So last week I shared Ilya Naishuller's video, Bad Motherf***er (Insane Office Escape 2) on this blog. If you haven't seen it, it's a very violent Rated "R" action music video that lives up to it's provocative title. It's definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but if you're into that sort of act...read more
Here's a very brilliant and entertaining bit of filmmaking by Russian filmmaker, Ilya Naishuller, in the form of a an ultra-violent ultra-viral first-person shooter music video entitled "Bad Motherf***er". Apart from excellent stunt work and editing, this video is particularly notable in that it w...read more
I don't know what this shot on. I don't know the filmmaker, Andrey Milyayev , personally. It doesn't tie in to any larger filmmaking point I want to make. So I have no commentary to add to this video... except to say that it's a beautiful and inspiring short visual journey and I think that mak...read more
Thought I'd share this cool video I came across via Doddle that helps shed some light on the current Hollywood discussion du jour about major VFX (Visual Effects) houses going bankrupt. I think it's a fascinating - if scary - development in the ever-expanding "Digital Evolution". Notice I didn't s...read more
Check out the trailer, then peep the dope infographic below that breaks down the money behind the KickStarter.com funded web series Video Game High School. I think the below infographic proves 3 things: It takes money to make "movies". A picture says a thousand words. If yo...read more
So some 15 years later, I finally got around to digitizing my old Beta Demo reel and came across this little blast from the past I wanted to share with y'all. This is a short video clip from "CORE" a teen show I worked on as a Segment Producer for The Education Channel, shot at the opening of ...read more
As most of you know from many previous posts, I'm not the biggest fan of DSLR shooting, but I'm not a DSLR hater either. I just prefer all video equipment to be to be as user-friendly and hassle-free as possible, regardless of whatever it can do technically. And generally speaking, DSLR's still ...read more
Gotta say this little company keeps impressing me with it's new products and product improvements... The hip people at GoPro who brought you the first simple affordable and tiny HD action cams, then brought 3D to the masses with the GoPro 3D Hero System, and who most-recently added remote control G...read more
Just came across a very cool audio trick from Linden Hudson at LocationSoundMixer.com. It is the very essence of the Down and Dirty Filmmaking philosophy that I just wrote about in my previous post. It's a simple and brilliant example of how to creatively diagnose and solve your everyday filmm...read more
Down and Dirty filmmaking is not so much a set of specific filmmaking tactics or techniques, but rather a 24/7 mindset that should permeate every aspect of your filmmaking if you have limited resources. (And let's be real, almost all of us have limited resources.) One of the guerrilla concepts I ...read more