The latest cover of Esquire that's coming out, featuring Megan Fox, wasn't shot with a still camera but with the RED ONE, the super inexpensive, super high-def movie camera. Basically Megan acted for 10 minutes, which they filmed on the RED, and then pulled out the...
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Five Sprockets – Film Production Tools Online
Last month at TechCrunch 50 I was introduced to Five Sprockets. Their mission is to bring all the tools you'd need to write and manage a film online and for free. Good idea, yes, but I don't think the execution is there yet. The main tools of the beta site are an...
Peter Shankman’s “If I Can Help a Reporter Out” – Awesome Resource
Peter Shankman's "If I Can Help a Reporter Out" This is a very cool site for both sides of the story - the writer/documentarian and source. There's two parts to HARO. The main part is where anyone can sign up for the mailing list. A few times a day you get an email...
How I Used My DVR to Set My Career Goals
With graduation looming closer and more people asking me what I want to do, I need to come up with a more concrete answer. Director or produce? Fiction or documentary? With the way the summer's been going, I'm leaning towards producing. As for fiction and documentary,...
The Magic of the Ikea Big Blue Bag
It's back to producing mode, so here's one of my favorite and least expensive tools: the Ikea Big Blue Bag. About a year or so ago, Ikea started charging five cents for plastic bags. So I picked up three of these for 59 cents each (and snuck one of the yellow shopping...
The Lowepro CompuDaypack
Though this pertains more to photography (though adaptable for DV), I've had some great experiences with the Lowepro CompuDaypack that I took with me to Europe. This bag is designed to hold both a laptop and camera, and it saved my equipment in more than one way....
How to Make Professional Looking DVDs
I just finished designing the DVD for Cubicles to give out to the crew and interviewees. A lot of people liked the design and asked what was needed, so here's a guide I wrote up. Maxell DVD-R Printable 50 for $14.99 Get these while they're still on sale. When first...