Feb 06

Movie-Making: Are We Crazy?

For years (four, to be precise) I’ve wondered whether we movie-makers have gotten into the best occupation on earth, or if we’re just gluttons for punishment. Who in their right mind would want to spend a month in the feverish, non-stop, stress-filled, running-around-in-circles activity we call making a movie? That naturally leads to the question, are we in our right minds? But this isn’t about getting personal. The question is, why? Read More »

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Jan 30

Event Montage Videos — Updated!

Event montage videos?! What’s that? Well, for one thing, I made up the name. Basically, it’s a video summarizing an event. You’ve seen them. The one to five minute videos that show off the highlights of an event, such as a wedding, party, or even just a basketball game. You may have seen this type of video before and thought that you could never do that. Turns out that they are quite simple to make. Read More »

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Jan 16

Building a (Mini) Winter Wonderland

Today I am going to break from my regular “tech” articles and do something different. The beginning of iSundae II called for a fun little scene with little animals having a snowball fight on a grand scale. In order to save time for the rest of iSundae II, we decided that I would shoot the scene after we finished the live-action parts. Read More »

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