What exactly does a film producer do? Producer, Deborah Osment, has a great answer in this illuminating post on FilmSlate's website. I'm basically a rare film jack-of-all-trades (producing, directing, audio, lighting, shooting, etc.), but master of none - except actually being a jack of all fil...read more
Like it or not, the day is soon coming that will mark "The Death of Film". Since the age of DV began more than a decade ago, digital video technology and tools have been getting better and better and is in more wide use, while at the exact same time film technology and usage has been stagnant on a...read more
Photo by: Ricardodiaz11 Peeps and peepettes, in case you missed them just wanted to point out a bunch of filmmaking articles I have up on the FREE site MasteringFilm.com. Not only will you find articles by me, but also some of the hottest film book authors in the game all courtesy of Focal Press....read more
Of all the emails and questions I get, the most common probably center around some variation of, "What camera should I buy?". And the answer of course depends on your budget and what you want to shoot (and how many times I've already answered this question that particular week). Even armed with t...read more
I generally stopped reading physical newspapers more than two years ago and instead get all my news from the online versions of the papers I like to read. Apart from the savings, environmental and clutter issues, the best part of the online news sources is that they offer more in the way of video,...read more
Just wanted to share this insightful GQ magazine article by Mark Harris on the sad state of Hollywood since we talk about it so often on The Double Down Film Show. I look at it this way: The state of movies is pretty sad, but the state of home theater is incredible! The GQ Article: You want to u...read more