I really don’t think I need to spend much time discussing how important sound is but let me say this: For us, sound is just as important as the image, whether it’s for a narrative, documentary, commercial, or even a wedding piece, they all deserve equal quality in both picture and sound. Let’s start off in the beginning, for me the ability to utilize sound was really what got me into video to begin with. With a background...

As most of you probably already know, April 2009 was a very important time for us. At Re:Frame Austin we met a ton of really talented folks that we still consider dear friends today. Joe Simon is on the top of that list. You probably already know that since we’ve featured him on this site several times but it’s not just because we consider him a great friend but because he’s one of the only guys in the film industry...

This past Christmas Jon and I decided two very important things: We will set aside more time for personal projects and we will step up our productions. It’s been a while now that we’ve been wanting to do both of these things but the latter is really key. One thing that we consider extremely important is to make sure we’re continuing to grow through education. After Masters In Motion, we got to learn a ton about lighting...

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...

Yes, the title of this blog post is a ridiculous take on the great film “Dr. Strangelove,” but I’m feeling a bit saucy today, so sue me. On second thoughts, please don’t sue me. Seriously Sorry for the hiatus, but spending 42 days straight on the road for the #CFLive Tour with Philip Bloom stretched our resources a bit thin. We are back at it now, and we hope to continue to evolve with all of you this year. Lesson...

Ever since we started this site we’ve received a fair share of e-mails asking quite a variety of questions… Everything from questions regarding copyright laws to internship inquiries and, of course, the more popular questions such as which lens to buy, what camera to buy, etc. We are more than glad to answer peoples questions. That’s what we’re here for. We started this site to shoot, edit, and learn. We want to...