Crowdsourcing – Kickstarter vs. IndieGoGo
If you haven’t yet heard of crowdsourcing… just wait, you’ll hear it somewhere, soon enough (most likely this post if you keep reading). If you’re not yet familiar, let me give you the brief rundown. Crowdsourcing is the act of engaging the public at large to help a person or organization perform a task that it [...]
Film Festival Tips, Part I
Now that our film KEI has been accepted to the Bermuda International Film Festival, we find ourselves in the now-familiar place of figuring out how to maximize the film’s exposure on the festival circuit. There are a LOT of festivals out there. And there are even more films in those festivals. It’s not easy to [...]
Media Management PART 1 – It’s Not Just a Sexy Catchphrase!
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of managing your media. This is something that I’ve always put mega importance on. Is it fun? No. Do you feel like a true creative genius while doing it? No. But to be a quality editor you have to be both creative and OCD. I found it crazy when [...]
Errol Morris, Spontaneous Human Combustion and Why I Love Doc Filmmaking
Full disclosure: I haven’t seen nearly as many Errol Morris movies as I should have (or want to). Yes, I realize that’s a horrible thing for someone working in docs to say. I’m not going to list the paltry number I’ve seen because snooty film buffs will just disregard my thoughts, so let’s just say [...]
So That Is What Those Do…
As I unopened our new AF100 and started going through and tweaking all the internal settings I had the thought, “Man, when I was a wee cinematographer I wish there was someone who told me what all these settings did.” Well, wee cinematographers, here it is. A cheat sheet of camera settings. (WARNING VERBIAGE [...]
