The things you do before you shoot.
The road to distribution for a low budget independent film is a long and winding one (to paraphrase Paul McCartney), yet we were able to get there. You can get there too, if you avoid the well placed land mines along the way.
On the first of June, Panavision introduced the new Millenium DXL to the world with a showing at the ASC Clubhouse followed by an evening event at Light Iron. Art Adams and I attended the latter, and all my photos are…
2014 is the year I acquired an agent, and just in time: I’m awful at negotiating. I hate the process and the games. I’d rather just get on with the work. Now it’s out of my hands, but I have…
I see a lot of really awful portfolio websites around, and it offends my marketing sensibilities. This is my attempt to make the showreel world a slightly better place. PRESENTATION IS IMPORTANT Showing your reel on Youtube or Vimeo is really…
Demo reels are tough, especially when you’re first starting out. Here’s my advice on how to get through the first few iterations. My first showreel was awful. Well, actually it wasn’t that bad considering where I was in my career…
Every once in a while someone who reads my articles shoots me an email and asks if I’ll watch their showreel and critique it. This can be quite hard, because most of these reels just aren’t ready for prime time…
I’m a litigation attorney with 10 years experience, employed as a senior litigator by a major international law firm. I am also an advanced amateur videographer, doing travel videos. I’ve lost track of the number of depositions I’ve conducted, but they’re in the hundreds…
This is the bare minimum gear I consider appropriate for deposition videography. I won’t hire you again if you show up without backup for video and audio. Depositions are one-shot deals… they are critical events which can’t be redone. With the setup I’ve described, you have multiple independent video and audio recordings, and will always have a backup if something goes sour…