Another camera technique experiment! First, take a look: This is testing something I saw on one of the many how-to videos out there. The basic idea is that you can get a ghost look by playing with shutter speeds and frame rates. That turned out to be a bit harder...
It’s the end of the year, and time to reflect on the year gone by. 2014 goals in review I entered 2014 with one major filmmaking goal: be a major contributor on six short films. How did I do? March, “Better Days.” In March, I was DP for a short...
Last summer I took a class in screenwriting taught by Corey Mandell, who makes his living teaching folks how to write movies. As I’ve written, I had mixed feelings about the class, but one of the things I liked about it was Mandell’s approach to story...
Starting with “Saving Private Ryan” and “The Bourne Identity,” having jumpy action scenes has been one way to make action stand out. This can be effective when going for a hyper-realistic effect, as in those movies. It can also have a real...
About a month ago, Alex Bond, the son of a good friend, asked for some help making a video. He was applying to a scholarship competition run by Dr Pepper and one of the requirements was to make a short video showing what he would do with the scholarship money. The...
In June/July of this year, I took the Corey Mandell Professional Screenwriting Workshop. This was an online workshop for learning screenwriting skills. The class met for a three hour live online session once a week for eight weeks. It included weekly homework...
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