(This post references iSundae II: Attack of the Cones, part 8. You may want to view the movie before reading this post.)

Some people learn slower than others. That’s got to be the only explanation for why we decided to throw not one, but two musical numbers into our second movie. Wasn’t iSundae I hard enough? Maybe we’re gluttons for punishment. Or maybe the songs just begged to be written. But however it happened, we wound up with two scenes that involved singing. Singing in the middle of the woods, no less. Are we nuts or what? [Read more →]

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You’re on location. The cameras are rolling. The actors are in place. The camera operator looks to the director. “Where do you want me to put the camera?” The director puts his glasses back on and gets out of position. “Uh. . . Well, just sort of film the scene.” The camera operator folds his arms. “I was looking for something more specific.” For the next ten minutes the actors sit around waiting while the director tries to decide what angles he wants. Sound familiar? I hope not. There is a simple remedy for this terrible disease. An antidote for the dreaded “Nobody knows what we’re doing” is available to anyone who needs it. It’s called storyboarding.

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There’s a lot of great software for doing various filmmaking tasks. In this article, I’ll be highlighting some that I use. Here, you’ll find my favorite tools for getting a movie done.
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The wind was gusting around 30 miles per hour today, so we knew from the start it wasn’t a good day for audio. [Read more →]

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