Lighting the Way: From Cave Walls to Modern Day By the Hyphenate Video Blogger Approaching a blog post about lighting, this hyphenate video content creating guy’s impulse is to begin with the first lights used for the first films and proceed safely from there....
WHAT CAMERA DO I NEED TO BECOME A FILMMAKER? By Doug Morris THE DAWN OF FILM In 1888 Louis Le Prince recorded four revelers dancing in what many believe is the world’s oldest surviving film – a three-second clip – commonly referred to as the...
THE GODFATHER OF STORYBOARDS By Doug Morris WHO NEEDS A STORYBOARD? If you’re planning a road trip you’ll want a map to guide you to your destination. Before you can hope to build your dream home your architect will need to get the plans approved before...
Pollyanna vs Nightcrawler: Two Paths to Positivity By Doug Morris Be so positive that negative people don’t want to be near you The Power of Positive Thinking can help filmmakers (or anyone else for that matter) overcome many of the obstacles that...
Have you ever been accused of projecting a negative attitude? Has your outlook grown increasingly darker and more pessimistic as the past year dragged on? Is it becoming more and more difficult for you to see a proverbial silver lining backlighting so many dark...
Podcast Guest – Justin McAleece James: All right. So I’ll start off with I guess, career choice. What, what is it that, made you decide to choose this career? Justin: I went into filmmaking as originally a mechanical engineering student at...
HOW ARE YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT SKILLS? VIDEO PRODUCTION IS A VERY COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY. By Doug Morris “Great videos don’t just happen — They’re the product of serious planning and budgeting.“ Given the growing number of broadcast, cable,...
The Film Festival Goes Underground By Doug Morris THE FILM FESTIVAL IN A NUTSHELL According to How Stuff Works: “Film festivals are events staged by universities, private organizations, local governments, arts associations and/or film societies. They...
Shooting testimonials with a key partner for international tech solution firm Ingeno at a hotel in the Berkeley Marina. We shot FS5 at 4K in Slog 3 with Sigma Cinema Prime Lenses (35mm / 85mm f1.5). Our B-cam was on a Edelkrone tripod mounted slider with a profile...
MAKING A FILM IN THE EDIT BAY By Doug Morris “Good editing makes the film look well-directed. Great editing makes the film look like it wasn’t directed at all.” — Victor Fleming Phillip Seymour Hoffman maintains that a film is made in the editing room and he...
