Distance Shots

If you want to tell if someone is a beginner filmmaker its not that hard. All you really have to do is looks at their cinematography and you will tell. Super shaky shots without any sense of composition that go on for 45 seconds at a time make me close a YouTube video faster than...

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Time Lapse with EOS Utility

So I've been getting a lot of people ask me about how exactly I did the time lapse with a Canon 60D using EOS utility.  I thought that today I would show you how to use EOS utility. First step is to connect your Canon camera to your computer with the USB cord and open...

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Kindle Fire - What can a filmaker learn from Amazon?

Today Amazon announced their new tablet, the Kindle Fire.  Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon said on the home page: "There are two types of companies: those that work hard to charge customers more, and those that work hard to charge customers less. Both approaches can...

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What makes a great film?

I'm in charge of organizing the Film Festival at my school.  I'm pretty excited for it.  I got the poster done tonight and I'm already hearing about what films people are working on. Tonight we had an informational meeting.  There were a few people that came that were...

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Time Lapse In Your Films

I have recently gotten addicted to the TV show "Breaking Bad."  One of the things that I love most about it is the cinematography.  The show is very raw and the camera matches it.  Rarely will you see a stable shot on a tripod.  Even the establishing shots are...

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Patience as an Aspiring Filmmaker

I saw this video and had to share it.  If there is anything that I have learned from being an Aspiring Filmmaker, it's that it takes a lot of time and work.  Patience is a true virtue of anyone in the filmmaking industry.  I have been doing this for almost eight years now.  I plan on doing it for a lot longer. I like what Ira Glass has to say though, stick...

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Get In Motion Tour

I just got an email about the Get In Motion Tour.  The Get In Motion Tour is a conference going to 40 different cities teaching people about doing: -Web Commercials -Weddings -Birth Announcements -Family Films -Senior Music Videos -Events You're saying, "Wait, those almost all sound like things photographers do!"  Well you're right.  The Get In Motion Tour is geared...

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