On the Double Down Film Show and this blog, I have long touted the amazing usefulness of iPads for filmmakers. Apart from just viewing and screening high-quality video, there are a growing number of practical tools for filmmakers that can streamline the job of filmmaking. Case-in-point, I just d...read more
On the next Double Down Film Show we'll have a special extended interview with Award-winning veteran Director of Photography, Sandi Sissel, A.S.C. With four decades (and counting) in the film and tv game, Sandi has D.P.'ed such notable feature films as Mira Nair's Oscar-nominated Salaam Bombay, ...read more
Peep this hot news - D.P. , Cliff Charles is giving a rare private Master Class in Cinematography - Saturday, November 6, 2010 in New York City.If you aren't already familiar with his him, Cliff (a.k.a. The People's D.P.) is the Emmy-nominated D.P. of such films as Spike Lee's When the Levee's Brok...read more
On this episode of the Double Down Film Show we’ll discuss building a career in cinematography with veteran Hollywood Director of Photography, Julio Macat. Julio is the man behind the images of some of the most popular comedy movies of the last decade including Home Alone, Ace Ventura, The Nutt...read more
Let me start off by saying two things here:1) I thoroughly disagree with the general viewpoint of this video and2) Nevertheless, I think it's very funny and presents a very teachable guerrilla moment about common strains in the dynamic of the Producer / Cinematographer relationship as well as filmm...read more
On the next Double Down Film Show we have a double-header of filmmaking knowledge. First up is colorist, Eric Alvarado (Sex and the City, Fog of War, Tupac:Resurrection), who’s gonna walk us through the process of color-correction and discuss some of the many ways that a colorist can enhance the ...read more
(Roger Deakins left w/ Joel Coen right - photo courtesy of Focus Features)Just wanted to share this enlightening interview I heard on NPR this afternoon w/ DP, Roger Deakins, who shot ALL of the Coen Brothers movies since Barton Fink as well as Shawshank Redemption and A Beautiful Mind amongst other...read more
Alright, all you DPs out there--check this blog out if you wanna learn the importance of utilizing your color palette on film.A couple months back Isaac Botkin wrote an interesting blog examining the use of color as a "storytelling tool" onscreen. In "Color Theory for Cinematographers" Botkin provi...read more