The makers of the indie feature “The House On Pine Street” have posted a great video on Vimeo showing the importance of colour correction when shooting digitally. Continue reading Why you want to shoot flat and then colour-correct in post
Category Archives: Tutorial
Umbrella Lighting Kit for $50
Here is a very affordable lighting kit for a beginner in filmmaking and photography… or someone experienced but who wants something cheap and small (so that you can take it on small shoots). Continue reading Umbrella Lighting Kit for $50
$15 DIY Rain Machine
Do you want to make it rain in your next film? Or maybe you’re doing a sexy music video where you wet the ladies down? Here’s how you can do it on a super low budget! Continue reading $15 DIY Rain Machine
Sandbags!!!
A quick tutorial about sandbags.
If you’re ever working with lights, then you should be using sandbags to prevent the light stands from tipping over and breaking your lights or someone’s head. Continue reading Sandbags!!!
How To Do Action – Jackie Chan Style
Tony Zhou has posted a great video on Vimeo analyzing action scenes done by Jackie Chan. The fact that Chan leads a great stunt team is a given, but Zhou makes very interesting points about directing and editing fighting scenes. He compares how Jackie Chan’s fights come out in Hollywood versus Hong Kong films. Continue reading How To Do Action – Jackie Chan Style
Shooting With Natural Light: movie “Wild”
This weekend sees the North American wide release of the movie “Wild” starring Reese Witherspoon. The film is directed and DP’ed, respectively, by Jean-Marc Vallée and Yves Bélanger. This is the duo of talented Quebec filmmakers whose work includes the Oscar-winner “Dallas Buyers Club”. Continue reading Shooting With Natural Light: movie “Wild”
Lighting Dozen – New Cinematography Tutorials!
Today I am super proud to announce that my new tutorials are available for sale on the STORE page. The best part is that it’s only $24 dollars! Continue reading Lighting Dozen – New Cinematography Tutorials!
How To Get Professional Film Sound – Low-budget Way
If you do things traditional way, you can easily spend a lot of money recording sound on a film. But if you apply a few simple methods, you can get professional film sound on almost any budget. The methods described here are what we have used on our short films. Continue reading How To Get Professional Film Sound – Low-budget Way
Shane Hurlbut’s Cinematography Tour
Those of you interested in cinematography must have heard of Shane Hurlbut. He’s been the director of cinematography on many big Hollywood movies, including Need for Speed, Act of Valor and Terminator Salvation. Continue reading Shane Hurlbut’s Cinematography Tour
“Red Spring” Film Concept Trailer
We’re their food… and we’re running out…
Today I am releasing a little concept trailer for a new feature film I will be working on. Continue reading “Red Spring” Film Concept Trailer