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
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
Documentary and Corporate Video peeps check out my latest course on lynda.com "Video Interview Techniques". This is a full 2 hour course on all the technical, practical and logistical aspects of shooting and conducting interviews on camera. In this course I share with you many tips that I personal...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 wanna drop a quick tip that my home people over at the Beneathearth Film Festival are offering a free panel tomorrow Weds. August 8th in New York City at the Wix Lounge. Among the team of expert panelists doling out filmmaking strategies and wisdom for free is my colleague, Chris Chan Roberso...read more
A week or so ago I dropped a free chapter of my new Lynda.com course Fundamentals of Video: Cameras and Shooting. Well today, courtesy of my ultra coolass peeps at Lynda.com I'm gonna drop the whole 3-hour course on you and all ya peeps completely for FREE. That's right - the whole damn thang! ...read more
So as expected, the buzz from the annual NAB Show in Vegas is making it's way out into the universe as all the video manufacturer's drop their latest digital goodies. This is the probably the first N.A.B. Show I've missed in 6 years, so it's killing me to have to monitor the developments from afar. ...read more
Film collectors break out your credit cards...for another half day only ALL Criterion collection DVD's are on-sale for HALF PRICE...Box sets, Blu-Ray and all that! I don't know how often this happens, but my guess is rarely, so I'd jump on it if I were you. Only a few hours left though. The ...read more