With a tight budget I'm always a big fan of turning to Elance to outsource some work. I've had interviews transcribed with timecode reference, After Effects animation, and poster design done. Now I needed some subtitles for Bots High. I knew this would need a higher...
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Odessa Documentary Exploration – Storified
View "Odessa, TX - Research and Exploration" on Storify
Coffee Meets Celluloid: Caffeine as Developer
Interesting article on using coffee, tea, or vitamin c as a developer. Caffeine apparently works really well as a developing agent - how cool is that! Yes, it will take a lot longer (25 minutes for T-Max 400) and more light (rated at ISO 100), but if you're shooting...
Dropbox and Post-Production Hacks
Have a few hacks we discovered while editing Bots High. Our main challenge was how we (Andrew the editor and I) could streamline two computers working off the same Final Cut files (not simultaneously) to access the same footage. Some reasons for this - Andrew could...
The Biggest, Cheapest White Board You’ll Find
It's always been a dream of mine to have a wall covered in seamless dry erase board (yeah, I have weird dreams). But just imagine having such a large space to brainstorm, draw, write notes, etc. I wanted to have one for the edit suite of Bots High, and I had a...
New Bots High Trailer Gets Reviewed on /Film
A few weeks ago we finally got an official trailer up for Bots High. There had been one up for a while (well, first it was a teaser, then a trailer). The problem is it took way too long to get to the action. Here's the old trailer: And below you can see the hot spot...
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...
I’ve Got a Finished Movie, Got Rejected from SXSW, and Other Adventures From These Past Months
Damn, it's been long since my last post. Too long. It's not from forgetting - I have dry erase boards and notecards full of blog posts ideas. And Andrew and I have had countless conversations that end with, "This should be a Coffee and Celluloid Post." They just never...
Bots High – Feature Documentary Post-Production Workflow
Editing for Bots High, my first feature length documentary, is done! Picture is locked, music is getting wrapped up and sound design has started. I'm working on a variety of posts to cover what I learned, both on higher, editing theory level, and detailed, technical...