Jackie Fang and crew behind the scenes of “Ministry of Loneliness” Provided Making a short film is a unique challenge—you have a limited amount of time to tell your story, and often even more limited budgets. You’re also likely competing with other filmmakers in a very crowded field. With the advent of affordable camera equipment, […]
January 13, 2021 Every filmmaker wants to create realistic sunlight effects on their projects. Does this YouTuber have the answer? Creating a realistic sunlight effect on a budget is the dream of many independent filmmakers. While there are powerful units like 12K HMI’s that larger productions use to mimic sunlight, they require a truck, a […]
One Small Modification Allows This Lens to Create ‘Magic Bokeh’ After flipping a single lens element, this Iranian photographer was able to capture the most stunning and unique bokeh. For filmmakers, bokeh is probably the richest, most decadent type of sweet cinematic treat, but the bokeh that Iranian photographer Alireza Rostami was able to capture […]
Gearing up for an outdoor nighttime shoot? Keep these lighting techniques in mind. Night exteriors pose unique lighting challenges to cinematographers. Not only do they have to paint light on the blank canvas that is darkness but they also have to mimic the look and feel of the moon, a light source that is often not […]
If you want to shoot better slow motion footage, you might want to consider these dos and don’ts. When’s the last time you watched a film or video that didn’t have at least a few seconds of slow motion footage? It’s probably been a while (or never), right? Its ubiquity is partly due to how […]
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