by Joey Daoud | Sep 5, 2009 | Cameras
Sony EX1 Slow Motion Test from Joey Daoud on Vimeo. I know what’s been keeping you up at night. You’ve been wondering, if you have a Sony EX1, what settings get you the best looking slow motion: shooting 720 60p or 720 30p with S&Q at 60? Well, lose...
by Joey Daoud | Aug 14, 2009 | Cameras
Found this short, condensed history of the creation of cinematography. For something so short it’s pretty thorough. It has a lot of the famous first things ever shot, as well as the original cameras (or pretty good reproductions). Then it kind of becomes a joke...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 23, 2009 | Books, Cameras, Video Production
A while back I started a book recommendation series where I’d recommend what I thought were the best books in each area of filmmaking. Today we’re continuing with cinematography books. Unlike the first category of screenwriting, I’ve read a lot of...
by Joey Daoud | Sep 1, 2008 | Coffee & Celluloid
Pensive Directing I’ve only briefly mentioned the production of my thesis (the fictional one), and after having about a month to think it over, and finally seeing the dailies four weeks after filming (monthlies?), I have an idea of where I stand with the...
by Joey Daoud | Jun 24, 2008 | Cameras, Film School
In a perfect film set world (real world), you shoot for the day, send the film to the lab that night to be processed, return the next day, shoot some more, and then during lunch (or beginning/end of the day), you watch what you shot the previous day. These are called...
