Way back in 2010 I posted A one-case lighting kit ready for travel that pretty much was the kit I used for three short …
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Some notes on binaural recordings
What is binaural recording?
What we hear is determined by the way that sound is transmitted around the head, the …
My Sling Bag Video Production Kit
In January I purchased a Panasonic GH4 as my primary camera for shooting both stills and video after doing my research …
Is the Audio-Technica BP4029 the perfect cinéma-vérite microphone?
In an ideal world we would all have a ninja-class boom operator with us on all of our documentary shoots, but short of …
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Four approaches to structuring micro-documentaries
A micro-documentary differs from a long-form documentary in terms of length, structure, and quite often, purpose. While …
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Twelve essential documentary shooting guidelines
Good video is not the result of having the latest camera, support gizmo, etc. Ultimately conceptualization, good …
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