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Could there be anything less socially distant than a typical film set?
Since our last post, the virus has surged, ebbed, and is now surging again. It’s clear this is something we’re going to have to learn how to live with. But what does that mean for filmmakers?
Today, one of us is sheltering in place in San Francisco and the other in Los Angeles. We talked on the phone and an obvious question came up: How can filmmakers continue to make movies?
The Digital Filmmaking Handbook Presents Premiere Pro for Filmmakers, the editing handbook you’ve been waiting for. Read all about it here.
Every film should have a website–at the very least, a single page site with basic information about the film. And it’s never been easier to build a simple website. Here’s how to do it.
How many times have you shot video with your trusty DSLR only to find the footage is out of focus or to have the camera shut down because its overheating? Would a “real” cinema camera solve all your problems? Here is the second in a series of articles by Ben Long about making the transition from a DSLR to a cinema camera.
So you’re working on a project, it’s going great but it’s not done yet. Nevertheless, you want to post some clips on Instagram. Getting a clip from Premiere Pro to Instagram is a little harder than it should be. Why? Because you can’t publish directly to Instagram from a computer, Read more…
With a couple of pending video projects, I’ve decided now is finally the time to make the jump from digital SLRs to a “cinema” camera. I’m tired of having trouble focusing; I want better ergonomics; I’d prefer better low-light capability. Simply put: I’d like to work with a camera that was actually designed for shooting video.
In our last post, we walked you through the many Premiere Pro preferences windows. But that’s not the end of it! Some of the most important settings are not found there. Probably the first thing you really need to configure is your sequence settings. Sequence settings Setting up your sequence Read more…
I shoot a lot of video, but mostly on professional projects so I don’t use my own camera for these shoots. For that reason, the camera that I use myself is a still camera. I primarily use it to document things, such as art exhibits, works in progress, and so Read more…
Have you ever had the experience of driving to work and having almost no memory of actually driving the car? This usually only happens if you drive the same route day after day. As a freelancer, this doesn’t happen to me very often. But it has. This sort of rote Read more…
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