If you want to be successful in the film industry, getting over the hump of inexperience is the first obstacle in your way. You’ll have to suck it up, push through, and hope you come out on the other side unscathed with a bit more knowledge than before – and maybe a 2nd job.
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Comment Corner: Week of June 27th
For some in the film industry, the summer season is when things get slow and you get a chance to kick back for a vacation. For others, it’s the ramping up of a long-awaited feature film that is finally leaving pre-production behind for the chaos of the set.
The Human Element: Or How Accidents Happen
You can think you’re being safe, think you’ve done it all right, and then when you least expect it – and least want it to happen – the forces of nature will show you you’re human. It’s the human element that we have to fight against on set to make sure accidents don’t happen.
7 Last-Minute Checks Before You Roll Camera
It’s easy to let something slip or for changes to be made without you noticing. While not always malicious, these small changes can have a big effect on a quality take and force everyone else to reset and go again. So before you get ready to punch that little button on the side of the camera, do these 7 last-minute checks.
How Do You Like Them Apple Boxes?
I’d also argue the humble apple box is one of the great unifiers of the film set. They get used in every department – including by the talent – and are omnipresent on productions as small as students films to ones as large as Hollywood blockbusters.
“I’m Stuck in a Rut, I Want to Direct”
You’re not really making your movies. You’re helping someone else make theirs. You’re the one getting coffee or turning knobs, but you don’t have much creative input at all. In short, you want to direct but you’re knee deep in a different department.
Comment Corner: Week of June 20th
“Summertime and the livin’ is easy” is great when you’re kicking it by the pool with a nice book, but as the mercury rises in the thermometer, there ain’t nothing easy about pushing hard through a 12 hour day.
If You’re Lost on Location, Hope for the Best
Scientists have done studies that show if you are working in the film industry, you are more likely to succumb to Murphy’s Law while on the way to set. And without a GPS or satellite navigation system, you can find yourself very lost, very easily.
Get the Updated (V1.1) RED One Pocket Guide
Do you want to use the RED One with ease without feeling overwhelmed? Right now is the perfect time to download a copy of the RED One Pocket Guide to help you use the camera — as of today it’s been updated!
5 Books to Inspire You to Make Better Films
If you’re like me, movies are your bread and butter. You make movies, you love movies, and you study movies. But films aren’t the only source of inspiration for us filmmakers and many books change the way you think or feel about subjects, including film.