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Everything You’ll Ever Need to Know About Film Crews and Bottled Water 19 Jun 2013 | 10:19 pm
As the summer sun shines bright and brings productions heavy on exteriors and in desperate need of a longer magic hour, film crews come from all corners of the world to swelter in the heat -- some shi...
5 Useful Cinematography Apps for iOS You Should Download Today (Part 8) 12 Jun 2013 | 09:28 pm
50 billion downloads out of 900,000+ apps.That's the last benchmark Apple passed with its iOS App Store.And out of those apps, many are designed specifically to make your life as a filmmaker easier. S...
5 Brand New Pocket Guides Plus Major Update Released 4 Jun 2013 | 05:55 pm
I am pleased to announce another huge update for the Digital Cinema Pocket Guides today!This update contains 5 brand new pocket guides, including the ARRI Alexa XT, Sony F5/F55 cameras and Canon 5D Ma...
How to Build a “Bag of Tricks” You Can Pull From in a Pinch 16 May 2013 | 06:00 pm
Want to be amazed? Hang around a film set and shadow a veteran key grip. At some point, he'll come across a problem that isn't easy to solve. You'll be stumped, his crew may be stumped, and it'll look...
20 Rules You Should Never Break On Set 2 May 2013 | 08:49 pm
Yesterday I posed a simple question to those who like The Black and Blue's Facebook page:"When on a film set, what's the one rule nobody should ever break?"Within the hour, dozens of responses poured ...
The 7 Stupidest Assumptions You Can Make When Rigging Your Camera 22 Apr 2013 | 06:00 pm
I was terribly nervous the first time I secured a camera to a jib and watched it swing into the air. All sorts of thoughts raced through my head: were the bolts tight enough? Were they the right bolts...
Camera Hack: Using WiFi SD Cards to Deliver Still Frame Grabs from a Camera 19 Apr 2013 | 06:00 pm
As DSLR cameras have become a bigger part of the filmmaking landscape, I find it interesting that digital cinema filmmaking cameras are beginning to heavily adopt stills and frame grabs as a key featu...
Females Beware: It’s a Feeding Frenzy for You in the Ocean of the Film Industry 16 Apr 2013 | 06:00 pm
There she stood ignorant to the danger surrounding her.With each flash of her smile and brush of her hair, she risked an attack at any moment.I wanted to scream, "Get out of there! Watch out!" but my ...
Freelance Taxes #4: Must-Do Tips for Filing Your Taxes in the Future 5 Apr 2013 | 08:57 pm
Today we're going to time-travel into... the future!"Is it a good future?" you might ask. Well, that depends on how well you follow the advice in this post -- we're going to talk about how to better p...
Freelance Taxes #3: 50 Deductions You’ll Want to Take to Save Money 5 Apr 2013 | 12:49 am
I've got three quick questions for you: Do you like money? Do you like saving money? Do you wish you could get money back from the stuff you've already bought?If you answered "yes!" this post for you ...
