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5 Tutorials You Need for Making a DIY Film Cart
Cheap carts, hand truck modifications, and more. Here are a few camera cart builds you can put together yourself.
DIY: How to DIY a Green Screen on a Budget
With tips on setting, lighting, and more, learn how to create your own green screen background—without breaking the bank.
How Music Helped to Motivate This DIY Coronavirus Documentary
A chat with the filmmakers of Affected: The Story of Us on how they were able to put the soundtrack first to render their emotions. Dive in!
The Lost Joys of Using DIY Filmmaking Equipment
We’ve all been there — solving production problems with creative builds on the cheap. But what else do we gain by building our own DIY equipment?
7 DIY Filmmaking Projects You Can Complete in a Weekend
Expand your filmmaking skill-set in only a weekend with these DIY tutorials for fun, creative, and relatively simple filmmaking projects.
DIY Filmmaking Tips: Building a Heavily Diffused $50 Light
Here’s a video tutorial on how to recreate the spill and power of a popular powerhouse light with little to no budget at all.
7 DIY Filmmaking Hacks: Creating New Lights to Building Your Own Hi-Hat
In this video tutorial, we’ve rounded up seven quick-and-easy camera and lighting builds to expand your filmmaking arsenal.
This DIY Roger Deakins-Style Ring Light Costs Less Than $150
Filmmaker extraordinaire Roger Deakins often uses homemade ring lights. Here’s how to take a page from his playbook and build one yourself — for cheap.
Tips for Building DIY Lighting Setups for Under $100
Don’t have enough funds to purchase high-priced lighting kits? Try out using some of these cheaper methods to get your lighting right. One of the core principles …
Video Tutorial: Create a DIY Wireless China Ball Light
No more looking for an outlet when you’re setting up lights on set. This DIY light kit offers mobile, cinematic light for under $200.
DIY Filmmaking: How to Build Your Own Dolly for $50
In this step-by-step video tutorial, we show you how to to build a durable, customizable dolly for your next video project — for next to nothing.
Homemade VFX: Create and Film a DIY Meteor Strike
Computer-generated visual effects are useful, but they aren’t perfect for every shot. Learn how models and good cinematography can create great visuals.