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  • Podcast Episode #1 Show Notes

    Additional CommentaryOkay, so these are the show notes for Down and Dirty DV Podcast - Episode #1: How to Choose a Camera. (See previous post to download or subscribe using link to your left.) This is a podcast series designed specifically for new and aspiring digital guerrilla filmmakers. The top...read more

  • The Down and Dirty DV Podcast Goes Worldwide Live

    The Down and Dirty DV Podcast is officially live and available to the free world. The podcast, like this blog is all about low-budget digital filmmaking. The podcast episodes will randomly alternate between enhanced audio and video podcasts.Episode #1 - Choosing A CameraIn Episode #1 I break dow...read more

  • The First Feature Film Shot On a Cell Phone

    Check out how Down and Dirty they get in Italy. Italian filmmaker's Marcello Mencarini and Barbara Seghezzi shot their feature-length doc, "New Love Meetings" on a Nokia cellphone. I shit you not.The movie is an updated version of the 1965 Italian documentary, "Love Meetings", by Pier Paolo Pasoli...read more

  • What the Hell is Machinima...and Why Should Aspiring Filmmaker's Care?Simply put, it's the latest hypest in filmmaking. I honestly, don't know much about it, but my friend, Skye, sent me a link to a machinima contest sponsored by Intel and I've been hearing some buzz about it for the past few month...read more

  • Anthony's Film Book Shelf 1

    .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Anthony's Film Book Shelf 1, originally uploaded by downanddirtydv. You can't learn this game without putting your head in so...read more

  • DIY Ring LightsAdd a little sparkle to your subject's eyes with a homemade ring light. What's a ring light you ask? Well it's a circular shapped ring of lights that mounts around your lens to give a nice even glow to your subject. More notably, the reflection of the ring-shaped lights, literally a...read more

  • The Power of Podcasting

    These Kids Are Very Visible... ...thanks to podcasting. A few weeks ago I came across a podcast called "Invisible Children" that was set up by 3 high-school students (or possibly recent H.S. grads) that did a documentary of the same name. The documentary is about children who are forced to fight i...read more

  • Down and Dirty DV Raincover

    Down and Dirty DV is all about teaching you to make the most of whatever you've got to workwith and finding low-cost effective solutions to everyday filmmaking problems.Video cameras and water don't mix. However, sooner or later, we all have to deal withshooting in the rain or not getting our shot....read more

  • Check Out the New Student Filmmaker Mag

    Down and Dirty DV Hits the Print PagesI forgot to tell you, I've got an article in this month's premier edition of Student Filmmaker Magazine. It's about guerrillla tactics for Feeding Your Crew. I don't think it's available online yet, but if you are a qualified student or aspiring filmmaker, you...read more

  • A More Flexible Dolly Solution

    This Dolly and Track are HOT!!!Last year at NAB I had a chance to play with this dolly and track and I was thoroughly impressed, so I thought I'd give it a belated shout out. What's so special about it you ask? Two things:#1 Flex Track ($400.00 / 40' section)Instead of normal metal dolly track or ...read more

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