I think it’s a fitting end to my week-long series on the New, New Hollywood filmmaker by talking about Edward Burns. You may recall that Burns hit it big and had the ultimate filmmaker’s dream come true when his indie film “The Brothers McMullen” became a critical, festival, and box office hit back in 1995. Since […]
Crosing the 180 #24: Scott Brignac
This week on the show I’m starting a mini-series on filmmakers who have had success creating personal film projects. In my post from yesterday, I mentioned how projects like these can be both financially and spiritually/personally profitable. Over the next few weeks I’ll have some of the contestants of Vimeo and Canon’s “Beyond the Still” […]
Personal and Pro Bono Projects Can Prove Profitable
Can you say that title ten times fast?! When you earn a living as a photographer or filmmaker, it’s easy to get into the trap of feeling like unless you’re getting paid for a gig, you won’t do a gig. I speak from experience because I know at times that’s how I feel. But the […]
Menuez on Manhattan – Adventures in Filming with an 85mm Lens
In the summer of 2009, I traveled to the Big Apple to create a short film about renown editorial, commercial and stock photographer Doug Menuez. I first “met” Doug as a guest on my podcast F-Stop Beyond. Till this day it remains as one of my favorite interviews. Once you watch this video, you’ll understand […]
Five Tips to Make Your Videos More Cinematic
As HD DSLRs make “movie making” easier and easier for people, it occurred to me that there are a lot of videos out there that are just crap. So, I wanted to give you all some advice on how to make your video more “cinematic.” You’re gonna want to take notes on this one.
My Tapeless Workflow Backup and Archive Strategy
Update May 6, 2013: This article will give you a good foundation to start with. However, since the original writing of this post in 2011, I’ve updated my workflow to fit FCPX. Read about it at http://bit.ly/ronsfcpxworkflow. I currently have a 100% tapeless workflow. Except for a few straggling projects here and there, everything I shoot […]
The Anti-Wedding Film: An Example of Standing Out
Today Michael LaFrance tweeted that I check out his “amazing” wedding film trailer. Honestly, my first thought was this is just a form of Twitter spam (which normally bugs me). And I wasn’t too crazy about the lack of humility. But, I thought, what the heck. I’ll check it out. I’ll give this guy 30 […]
Nikon D7000 Video Review for PPA Mag
I’ve started writing articles for PPA Mag on video production. My most recent article is a review of the Nikon D7000 video features. You can read it here. Below is the test video I made during my time in New Orleans. A few things about the video: There was no real plan for this. It […]
The Secret to Overcoming Envy and Jealousy
“When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.” ~ Steven Pressfield, The War of Art I got The War of Art for Christmas and have been devouring it. I had heard of it every now and then. Most recently last June […]