“It’s not about the camera.” It’s the new cool thing to say, in wake of camera nerds everywhere obsessing over gear. The truth is close to that. It is not ALL about the camera, BUT we should use the best available camera, within our budget, for each job, so, it IS about the camera to a certain extent. However, we shouldn’t get so wrapped up in gear and cameras that we just end up arguing about it online and...

First off: a huge thanks to Preston Kanak of 3 Minute Shorts, whose same day edits and incredible work ethic amazed everyone involved. Also thanks to Joel Graves, Jared Levy, Chad Nickle, Tanner Jobe, and Lindsay Grace who helped out tremendously. Also, without Cristina’s hard work, behind the scenes, coordinating a lot of the details that people don’t think about, this would have been impossible, along with the outstanding...

Table 7 – short film from Marko Slavnic on Vimeo. Thanks to @mariofeil for directing my attention to this short film shot on the Red One. I enjoyed the lighting, composition, camera movement and sound design on this. The story was simple but effective with a nice funny twist. I think the attention to the small details here added up to a very excellent finished product. This was Written and Directed by Marko Slavnic. Photo Credit:...

1) Buy Camera with shallow DOF. 2) Buy Batteries. 3) Buy Media 4) Shoot Something. 5) Upload to the Interwebs. I kid, I kid. If only it were that easy. In all seriousness though. This is what we all strive for right? We want to be successful filmmakers. The good news is that while not a comprehensive or exhaustive list these 5 easy steps can be applied to almost any area of your life. 1) Determine what being a “successful...

We have had a great time trying to help educate and strengthen the industry with our efforts here. Unfortunately, not everyone shares our vision. It is pretty sad because this site was never about making money. We did this out of love and to try to “pay it forward.” We have followed the lead of many others in the industry in trying to give back without expecting anything in return. We won’t go into to many details because...