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Beginner Editing

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Peter tells you all the little things he knows about how to properly cut your footage together. He’ll ramble about stuff like “leading the viewer’s eye”…

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Focusing Your Camera

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In our second Quick Tip episode, we show you how to properly set the focus in your camera, because sometimes it’s hard…

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Lighting #2

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We cover the topic of lighting, again, because lighting is and always will be an expansive area. We begin by describing the reasons why proper lighting…

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TZ05a – Short Film "Two Years Ago"

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Here is the short film (5:16) we made for Episode 05. The story is paper thin, as it was written in under forty minutes. Storyboarding took an hour…

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Camera Stabilization Equipment

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In this episode, we dive into the expensive, or, at the least, tedious realm of camera stabilization equipment. This ranges from the all-powerful…

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Basic Composition in a Single Camera Setup

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We apologize for the late episode, but Memorial Day weekend had us pretty busy. Without further delay, in this episode we discuss the differences between…

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Lighting

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In this episode, Peter and I talk about Lighting. We compare the differences between pro studio lights and the work lights that can be bought inside hardware stores…

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Quick White Balancing

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We didn’t have time to film a short, and so here is a quick tip. This was a tip that we learned for photography at Tips From the Top Floor. It works…

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How to make a movie in 10 easy steps

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In this episode, we’ll go over the very basic steps to make your own small movie…

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Widescreen vs. Full and 24 fps

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In our very first episode, Peter and I talk about why using widescreen and 24 frames per second for movies is ideal…