Here’s a quick tip we wanted to share to help you avoid one of the most common mistakes made by amateur colorists – Stop working “against the grain” of your footage. Most indie productions, documentaries, and lower-budget projects have big…
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My Picture Lock Workflow: Assembly To Final Cut
After 2 years of writing, production, and editing, our latest feature film Teacher’s Pet is officially picture-locked! While…
Making A No-Budget / No-Crew Short Film In 3 Hours On The Sony A7S III
Last week I made a bite sized short film called “Echoes On The Shore”, which was shot in…
My Journey To Find The Perfect Aspect Ratio
If you’ve been following my blog for long enough, you probably know I am a little obsessed with…
The Paradox Of Originality In Filmmaking
Arguably the most misleading piece of advice given to emerging filmmakers is to be “original” with their work.…
Treat Editing Like Exercise: How To Stay Consistent With Your Creative Output
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time in the edit bay. Between getting deliverables ready for our…
How Jordan Peele’s NOPE Delivered The Best Day For Night Shots In Cinema
Of any film that has attempted to shoot using day for night tactics, none pulled it off better…
Shooting An 8mm Vampire Short Film With The New Kodak Super 8 Camera
Last week I got a chance to shoot on the new Kodak Super 8 camera on a new…
Why Most Film Grain Looks Fake (And How To Achieve Better Results In Post-Production)
Adding film grain to your project in post is one of the best ways to create a unique…
How To Shoot & Produce A Multi-Cam Corporate Video Project Or Event
In this post, I’ll walk you through best practices for shooting, producing, editing, and finishing a multi-cam video…
Free Download: Fuji F-Log LUT (.cube) For X-T4 / X-T5 / X-H1 / X-H2 And More…
I recently created this Fuji F-Log to Rec 709 conversion LUT using a variety of test footage on…
The Secret To Cinematic iPhone Color Grading: Using The Final Cut Pro Color Board
In this quick post I am going to walk you through a very simple color grading workflow that…
