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7 Options to Consider When Choosing Kodak Motion Picture Film Stocks
Kodak offers a wide range of options for film stocks. Here, we take a look at what’s available for your next project — and what you should …
The Simple, Stable Solution to Rigging Your Lights Anywhere
So how can you position your lights exactly where you want them — without the shooting environment constraining your setup?
How a Pre-Production Checklist Can Help Your Production
Filmmaking is a puzzle. Let’s examine what a pre-production checklist might look like for a low-budget, narrative short film.
Know the Rules and Regulations of Traveling with Batteries
In this write-up, we take a look at the rules and regulations of flying with batteries for your next filmmaking excursion.
Production Tips: Getting Started with High-Output Lights on Set
Today, we’ll look at the three main reasons filmmakers use high-output lights on their set, how to harness this light, and what it’s good for. When people …
Building a Low-Budget Handheld Rig for the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K
The Pocket 4K already feels excellent on a handheld shoot, but how can you make it into a more accommodating, versatile weapon?
Viltrox vs. Metabones: Speed Booster for the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
Next in our ongoing series of Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K guides, we’re taking a look at the world of speed boosters.
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.
The Advantages of Hard Light and the Benefits of Using It on Set
You can create dramatic compositions by bouncing hard light off something to make it soft, and create sharp edges and punchy, bold images.
Three Cheap, Underappreciated Cameras Filmmakers Should Consider
Research demonstrates, in a crowded marketplace, sometimes your best options aren’t always the biggest, most expensive name brands.
Why Filmmakers and Photographers Prefer to Use Soft Light
In this article, we take a look at why most filmmakers and photographers prefer to light their subjects with large, soft light sources.
Capturing the Cinematic Moment: Creative Uses for a Color Meter
Color has long been one of the primary tools filmmakers use to communicate aspects of their characters and the worlds they live in.