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
The reviews are coming in for my new book The Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide, the sequel to my first film book and the early buzz is very good. After reviewing the book L.A. Splash magazine contacted me for an interview. I spoke with them for over an hour about learning the craft of fil...read more
In honor of MLK Day, just wanted to share these 2 different projects I produced and directed celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy at NYU, my alma mater. One of the things I discuss about working in the world of freelance video in my 2nd book, The Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide ...read more
The following post is excerpted from the Handling Ya Business chapter of my brand-new book, The Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide, which is now shipping. You can download more FREE sample content from the book at the link above. If you like what you read, please feel free to order a signed...read more
If you shoot video as a freelance filmmaker, chances are high that you've had at least one client nightmare, so I thought I'd share this very funny spoof on the art of training your clients. It's an ebook/audiobook entitled How to Be a Better Client by the creative studio ID29 who clearly have an...read more
VIDEO: "What is Motion Design?" I wanted to share this informative video on the use of Motion Design by the very cool people at Motion Plus Design in Paris. As my partner in grind, Pete Chatmon, has pointed out on more than one occasion- now that everyone and their mama can afford a camera and wa...read more
The long awaited follow up to my first book, The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide (the #1 documentary filmmaking book on Amazon.com), is about to drop and I am now taking discounted pre-orders right here, right now for "The Shut Up and Shoot Freelance Video Guide". (Shipping starts December 14,...read more
So apart from having some fun in the Porsche 911 GTS Cabriolet, this shoot was really a chance for me to see what these GoPro HeroCam's could do. Of course, it took a psychological leap of faith to attach two $300 devices via a suction cup and drive upwards of 90 m.p.h., but the suction cups worke...read more
Check out my Go Pro Hero Cams in action on video #3, “The Double 7 Squad″ the Double 7 Images new Porsche “911 x 7″ campaign. More Porsche videos all this week! Tomorrow we'll get a close up look at the Go Pro cameras in action. ...read more
Check out my Go Pro Hero Cams in action on video #2, "$Free.99" the Double 7 Images new Porsche "911 x 7" campaign. Stay tuned for the rest of the Porsche videos all this week! ...read more