmaker, or is there a distinction?
Gregory Blair: If I’m relegated to a single label, I use “Entertainment Professional,” because it is generic and inclusive enough to represent my writing consulting, TV, and theatre work in addition to my various roles in the film industry.
SG: How long have you been working in the industry, and how did you get started?
GB: Seems like forever, but I didn’t really start until I was in my twenties and, despite
If the Panasonic Lumix S1H didn’t look good enough for serious filmmakers, the company can now boast another feature of the powerful mirrorless camera: certification for Netflix productions as part of the streaming giant’s Post Technology Alliance. Netflix has, in recent times, published its requirements for cameras and settings that must be used when creating Netflix shows, and this list has generally included higher-end
Making a complete film that lasts only a minute takes far more time to shoot and edit. Kelly Murray and Hillary Hanak opened up to me about what was involved in making the one-minute-long horror film, 3:13.
Steven Gladstone: How long have you been working in the industry, and how did you get started?
Kelly Murray: I've been working in film for seven years, since 2012. Growing up, I was involved in the arts and was a strong writer, so I studied English literature and writing at college. I was, however, involved in the University's student
Remember the Canon 5D Mark II? Feels like ages ago in the world of technology. When it was released, it boasted an at-the-time-unheard-of capability of recording full-frame Full HD video at 30 fps. Jump forward a decade and full-frame 4K video is now an expected function of DSLRs and mirrorless. Cinema cameras were fairly content with their Super 35 sensors—after all, most existing lenses were built around the format. The past couple of years have seen a substantial shift, however, as RED, ARRI, Canon, and Sony released new
In the segment of Show Us Your Shot, filmmaker Sam Stephan shares the details behind the making of his short film, The Third Day.
“On The Third Day, we budgeted for four days of shooting the 11-page script. Various high-frame-rate shots and zooms had been conceptualized from the beginning, so we chose the Angenieux Optimo 17-80mm T2.2 zoom lens and a RED Scarlett-W. Zooms kept the frame moving without the use of dollies or stabilizers, both of which can become expensive and time consuming to utilize. I also feel that zooms communicate
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We took the Nikon Z6 Mirrorless Camera Filmmaker Kit out on a night shoot to test the camera's low-light capabilities. By combining the Z6 with the Atomos Ninja V, this kit gives you added options such as N-Log, 10 bit 4:2:2 color and
I had the opportunity to catch up with Jillian Bullock, the filmmaker and creative force behind A Sense of Purpose: Fighting for Our Lives, and she shared some thoughts on making the film and the filmmaking process in general.
Steven Gladstone: How long have you been working in the industry, and how did you get started?
Jillian Bullock: I’ve been in the industry since 1991 when I graduated from La Salle University and got an internship on the set of Spike Lee’s movie, Malcolm X.
SG: Did you go to school to learn about filmmaking?
JB: I went to
In the segment of Show Us Your Shot, Director Roderick E. Stevens and Cinematographer Daniel Gonsalez, in an effort to accentuate the grounded reality of their hero's journey in the latter half of the film, chose to mix shooting styles and formats, including Super 8 film for the opening flashback scenes, 4k RAW (on a Sony F55) for the first half of the roadtrip with the two brothers, and 35mm (Arricam LT) once protagonist Michael steals the car to embark on his own adventure. Both larger formats were captured with vintage, Todd AO, anamorphic
In this segment of Show Us Your Shot, filmmaker Jillian Bullock filmed a scene in Fairmount Park, in Philadelphia, in the summer: “We headed out early to beat the heat, but we had a problem with the DJI Ronin Gimbal, which wasn’t cooperating. This meant we had to do more takes of the scene. I made sure we had plenty of water bottles available for cast and crew. More care was given to the lead female actor, Tamara Woods, who was pregnant at the time. We kept taking breaks in order for her to hydrate and get a little rest. I told her to stand in
The filmmakers behind Clickbait, Michael Epstein and Sophia Cacciola (collectively Filmmakers), share some thoughts on their film and filmmaking.
Steven Gladstone: How long have you been filmmakers, and how did you get started?
Filmmakers: While we’ve each had a lifelong interest in film and filmmaking, we really started out being dedicated to music and songwriting. We toured in many bands over the years and, around 2008, we decided that we really
In this segment of Show Us Your Shot, filmmaker Sophia You, Executive Producer Samantha Tan, and Creator Jenna Lam guide us through the filming of an episode of Ambitious, a web series about an Asian-American girl who cannot seem to find a place where she feels she belongs. In the final scene of the series’ finale, she placed the two main characters inside a frame within a frame to suggest that they cannot escape the situation in which they find themselves and must draw closer to each other, literally and metaphorically, to have an honest
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CFexpress is here! Well, almost. SanDisk has become the first company to officially launch a line of Extreme PRO CFexpress Cards here at B&H and they are now available for preorder with an expected ship date sometime later this year. These cards are the next generation of media and are rated to hit some incredibly fast speeds. Also, alongside these new cards is a necessary