They finally arrived! It was in backorder but now I have the new Duel Wireless Rode Mic Go II Mic system. There are small and incredibly simple to use. They are rechargeable so I do not have to go through dozens and dozens of batteries. And most importantly great sound quality. Check www.rode.com if you like more info about this product.
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It's been in a while that I wanted to write about taking photos with your cell phone. I still see many people vertically taking photos and post on social media with black banners. This is just a suggestion that it is better and more professional to take horizontal photographs, especially videos. I found an article on INSIDER magazine that explains more in detail why you should remember to turn your cell phone horizontally.
https://www.businessinsider.com/taking-iphone-photos-horizontally-2015-8
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The overarching benefit of social media videos is that marketers can convey more information in less time. This feature makes them a powerful alternative to blog posts and improves their accessibility and reach. Videos are also incredibly versatile and can range from quick, trending challenges that boost engagement to informative live tutorials that will enhance brand awareness and product familiarity.
There’s also evidence that shows that videos interact better with the various social media algorithms. Facebook released a statistic that videos tend to get more engagement than other types of content, with live videos earning six times more engagement than a pre-recorded video. Please contact me for a free consultation.
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Creating a video takes time but most important preparation. It takes as much time to organize a shoot as filming it. Here, some steps that I use to prepare for a video.
First, come up with a concept. Before you can do anything, you'll need to decide on a concept for your video. What do you want to accomplish with the video? Who is your audience? What message do you want to get across? Without this crucial first step, you run the risk of making a video that fails to speak to your audience and advance your marketing goals.
Second, write a script. With the concept dialed in, it's time to sit down and write a script. Your script should be easy to understand, fit within your target video time, and include any changes in camera angle, wardrobe, or background.
Third, perform pre-production planning. At a minimum, pre-production planning consists of scouting a location, getting permits if required, procuring all of the equipment you need, reviewing your script, speaking with actors about their roles, deciding on a budget, and choosing a time and day for the shoot. As I said, the above list is very basic. There are seemingly endless other details—camera batteries, make-up, wardrobe, etc.—that need to be addressed before a shoot.
Fourth, shoot the video. The big day! Just like the pre-production planning, there are a million details to get right on the day of the shoot. If you've done the required work from the first three steps, things should go smoothly. If not, you're in for a day of frustration.
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Do you really need to shoot in 4K or more to make a good video? No, you need a good story told well and I am not the only one who thinks that. read the article below from Borrowlenses.com blog.
4K is Not Required for Art – Do What Works for You
For anyone out there looking to make a short film or a feature, and you’re facing the dilemma of whether to shoot in 4K or not, just think about the extra time and money it might require for your project to be shot in 4K. If your movie is VFX heavy, or you know you’ll be massively altering the images you shoot, then I definitely suggest 4K. If you are really trying to make a movie on a small budget, which hopefully means you wrote a story appropriate for a small budget, then I think 1080p will get you to the finish line.
I believe the more important question to consider is what is the best camera and lensing for your story. For me, the C100 Mark II with Rokinon Cinema Prime lenses gave me the images I wanted and needed to complete my first feature film.
https://www.borrowlenses.com/blog/do-you-need-4k-an-independent-filmmakers-experience/
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I know my camera very well and I have to admit that I use my experience to find the right exposure. However, these 4 suggestions can improve exposure skills.
Getting exposure right can seem simple, but it's even easier to get it slightly wrong. While being marginally overexposed or underexposed can be rescued, having blown out highlights or completely black shadows means the details will be unrecoverable. Here are four ways to monitor exposure properly on location. From the day I bought my first camera until the day I understood how to read a histogram is an embarrassingly large gap. I knew it wouldn't be particularly difficult to learn and yet I didn't even really bother to put the time in, and to my detriment might I add. But histograms aren't our only tool these days and if you're a videographer using an external monitor, for instance, you have other brilliant methods. My personal favorite of the four mentioned in this video is Zebra Pattern. It's a function — which can be tweaked as to exactly what it covers — that highlights areas that are above or below exposure thresholds. That is, you can set it so that whenever a highlight is blown out, zebra stripes will overlay and show you exactly what has gone too far. What's your preferred method of monitoring your exposure while out shooting?
https://fstoppers.com/education/4-ways-monitor-exposure-while-out-field-547907
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The film industry is a difficult one to break in. My philosophy is to do your best and be professional. In this well-written article, you can read more about it. "Qualities of a Film Industry Professional". Filmconnection.
In the film industry, it is important to understand that no matter how creative you are, or how many blockbusters you have in your head, the person who might hire you doesn’t care. Producers are just trying to fill jobs on their crew with competent people who will carry out the vision of the director. That being said, the easiest way to get a job in the industry with no prior experience is to take the job that no one else wants. This means lowering yourself to getting someone else coffee, taking out the trash, painting the walls, etc. If you can put your pride aside enough to do these jobs with a smile, you will be far ahead of most. A little humility will start you off on the right foot and it’s important to remember the qualities of a Film Industry Professional:
Full article here: https://www.filmconnection.com/reference-library/film-entrepreneurs/qualities-of-a-film-industry-professional/
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There we are the last of the five free online resources for film production. Maybe the most obvious but still a good tool for any inquiry. It is free and very helpful on YouTube.com. I use it many times for anything I need an answer to or for a tutorial.
As messy and ugly as it is, YouTube is still the best place on the internet to learn how to do something. If you’re stumped with a problem, chances are you can go to YouTube, type in “_____ tutorial”, you’re going to probably going to find a solution.
15 years ago talking to an Oscar-nominated Director of Photography was impossible for most of us, now it’s just a few clicks away. The internet is an amazing place. Today we can basically carry almost all of human knowledge in our pocket; we can get the answer to almost anything instantaneously. It’s leveling the playing field so that anyone with ambition and an internet connection can make a film.
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We are at the fourth free resource for Film Production. This website https://www.videocopilot.net is an incredible source on special effects, 3D, and much much more. I suggest taking some of the free tutorials.
There are many things that you can do with After Effects is just absurd. This site is Mecca for anyone looking to get into motion graphics, Video Copilot is a comprehensive guide to Adobe After Effects. It’s incredible that a site this good is free. You learn something new with every tutorial, and you learn to problem solve in After Effects so you can do almost anything.
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Let's start the new year with knowledge. This is a third free resource for Film Production. This website is full of information and tutorials for filmmakers, http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/
Nick Campbell’s creative blog is one of the best resources for filmmakers online. It started as a simple photo blog, then morphed when he started doing Photoshop, After Effects, and Cinema4D tutorials. The tutorials are great, but the section of his site dedicated to being a creative professional is invaluable. He’s always posting his thoughts on doing freelance work, or how to boost your creativity, as well as sharing awesome links to other pages.
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When you need to create a video or a feature film cinematography is very important. I believe that learn from the master is always a great idea, and Roger Deakins is definitely one of the masters.
RogerDeakins.com
Roger Deakins is one of the most respected cinematographers in the world. You’ve undoubtedly seen his work and if you haven’t then you have no business making films. When he’s not making Oscar-winning films, you can find him on his personal website where he’s always answering questions about cinematography. You can ask about almost anything light or camera related and you’ll almost always get an answer, if not from him then from dozens of other professionals that frequent the forum.
https://redproductions.com/5-awesome-free-online-resources-for-film-production-companies/
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I found five free resources for film productions. I think anyone can use these excellent tools to make any kind of film or videos. End everything starts with a script, introducing Celtx.com
Any film production company will tell you that the first step to filmmaking is writing. Screenplays use very particular formatting to help tell the story, and if you’re serious about sitting down to write a screenplay, you’ll want a program more powerful than Microsoft Word. You could shell out $180 for Final Draft, or you can get a program with the same functionality for free.
Celtx is a free download that lets anyone write a movie. It automatically formats your script to industry standards and keeps you organized so you can write the next Social Network.
https://redproductions.com/5-awesome-free-online-resources-for-film-production-companies/
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This is the last article about Vimeo vs. Youtube. I personally think that both platforms have pros and cons and you should choose the best for your needs.
If you don't care about any of the above, then here are a handful of practical advantages to using Vimeo over YouTube. In terms of features and flexibility, Vimeo beats YouTube in several ways.
Replace video but keep URL: This is one of Vimeo's best features. You can replace any of your existing videos with a new upload without losing its URL, thus keeping all of the likes, comments, stats, and not breaking any embeds that may exist on third-party sites.
Password protection: You can set a password on any video so that only those with the password can view it. YouTube doesn't have this feature, only allowing videos to be Public, Private, or Unlisted.
Domain-restricted embeds: Vimeo lets you set which domains are allowed to embed your videos, and you can do this on a per-video basis. This way you can hide your videos on the Vimeo site itself and only make them viewable on your site.
Web player branding: Vimeo lets you alter the appearance of its HTML5 web player by inserting your own logo and branding, which is great when embedding videos on your site, whereas embedded YouTube videos always look the same and end with that unsightly suggestions page.
Advanced analytics: Depending on your subscription level you can get various levels of analytics, starting with a traffic dashboard and custom reports, going all the way to engagement graphs and Google Analytics integration.
Make money with pay-per-view: Vimeo On Demand lets you create dedicated VOD pages where viewers can pay to watch videos. You can sell worldwide or only in certain countries, and you keep 90 percent of the revenue. This is a convenient way to make money from your work without employing ads.
Plus, Pro, Business, Premium plans: Unlike YouTube, Vimeo is funded by its community rather than advertisers. You CAN use Vimeo for free, but free accounts are limited to 500 MB of uploads per week. Vimeo Plus costs $7/month, Pro costs $20/month, Business is $50/month, and the top-tier Vimeo Premium is $75/month.
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There are two aspects of YouTube that can prove frustrating for those who want to create certain kinds of artistic content. Leading to videos disappearing for no reason. The rules for sexual content are inconsistent on YouTube. You can find explicit videos on YouTube that have been up for many years, yet videos that are merely suggestive can be taken down for being overly sexual. What if you've made a mature music video? YouTube might take it down, but Vimeo welcomes it as long as it has artistic value. Music is another big issue on YouTube. In particular, the content ID system that automatically scans each upload for copyrighted tracks and silences anything it deems as a violation. The system is too aggressive and operates according to a "silence first, fix later" policy. Even if you're authorized to use a certain track, you'll have to jump through hoops to restore audio. Not so with Vimeo.
One more reason to choose Vimeo is that it has a different audience a little more knowledgeable. Let’s say that Vimeo is more concentrated, in other words, the videos are more professional. See more details in this article.
Because Vimeo limits the kind of videos that can be uploaded and is seen as a more prestigious site than YouTube, it attracts a different sort of audience.
So even though YouTube has more reach than Vimeo, each of your Vimeo viewers is more likely to engage more deeply with your content. YouTube's audience is one of the low attention spans, lots of distractions, and a penchant for rapid-fire viewing, whereas Vimeo viewers are more receptive to slower and more thoughtful content. Viewers' expectations are different.
This is made most evident when you compare the comments sections of both sites. YouTube is infamous for its terrible commenting atmosphere---it's tough to find a comment that isn't from a die-hard fanboy, a die-hard hater, or someone who's trying too hard to be funny.
It's a completely different story on Vimeo, where commenters tend to be more constructive, mature, and insightful. As a creator, this can be quite refreshing.
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Last weekend we changed the clock for daylight saving. But I was wondering why we still do that. Here an article that explains it better.
Fewer than 40% of the world's countries observe daylight saving time, according to timeanddate.com. However, those who do observe DST take advantage of the natural daylight in the summer evenings. That's because the days start to get longer as Earth moves from the winter season to spring and summer, with the longest day of the year on the summer solstice. During the summer season in each hemisphere, Earth, which revolves around its axis at an angle, is tilted directly toward the sun. Regions farthest away from the equator and closer to the poles get the most benefit from the DST clock change because there is a more dramatic change in sunlight throughout the seasons.
Research has also suggested that with more daylight in the evenings, there are fewer traffic accidents, as there are fewer cars on the road when it's dark outside. More daylight also could mean more outdoor exercise (or exercise at all) for full-time workers.
https://www.livescience.com/56048-daylight-saving-time-guide.html
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Take a second to ask yourself what comes to mind when someone says "YouTube video". Then consider what comes to mind when someone says "Vimeo video." If you have experience with both sites, then your perception of each brand will be radically different.
YouTube is basically a video dump. You can upload anything you want as long as it isn't sexually explicit, gory, excessively violent, etc. No one will stop you if you want to upload low-quality content that's pointless or spammy, whereas Vimeo is very strict about what it allows.
This is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, this limits the kinds of channels you can run on Vimeo (for example, you won't find any gaming-related content beyond documentaries). However, most people perceive Vimeo videos as more professional than YouTube videos. In other words, if your output fits into one of Vimeo's video niches, then being on Vimeo means something. It's certainly more prestigious than being on YouTube.
This is why Vimeo is home to some of the best short films you can watch online. Whereas YouTube is biased towards channels that produce a lot of content, Vimeo is biased towards creators who put a lot of work into each video. Quality, not quantity.
And don't forget about Staff Picks. Vimeo loves to curate high-quality content, and being selected as a Staff Pick is a respected badge of honor---many careers were launched after being discovered by curators on Vimeo.
Article by Dan Price
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/reasons-vimeo-instead-youtube/
Why choose Vimeo over YouTube? Here are a handful of strong reasons for why you might host videos on Vimeo over YouTube. YouTube is the king of online video. The brand is so well-known that most people aren't even aware that alternatives exist. However, other video sites are actually better than YouTube in some ways. Like Vimeo, for example. Vimeo has grown massively over the last decade, and has become YouTube's closest competitor. Vimeo may have a smaller userbase than YouTube, but when comparing Vimeo vs. YouTube, it can be argued that Vimeo is better than YouTube in some ways. In this article, we outline the reasons to host videos on Vimeo over YouTube.
YouTube's mantra is quantity over quality. Users upload more than 500 hours of footage to YouTube every single minute. And YouTube needs to process all of these videos before they can go live. In order to handle that kind of load, YouTube must balance compression speed with compression quality.
On the other hand, Vimeo's mantra is quality over quantity. Because Vimeo has stricter guidelines for acceptable videos, its processing load is far lighter than YouTube's. And that means it can focus more on maximizing the quality of each video using better encoding techniques.
If you upload the same video to both YouTube and Vimeo at the same resolution, the Vimeo version will look a lot better because it will have a much higher bitrate.
Article by Dan Price
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/reasons-vimeo-instead-youtube/
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Multiple Emmy wins for Netflix’s limited series Godless this fall will only continue to bolster Santa Fe’s reputation as a go-to locale for thinking Westerns after the similarly contemplative Hostiles, with Christian Bale, also lensed here before opening to acclaim. Add to that the Coen brothers Western anthology, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and there’s a trend forming. Even a simple cowhand can appreciate a refundable tax credit of up to 30 percent and a small-budget- friendly lack of minimum spend.
Santa Fe’s competitive incentives and proactive, engaging Film Office are only a couple of reasons one might choose to call this UNESCO-recognized area home; its high-culture delights such as the Santa Fe Opera and Aspen Santa Fe Ballet are matched by the natural architectural beauty of places like Taos Pueblo, a Native American settlement at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains established 1,000 years ago. You can also visit the San Geronimo Chapel, built in 1619 and destroyed during the Mexican-
wonder about Santa Fe is that a cultural treasure like this has a population of only 83,000 souls.
Tim Blake Nelson as the misnamed “Misanthrope” in this scene from The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, shot at Santa Fe Studios. Courtesy of Netflix Moviemaker 2019
By Ryan Stewart 17 January 2019
American War. Perhaps the biggest
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"Kodak and Kickstarter Launch Program for Indie Filmmakers to Shoot on Film" Despite outliers such as Alex Ross Perry and Todd Haynes, the general consensus among independent filmmakers is that shooting on film is too expensive to be feasible. Over the past year, Kodak has been working to get the word out that shooting on film is a possibility – even for low-budget indies. Along with Kickstarter, the Eastman Kodak Company today announced a new initiative to support independent filmmakers who want to shoot on film. See more info here: kodakfilm@kickstarter.com
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