by Joey Daoud | Jun 22, 2008 | Video Production
Since I’ve been sound mixing for the past three days, with three more to go (a double show), I thought it would be appropriate to post some tips on getting the best audio possible from Christian Dwiggins, Master Engineer and owner of Engine Room Studios, a sound...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 20, 2008 | Links
Here’s a collection of links I’ve been hording relating to still photography. Some things to gain from photography: mastering composition, lighting, quick shooting, and using what’s available. Enjoy! Strobist Preliminaries – Gear and Jargon...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 17, 2008 | Development, Marketing, Tips
Imagine this – you stop by a big studio, maybe to try to get a few minutes with an exec to pitch your next idea. As you get back on the elevator to leave (with the no scheduled meeting), the door opens to reveal the Head of the Studio already riding down....
by Joey Daoud | Jun 12, 2008 | Cameras, Video Production
Yes, we got 91 set-ups ((A set-up is essentially a shot. Every time you move the camera, change lenses, change lighting, or film new action, that’s a new set-up.)) in 3 days. That’s about 30 a day. The 6 day show had 106 set-ups. Bottom line is we got a...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 8, 2008 | Coffee & Celluloid
I’m in the Movies section on Alltop. What’s Alltop? A new feed aggregator site from VC Guy Kawasaki that tries to bring the power of RSS feeds ((Most sites and blogs that publish posts or articles offer their content through a feed, which you can subscribe...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 5, 2008 | Documentary
Out in the middle of the Mojave desert at Ft. Irwin, California, is a billion dollar mock Iraq village in an Army training center, filled with Iraqi roll players. Before units are deployed to Iraq, they come here for three weeks to simulate what they will encounter in...
by Joey Daoud | May 30, 2008 | Documentary
That’s right. In keeping with my fascination of offices and productivity, my next doc is on life hacking. It’s been tough explaining life hacking in one sentence. I’ve been going with ‘an online community dedicated to finding shortcuts to save...
by Joey Daoud | May 30, 2008 | Video Production
Ten cans of film have been turned in after the longest producing job I’ve had yet – six days of summer thesis kick-off. You get three days to shoot your thesis film, or you can team up and double your resources as the DP and Director did here and shoot for...
by Joey Daoud | May 20, 2008 | Coffee & Celluloid
So I went from a post a day to nil. As you might guess, school has started again and to kick things off I’m producing. I have all these post ideas (like how Burn Notice went, a battle between students and faculty, and how I drove Geoffrey Gilmore, Director of...
by Joey Daoud | May 8, 2008 | Film Business
“So, what are you going to do after you graduate?” is a question I’ve been hearing a lot more frequently. Sometimes it’s followed by, “New York or LA”? While the upcoming thesis cycle and finishing school seem to be the only things...
