Back in January I dropped a post and put up a trailer for this film that originally screened at Sundance and now it's starting it's official U.S. theatrical tour. If you are in N.Y.C this week then you are fortunate enough to be in the city that's premiering the theatrical release of Terence Na...read more
If you're like me, there are probably still a handful of very well-known, popular and classic films that you've simply never seen for whatever reason- maybe it's not your favorite genre, you've never caught it from the beginning on tv, the original is dated and you already saw the remake (gasp!), ...read more
Y'all know the grind never stops at Down and Dirty DV, so if you don't see any blog posts for a minute, know that I'm working on something ELSE to educate and motivate aspiring filmmakers. And for the last few months that something else has been the 2nd edition of my first book, The Shut Up and S...read more
I am saddened that for yet another year, I'm unable to attend the annual NAB Show in Vegas. It truly is a production guy/gals ultimate toystore, tech school and playground. (If you've never been, think of the NAB Show as the B&H Superstore in NYC x 1000... Yes, it's that BIG of a show.) Ne...read more
Gotta say, I think this is by far the coolest piece of new gear I've seen in a long time. It's a new camera stabilizer system called the Movi that looks to be considerably easier to use and more versatile than most of the the Steadicam and Glidecam-style stabilizer rigs. It can smoothly capture s...read more