Helpful content for indie filmmakers and video content creators. Includes tips on planning, shooting, editing, post-production, film festivals, acting, and more.
An essential part of video production and filmmaking is ensuring quality sound. Regardless of the pictures, a project with poor-quality audio will be difficult to watch. Unfortunately, in-camera microphones do not offer clear audio, so instead, we have to find other ways to record good audio. There are many ways to collect audio, all applicable …
DISCLOSURE: AS AN AMAZON ASSOCIATE I EARN FROM QUALIFYING PURCHASES. READ THE FULL DISCLOSURE FOR MORE INFO. ALL AFFILIATE LINKS ARE MARKED #ad While a lot of our readers are first-time adventurers, full-time cinematographers, or half-time hobbyists, it could be the case that you’ve never actually written a screenplay before. That said, you don’t need …
If you’ve read or written a screenplay, you will likely be familiar with screenplay format. If you haven’t, you are probably wondering: What is screenplay format, and how do you write in it? Screenplay format refers to the formatting of a document that makes a screenplay a screenplay, not a book, short story, play, or …
DISCLOSURE: AS AN AMAZON ASSOCIATE I EARN FROM QUALIFYING PURCHASES. READ THE FULL DISCLOSURE FOR MORE INFO. ALL AFFILIATE LINKS ARE MARKED #ad Do you know how to write a screenplay that works? In this series of articles, our goal is to give you ALL the tools you need to create a professional screenplay from …
Music and sound design are just as important elements for your short film or feature as the pictures. Understanding the diegetic and extra-diegetic aspects of your film and how it can be used to communicate to the viewer (and listener) is key for designing an effective soundscape. But what does the term diegesis mean, and …
DISCLOSURE: AS AN AMAZON ASSOCIATE I EARN FROM QUALIFYING PURCHASES. READ THE FULL DISCLOSURE FOR MORE INFO. ALL AFFILIATE LINKS ARE MARKED #ad If you’re like me, you probably love to nerd out over shots that totally reinvent what you thought was possible to capture on film. Recent films like Blade Runner 2049, High Life …
Wow! The day finally arrived. Yesterday evening I finished shooting the last scene for my short film. I thought the day would never come. If you remember Part 2: The Nuked Drive-In of my amateurish endeavors into the film world, my protagonist is walking through the fallout of an old drive-in movie theatre where she …
If you’ve been following the first two parts of my comprehensive look at lights and lighting in film and video production, you’ve definitely come across the terms watts, lumens, and lux. And while I’ve written at length about topics permeated with watts, lumens, and the like, I haven’t yet sat down and bothered to explain …
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you might know that I’m currently working on my first short film. And if you’ve been reading about this project from the beginning, you know that I’ve absolutely no idea what I’m doing. I make a living by shooting corporate videos and making animated explainer videos …
A few weeks ago I stumbled upon the video “Face Your Mask” by Polish videographer Andrzej Dragan and I was immediately fascinated with his unique style, use of color, special FX and talents he uses in the video. You can watch the video here: I then learned that Andrzej had “only” used the Panasonic GH5 …