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 documentaries and …
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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 documentaries and …
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What is binaural recording?
What we hear is determined by the way that sound is transmitted around the head, the position of the ears, the …
In January I purchased a Panasonic GH4 as my primary camera for shooting both stills and video after doing my research and shooting with a …
In an ideal world we would all have a ninja-class boom operator with us on all of our documentary shoots, but short of that we often place a …
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A micro-documentary differs from a long-form documentary in terms of length, structure, and quite often, purpose. While most long-form …
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Good video is not the result of having the latest camera, support gizmo, etc. Ultimately conceptualization, good composition, smooth …
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