by Joey Daoud | Sep 19, 2011 | Cameras
Tips for Filmmakers and Camera Assistants | The Black and Blue. The Black and Blue is a pretty awesome and useful blog written by an AC. Right now he has a series going on being a faster AC. There’s also some good posts on DIY...
by Joey Daoud | Sep 2, 2011 | Coffee & Celluloid
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...
by Joey Daoud | Sep 2, 2011 | Awards, Documentary, Projects, Screenings
Coffee and Celluloid Production’s feature documentary Bots High will be playing at the Independents’ Film Festival in Tampa September 17, and was just announced that it will receive the Best Documentary award that evening. Director Joey Daoud and...
by Joey Daoud | Aug 16, 2011 | Bots High, Distribution, Documentary, Exhibition, Marketing
Great film! – Handwritten note on a festival rejection letter The above note sums up the festival experience of my feature film Bots High quite well. A film that people who see, love, yet didn’t get much traction on the festival circuit. It played at some...
by Joey Daoud | Aug 15, 2011 | Cameras
The Great Camera Shootout 2011: SCCE ~ Episode Two | Zacuto USA. Part 2 of Zacuto’s camera shootout is up. This one covers Sensors and Sensitivity. Wasn’t as mind blowing as the first one but still very informative.
by Joey Daoud | Jul 19, 2011 | Bots High, Editing, Tips
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...
by Joey Daoud | Jul 14, 2011 | Documentary, Travel
View “Odessa, TX – Research and Exploration” on Storify
by Joey Daoud | Jul 3, 2011 | Cameras, Photography
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...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 22, 2011 | Documentary, Editing, Tips, Video Apps
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...
