Filmmakers Podcast

In this episode Juan Pons, wild life photographer and DSLR filmmaker, talks to us about the challenges and limitations of audio for DSLR filmmaking in production and post and gives us some techniques on how to over come them.

Scott talks about some handy, useful Macintosh applications that would be at home in any digital filmmaker's toolbox. The software discussed runs the gamut from free to paid, a few dollars up to a few hundred. While all stages of filmmaking is discussed with useful tools for pre-production, production and post-production, a strong emphasis is placed on post production.

Alex explains how to create useful customizable templates in Motion so that they can be used inside of Final Cut Pro to enhance and scale our projects.

Ben explains to us how to set up the Final Cut Pro interface for efficient color correcting. He goes into video filters and effects and identifies which are the key ones and which ones you should stay away from.

We speak with Sylvia Binsfeld about the ins and outs of getting your indie film into film festivals. She speaks about mistakes you should avoid and what do do once you are given that short window of opportunity at the festival.

DSLRs like the Canon 7D have revolutionized the world of Digital Filmmaking. While more affordable and lighter than videocameras, DSLRs have a few drawbacks. How do you shoot to maximize your color grading options in post? Ollie Lucks tells us how!

Many people have a preconceived notion as to what Apple's Motion is, and what it can do. Kevin talks to us about some cool tips on how to use Motion to create some spectacular motion graphics.

Vik tells us how to extend our NLEs into a full-blown motion graphics & compositing engine using Boris Red. He answers questions on motion tracking, match move, vector paint, and creating custom transitions.

Andy talks about the most current video compression settings and trends being used and then tells us how to apply them for specific sites such as YouTube and Vimeo.

We speak with Marcelo about how to use the power of social media, specifically, YouTube, Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter, to get the word out about your project, your company, your upcoming movie or just to tell people about your expertise.

We speak with Norman Holly, the author of 'The Film Editing Room Handbook,' on how to get organized before we start editing to ensure a smooth editing session. He goes into the tips and tricks that the pros use.

We speak with award winning IMAX cinematographer James Neihouse about the basics of 3D/Stereo cinematography, beginning with the terminology then stepping though the process and methods of shooting in 3D.

The RED One, the Epic and the Scarlet have revolutionized the world of Digital Data Acquisition. But what are Digital Data files? What are REDCODE RAW and Digital Negative (DNG)? Scott Carrey answers that plus much more!

Once you become familiar with the basic shortcuts, you’ll see how the FCP interface has been designed to optimize keyboard editing. Dave Hurley shares with us some great shortcuts that you probably were not aware of!

We speak with Floh Peters about some of the techniques and applications that can be used together with Media 100 to create an efficient post-production workflow.