Welcome blog readers, filmmakers, and the occasional lumberjacks that frequent this site. This is Notes from the Editing Cave, a new series that we will be featuring here. The idea is to have different editors answering the same 10 questions about editing. I think having many different perspectives on the, often unheralded, but oh-so-important task of editing will be informative, entertaining, and hopefully will open up a productive or I...

I was going to use the Canon 5D MK III to illustrate this point because it’s the newest and everyone is talking about it. However, this happens every time a new camera is released so instead I’m going to use (insert any camera here). This is not something that will go away. A new camera comes out and we go through the same motions. Now you will have a handy reference guide for whenever they are released Allow me to walk...

Deciding that I loved filmmaking was the easiest decision I ever made. What I didn’t think about, and what my father was quick to remind me of, was how on earth was I going to make money at this? Yes, I could have followed my sister’s lead and gone to film school, not that that’s even a sure way to get a job, or I could have tried to get into news since that offer was there but I knew that wouldn’t satisfy my urge to...

You may have noticed Canon just released the highly anticipated Canon 5d MKIII. Amidst the avalanche of blog posts, some heralding it’s sheer awesomeness and others bemoaning it’s lack of 1080p 60 fps and clean HDMI out, you may have noticed we have been silent on this subject. Why? Well, it’s not because we aren’t interested. It’s just that besides the specs, which can be found on every other blog on the...

Well, it’s been quite a long time since we did an edition of Reel Inspiration but we’re bringing it back and who better to start off with then our great friend, Karen Abad. We’ve been friends for about two years now but over these past few months we’ve gotten to spend a lot more time together. Karen  is full of a ton of knowledge and extremely creative, probably one of the most creative people I’ve hung out...

“If you do only what you know and do it very, very well, chances are that you won’t fail. You’ll just stagnate, and your work will get less and less interesting, and that’s failure by erosion.” -Twyla Tharp Failure by erosion is a very real threat to all creative types. I have been guilty of succumbing to this. You fall into a “comfort zone”. You develop a “style”. Call it whatever you...