If you want to be a professional, you’re going to have to dive deeper than these obsessed filmmakers. You’re going to have to do the hard work. You’re going to have to actually learn beyond the product cycle.
Miscellaneous Tips
How to survive in the film industry: from setiquette to crafty
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25 Filmmaking Terms that Sound Like Sex Acts (and What They Actually Mean)
Here’s a list of filmmaking terms I’ve compiled that, in a twisted world, would be spoken only in a hotel room with a hooker and a $100 bill. Instead we shout them on set.
How to Handle Working for an Asshole
I wish I could tell you that everyone in the film industry is nice as cherry pie, but I know it’s not true. At some point, you’re going to encounter an asshole. How you deal with them will have a tremendous effect on the path your career takes — for better or worse.
100 Resources (Even More) for Filmmakers, Cinematographers, and Crew
I’ve reached back into the well and found another 100 resources perfect for filmmakers, cinematographers, camera assistants, and just about anyone who has ever stepped on a film set.
The Best of The Black and Blue from 2012
Before we move forward through 2013, I’d like to go backwards into 2012 and reflect on the most popular posts from The Black and Blue this year — chosen by you based on your visits.
25 Pieces of Juicy Filmmaking Knowledge from Cinematographer Roger Deakins
Roger Deakins is a living legend. He’s one of my favorite cinematographers and for a good reason: his talents are undeniable, his philosophy level-headed, and his contribution to film significant. So when he talks (or types), I listen. As should you.
I Worked for Free, Now Where’s My DVD?
Imagine this: after going back and forth for days, you’ve finally been offered your first film gig and feel like you’re taking a step in the right direction for your film career. But there’s a catch — there always is, isn’t there?
How to Eat Healthy on a Film Set and Avoid the Temptations of Crafty
Between all the pressures, anxieties, and sleepless days on set, it’s a wonder anybody manages to stay alive for long in the film industry — it isn’t exactly condusive to healthy living. A large part of the unhealthiness pervasive on sets is the diet of crew members.
The Camera Assistant’s Guide to Better Cinematography
By no means do I consider myself a cinematographer. But I do consider myself a pretty good camera assistant who has worked with talented cinematographers. These five tips are what I have taken away from my career as an AC and they are lessons you can apply right now if you’re striving to be a cinematographer.
The 7 Dumbest Mistakes You Can Make Your First Day On Set
Intention doesn’t make the mistakes any less dumb, nor the consequences any less serious. So if you’re looking to join the ranks of a Hollywood crew someday, do your best to avoid these 7 idiotic mistakes that are — unfortunately — common among first-timers.