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 | 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 7, 2011 | Projects, Tips, Video Apps
It’s always been a dream of mine to have a wall covered in seamless dry erase board (yeah, I have weird dreams). But just imagine having such a large space to brainstorm, draw, write notes, etc. I wanted to have one for the edit suite of Bots High, and I had a...
by Joey Daoud | Mar 1, 2010 | Development, Tips
This is a precursor to a post I’m writing on how to figure out the true cost of a Kickstarter Project (using my recently posted project as an experiment). I was curious to see what funding levels got the most response, so I’d know which area to put the...
by Joey Daoud | Feb 13, 2010 | Cameras, Tips, Video Equipment
Filming a documentary in a robot workshop has its advantages, like a wide assortment of available tools and constant motivation to build something of your own. So I decided to take on the DIY dolly – the one with skateboard wheels on PVC pipe track – and...