Background I was born in Brooklyn, New York sometime in the 1980’s. I graduated high school from Coral Reef Senior High in Miami with a diploma from the International Baccalaureate Academy (which may not be a big deal but 7 years later I’m still waiting for that 23...
Coffee & Celluloid
Kickstarter and Flattr
I want to briefly touch on two fundraising websites/programs because I'll be writing a lot more about them soon (at least on Kickstarter). Since I just mentioned Kickstarter, I'll start there. We briefly talked about this in the last podcast, but just in case you...
Andrew Interviews Himself
Who the hell are you? I'm a 25 year old filmmaker. I went to the FSU Film School and graduated with a BFA in film production. I live in Miami and try to keep busy. I work primarily as an editor and TV producer for a show called ArtStreet, which airs on WLRN-TV...
ShotMarks
This is a very specific post for Sony EX1 and EX3 users (maybe other molds but I'm not sure). Imagine you're alone and filming a long event. There's really nothing useful happening for your project except about an hour in (or was it 45 minutes?) one of your subjects...
Traveling to SXSW on the StartupBus
This Tuesday I'll be getting on a bus of about 30 entrepreneurs for a road trip from Miami to SXSWi in Austin, TX. During this trip these entrepreneurs will be working in teams to launch a company, in time to pitch at the conference. It's the Miami StartupBus. And...
A Brief History of Movie Title Designs
A Brief History of Title Design from Ian Albinson on Vimeo. Very nice collection of movie title designs in chronological order. via Watch A Brief History of Movie Title Designs | /Film.
The XML Super Powers of the Dynamic Duo of Final Cut Pro and FileMaker Pro
The XML Super Powers of the Dynamic Duo of Final Cut Pro and FileMaker Pro When I started post for Bots High I was faced with a Final Cut file that had 3 terabytes of data and 5000 clips roughly organized by Bins but in no meaningful way. I knew I wanted to create a...
The Final Cut Pro Dilemma
Never before has a piece of software put me in such an existential dilemma - the evolution (or de-evolution) of Final Cut Pro, the new software that's so revolutionary it skipped two versions and went from 7 to 10. "Everything's changed in post." Yeah, people are...
On Camera Angles and Debates
The MOU between the two campaigns was released last night with regard to the rules of the debate. It's an attempt to script the unknown and leave nothing to chance. There's been a lot of hoopla about tonight with regards to the role of the moderator, or 'moderator,'...