5 Quick Math Tricks for Filmmakers: F-stop, Histogram, Rule of Thirds & More! : Indy News. Adding Depth to Your Shots on Vimeo. When most people think about adding depth to videos, they immediately think about DSLR cameras, and for good reason: One of the most appealing aspects of shooting video on a DSLR is the shallow depth of field you can achieve. With DSLRs, interchangeable lenses that stop down to wide apertures allow you to get those super-cinematic shots, capture bokeh, rack focus, and separate your subject from the background, drawing your audience’s eye to the details you choose.
Adjusting aperture to obtain shallow depth of field is a great trick, but let’s not get stuck in thinking that it’s the only way to add depth to your shots. This great tutorial from Realm Pictures explores six ways to create depth in your videos, most of which don’t call for a DSLR: Clip ID:22848206 Delivery:progressive Playing:360p@25 Embed size: CDN:level3 All right! 1. Remember that when you change your aperture, you need to compensate to maintain your exposure. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
So there you have it! How to Make 3D Text Intro w/ Sony Vegas 12 (In Depth) 303 Sony Vegas Tutorials. Sony Vegas Pro 12 Tutorial - Light Rays, Bump Map Visual Effects. Indy Mogul. Storyboarding For People Who Can't Draw (Like Me!) : FRIDAY 101. 10 Tricks to Make Amateur Video Look Professional : Indy News. How to Write & Produce a Documentary : Indy News. 202 DIY Filmmaking Tutorials.
Why buy it when you can build it? Well… most of the time you don’t have a choice. Other times it’s just way too much fun! In our first DIY (“Do It Yourself”) featured list we will focus on the production side of filmmaking. Stay tuned for other DIY featured lists on screenwriting, financing, editing and more. So, for all of you that don’t yet have Jerry Bruckheimer signing your checks, here is collection of great DIY tutorials for low budget filmmaking from around the net. ****Update: We have two new entries in our 202 Series “202 Sony Vegas Tutorials,” “202 Final Cut Pro Tutorials” and coming soon “DIY Horror: From Script to Scream!”
Dollies XL-1 Table DollyIroning Board DollyDolly and Track SystemBuild Plan DollySkate Wheel DolliesRadio Controlled Camera PodBuild a Tracked Camera Dolly for CheapSimple DollySnodart’s DollyPVC dollyEazy DollyD8 Ladder DollyFilming Dolly With 10′ TrackSodart’s DollyJsal27′s Dolly system Stabilizers/Steadicams Car Mounts JIB Arms/Cranes Misc. Lighting Audio Props. 666 DIY Horror Filmmaking Tutorials. It’s that time of year again, so we thought it was time to update last years killer feature “Horror Filmmaking: From Script to Scream.” That’s right a sequel! This time we are narrowing the focus a bit and concentrating on the DIY (Do It Yourself) elements. Hopefully this will help you slash the budget without murdering your production values. DIY: Blood, Bullets & Stunts DIY: Stage Effects/Green Screen DIY: Digital Effects After Effects Sony Vegas DIY: Make-Up/Costumes DIY: Static Props DIY: Motion Props DIY: Horror Sets DIY: Packaging Prop Shops & FX Supplies.
Film Is Not Dead: A Digital Photographer’s Guide to Shooting Film. Do you remember when you dug that Polaroid camera out of storage only to discover they didn’t make film for it anymore? Can you even remember the last time you actually had film developed? Contrary to popular belief (we’re guilty of it too), no amount of Photoshop, Lightroom or Instagram work will ever truly duplicate the look and feel of analog film. You can get close, but it will never be quite as imperfectly excellent.
Jonathan Canlas shoots exclusively on film and wants you to know the medium isn’t actually dead. Film Is Not Dead: A Digital Photographer’s Guide to Shooting Film is a 10×8 hardcover book will do exactly that—teach us all how to shoot on film again. Learn about everything from tone and color characteristics of different films to how to create proper exposures from the man that’s essentially Jobs of the film world.