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Development
What makes an idea worth shooting? Worth the monumental amount of time it takes to do a well done film? Two main things: One, the idea is important to you. Two, it’s marketable.
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Film Gear, Production
You just bought the Sekonic L-398A analog light meter. NICE. But how do you use it? This article walks you through how to use the Sekonic L398A step by step.
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Film Gear
SIRUI has unveiled the IronStar series but they're only EF and PL Mount. It's a new lineup of 1.5x anamorphic cine lenses designed for full-frame sensors. Focal lengths at launch: 35mm, 45mm, and 60mm.
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Film Talk
Write & Direct partnered with Theater Eleven Pictures to produce a 30-minute short film called Reckoning that is used as a primary example of the filmmaking process.
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Post Production, Training
Software like DaVinci Resolve makes color grading accessible to everyone. However, there are crucial hardware items you must be aware of.
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Post Production, Training
You can cut your film pretty much anywhere nowadays. But for an accurate grade, there are things you must have dialed in.
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Training
You want to make movies, but what's required? What do you need to know and how do you even go about getting started?
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Post Production, Training
What comes off the camera and what an audience sees are wildly different—thanks to color grading. Modern tools make anything possible.
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Crop factor is crucial to understand as a filmmaker. And believe it or not, it ties back to the days of actual film. The more you understand crop factor and how it affects filmmaking, the better choices you will make.
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Post Production, Training
The era of modern cinema cameras is incredible. But with this comes a longing to reproduce certain aspects of film. Dehancer is the tool for the job.
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Production
When you light your set you must support the emotions of the scene. Create depth. And much more! Understanding 3 and 4-point setups is the foundation to get you started right.
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The Industry, Training
Every aspiring director asks the question. Few understand the long term implications of the decision. We have first hand data on how important this decision is!
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Training
The answer is yes. You can get hands-on experience through an online film school. But the real question is about a lot more than this!
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Pre-Production
The first person to actually see the movie is the director—in their head. Shot by shot. And a shot list is used to capture each camera setup.
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Pre-Production
You just typed “FADE TO BLACK.” Nice! But your script isn’t ready for production. You must lock your script so everyone has the same information.
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Pre-Production
Breaking down a script identifies everything you need to shoot your movie. Locations, props, costuming, production design and more.
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Development
Setups and payoffs both engage and reward an audience. There are just for fun and imperative setups and payoffs. And they must stand on their own.
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Post Production
The keyboard is king for fast editing. And the keyboard command palette in Resolve allows you to customize keyboard mappings to your heart's content!
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Post Production
An NLE must give a filmmaker the tools to rapidly insert and manage media in the timeline. DaVinci Resolve does not disappoint with their ripple overwrite, insert, replace and fit to fill editing tools!
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Post Production
When setting up a SanDisk Professional G-RAID for your post production workflow, you'll need to choose between 512 byte and 4K sector size. SanDisk support suggested 512 byte but our testing shows 4K sectors deliver much better performance.
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Production
What is exposure? It's controlling the light entering your camera to capture the details of a scene. A knowledge of exposure layers is paramount.
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