Making it Sound Good

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...

Keep the Pitches Off the Elevator

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....

91 Set-Ups in 3 Days

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...

Get Your Coffee on Alltop

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...

Full Battle Rattle [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...

I Claim Life Hacking 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...

The Glamour of Producing

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...

I’m Not Dead Yet

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...

So, What Do You Want to Do?

“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...