Because the camera is your most valuable piece of equipment, great care must be taken when moving it. Today I want to show you how to transport a camera correctly and safely in the various situations that arise on set.
Filmmaking Tips and Advice
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The Marks You Need to Pull Focus On Closeups
Closeups are particularly tough to pull focus on because your depth-of-field is generally so shallow. It doesn’t make it any easier when the actor in the scene is rocking back and forth and fidgeting around. Or to have the added pressure of keeping an emotional performance in focus.
Two Types of Filmmakers: Which One Are You?
I’ve always been a little miffed at the film industry’s walled garden of secret practices and inaccessible work. For whatever reason, learning what actually happens on a film set is tough to do for the masses.
That’s why I share so much of my own knowledge on this site, because I believe in the collaborative medium of film and that the more minds contributing the better.
Unfortunately, not everyone is as open with their experiences as I am.
Comment Corner: Week of May 2nd
Everyday I get emails from people who tell me the articles on this site and the comments with them have helped them tremendously. They can’t thank me enough for how informative they are. So it’s not just me who is making this site a great resource, it’s you as well!
Is R3D Data Manager Worth Your $80?
Some say it’s a life saver, while others call it sophisticated copy and paste. But in cold hard facts, R3D Data manager is a piece of software that allows you to safely transfer R3D files and RED camera footage from a card or drive onto multiple hard drive backups. There’s no doubt that the program works. I’ve used with success and it does what it says it’s able to do, but the big question is: is it worth your $80?
Five Stealth Methods of the Tape Measure Ninja
You are given less time and less opportunities to grab focus marks than ever before. Your only chance is to become invisible and get your marks when nobody is looking. You need to become… a tape measure ninja.
The Satisfaction of Seeing Your Name On Screen
You get transported back to that moment in the theater when you first realized, “hundreds of people do this as their life.” For a brief moment, you get to remember how it feels to be driven by that magic, by the dream, by the urge to one day be a part of something that inspires others.
27 Ways You Can Stay Busy On Set
Here’s a list of things to do when you want to appear like a hard worker, put yourself ahead of schedule, or simply kill some time.
Comment Corner: April 25th and Contest Winners
It has to be some kind of cultural phenomenon. There’s no other way I can explain it. How else do you manage to come up with better and better comments every week? I don’t know what your secret is, but it’s making for some great conversations on the site. So dive into this week’s Comment Corner to get a handle on those talks.
Harrison Ford is Bad at Pulling Focus
Did you know Indiana Jones himself was once the man behind the camera? This week I found out Harrison Ford was once on the crew of a film shoot before hitting it big as Han Solo in Star Wars.