These days you can record great on-camera audio on many cameras. But there are lots of reasons to still record audio separately even if it’s just a backup. Today I’ll be discussing workflows that only use separate audio recording; the classic double system film workflow. Start by finding all the visual slates. This is pretty […]
I have a new video on YouTube, and I have an Android phone (a Nexus One. Love it!) and so I wanted to check out how my video looked on my phone. So I pulled up the YouTube app and loaded my channel. I saw this: Which confused me, because only one of those thumbnails […]
Just finished today! It’s been six years, and Jennie and Steve are waking up in bed together again. Why does this keep happening? And in case you need a refresher, here’s what happened six years ago. Sorry about the fuzzy video. YouTube is a lot better now. Wow! I didn’t even plan those shots to […]
This afternoon I watched one too many of those xtranormal videos featuring world-weary professionals dealing with strawmen, so I made my own parody of the genre. Enjoy!
I cut a trailer for Denis Leary’s Twitter Book “Suck on This Year.” It’s funny and it’s burning up the charts on YouTube. Check it out.
I haven’t really made a live action movie since the summer of 2004, when I directed my not-very-short film Two Night Stand. In the meantime I’ve done some animation, and Truth @ 15 Frames Per Second which wasn’t exactly “shot” so much as it was “recorded.” My main focus during that time has been editing […]
I’ve worn a lot of hats in my filmmaking career. I’ve been a script supervisor, data wrangler, post-production supervisor, assistant editor, editor, title designer, and every once in a while I’ve had to slate. I rather enjoy slating, because later on when I sync up the movie, I know I’ll have quality slates. I don’t […]
My soccer coach always said Expect The Unexpected. I swear to God he also once said there is no “me” in team. In general, hard drives don’t fail during the first few years of their lives. As long as they stay under normal operating conditions they’re pretty reliable. But they’re also delicate and fragile machines […]
I haven’t seen a good Nigerian 419 scam letter in a while, I think because Gmail filters them out. But this one was smart enough to target me as a filmmaker and it got through the filters. It’s a pitch for a film called “Bear Beer Dear.” Dear Sir, Unique thrilling movie script is the […]
