If you want to learn how to get a grant for a documentary, here's a good place to start. The MacArthur Foundation 2015 Documentary Fund seeks to support feature documentary films and interactive digital documentaries that combine engaging storytelling with in-depth...
by Donald Barrett If there’s anything most inexperienced producers face with a certain level of dread, it’s the challenge of editing and finishing a show. Those who have a year or two of experience with Final Cut Pro (why would you edit on anything else?) won’t find...
M Disks are available now at Amazon. The M-DISC is short for Millennial Disc. It is a write-once optical disc technology that's available in DVD and Blu-ray. It uses an inorganic metal oxide layer to store the data, which should have very long term stability...
In video much of our work is done at our computers. Everything in post production encourages us to sit. As Oscar-winning editor, Walter Murch, says "I would encourage anyone who is an editor to stand while you edit." There are some good health reasons to do so. Many...
Below is an example of Google Earth in a business video, in this case a real estate tour (just the first 40 seconds). The cloud footage is not Google, simply stock footage. Google Earth can create powerful HD videos of virtual trips anywhere around the world. What...
Shooting for the edit is smart shooting. It saves time and money for the editor. If you don't know much about editing, learn before you shoot anything important. Otherwise you may shoot footage that cannot be edited. Knowing how to shoot for the edit makes your work...
If you have an iPad check out a free app called Adobe Voice. David Pogue says it is "One of the simplest, most creative, most joyous apps ever written.” Adobe Voice for iPad helps you create animated video in minutes. There's no filming or graphics work. Using just...
Take a look at this video: These are animated mattes from visual effects artist Sean Mullen. His company Rampant Design offers a free sample at his website. You could make animated mattes like these yourself using Adobe After Effects or simply buy them from Rampant...
Capturing the screen goes by various names such as screencast, screen recording or screen session recording. There are quite a few screencast programs around such as BB Flashback Express, Screencast-O-Matic, Jing and the standard - Camtasia which is a bit pricey....
I've written about the VLC Media Player before. See A Better Replacement for Windows Media Player and Apple Quick Time. I swear by it and I'm not alone. Many video producers consider it their primary video viewer. On the surface it is a straightforward video player,...
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