Video marketing and content marketing are truly taking over as the preferred method of communication between customers and businesses, so it’s important to keep in the loop. Videos are an engaging and powerful medium, and are accessible to everybody – from small businesses to lar

Shooting live performance videos can be tricky – after all, you’re shooting in real time. Whether you’re creating a live music video, a panel video, conference, lecture or anything else, we’re here to help you out with some top tips and things to think about. Let̵

I, for one, find it to be really interesting that the more technology develops, the more we become nostalgic for older technology. Vintage has become fashionable, and a lot of us find ourselves yearning for aesthetics from past eras. This can be seen in cinematography and photo/video editing

Good fight scenes need vision, planning, and careful choreography. But ultimately, they depend on the edit for their power. A good fight scene can add energy and power to your film or video project. Seeing the hero rise up against their foes and take them down with excellent choreography can

Using stunt doubles can protect star talent and keep a production on track, but you need more than wardrobes and wide shots to pull off the switch. When it comes to stunts, not every actor is Jackie Chan or Tom Cruise. Most actors will require a stunt double for certain scenes, whether it’s

Planning a drone shoot near an airport? We’ll show you how to quickly get airspace authorization approval with the new FAA LAANC program. In this tutorial, we’re going to walk through the process of getting a fast FAA airspace authorization, which will allow you to fly your drone

So the “faster” your lens, the more light it can capture, but what is it that really determines a lens’s maximum aperture? So, why do we call a lens with a larger maximum aperture a “fast lens?” The term actually comes from photography. It refers to the fact tha

Ready to start your own video production company? Here are 7 things to keep in mind. There’s never been a better time to start your own video production company. The state of the industry has been in a full-blown revolution for well over a decade, and video production continues to find new a

Noisy shot? No problem. Here are two ways you can clean it up in post-production. We’ve covered noisy footage in-depth before, but what can we do to save our footage when we’re out of options, and we’re dealing with severe noise? In this article, we will briefly go through

No (good) script exists in a vacuum. Giving and receiving feedback is essential for successful screenwriters. So what’s the best way to go about it? We all know that writing is re-writing. It’s a process. You have an idea, and that idea evolves and ends up on paper. It gets revis

James V. Hart has worked with many of the greats — from Coppola to Spielberg. We sat down to talk about his journey and some of the lessons he’s learned. With experience ranging from Dracula to Hook (and many more), screenwriter James V. Hart has collected a wealth of knowledge and a f

In this first part of our six-part video series The DaVinci Resolve 15 Crash Course, we’ll get you started with . . . well, what you need to get started. DaVinci Resolve is quickly becoming the hottest NLE on the market, which isn’t surprising since you can download a copy for fr

This pack of over 40 different footstep foley sound effects has everything you need for adding walking and running sounds to your film or video projects. Everyone needs to add some footstep sound design to their video and film projects at some point. Adding foley sound effects can bring more

Adobe’s latest video editing software puts your work in the cloud and lets you switch seamlessly between editing on your phone or your workstation. Adobe has finally pulled the curtains back on Project Rush, revealing an all-new application that they’ve aptly dubbed Premiere Rush CC. T

The Blackmagic eGPU is a new external graphics processor made exclusively for Mac. Here’s what we think it can do for you. Recently, Blackmagic Design let us try out their brand-new external graphics processor, the Blackmagic eGPU. Here’s what we discovered about this space-age t

We’re here to answer some questions — what are compression ratios, how do they affect digital filmmaking, and what do they have to do with codecs? In this article, we will de-mystify the cryptic compression ratio, break down how you can derive useful meaning from it, and then show you

Blackmagic Studios announced their new RAW codec September 14th 2018, claiming it is a “next generation codec.” So is it? What is Blackmagic RAW? How does it work? What can it do that other RAW codecs can’t? In the following article, we’ll answer these questions and m

Close-ups have a range of uses, from comedy to horror, but as a general rule, you should use them sparingly. Here are a few reasons why. The close-up is one of the most common tools in visual storytelling, and when used correctly, it is very powerful. It allows the filmmaker to connect the a

Corrupted footage is every filmmaker’s nightmare. While there are some reliable recovery methods, let’s take a look at proper preventative measures. Corrupted footage is never welcome on set. In the last article on footage corruption, we discussed the basics of recovering corrupt

We’ve asked before if making a film by yourself is possible. Well, it’s been a couple of years, and the technology has advanced, so we’re asking again . . . In 2016, we published an article titled “Making a Short Film with Little to No Crew: Can it Be Done?” The