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    • Your “Dated” DSLR Will Still Give You Good Images

    • What Is Blocking In Filmmaking?

    • Filmmaking Information, Without The Fluff

    • What Is a Master Shot?

    • Is It Ok To Make Cinematic Test Videos About Nothing?

  • Cinematography
    • 5 Tips For Filming At Golden Hour

    • Shutter Speed and Shutter Angle Explained

  • Editing
    • How To Create a Ghost of Tsushima Inspired Disintegration Effect – Free download

    • Is FilmConvert Nitrate and DaVinci Resolve The Ultimate Combo?

    • How To Batch Render Multiple Files In After Effects

    • How To Create A Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Inspired 3D Map In After Effects

    • How To Loop Footage In Adobe After Effects

  • Tech
    • Clean Dirty Lens

      Clean Your Lens Focus and Zoom Ring With This Cheap Trick

    • Blackmagic Lowers the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6k Price by $500

    • PixaPro LED100D MK II Review

    • How Much Does It Cost To Get The Blackmagic Pocket 4K Operational?

    • Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Film Look Test Q&A

  • Shop
  • Film Talk
    • Your “Dated” DSLR Will Still Give You Good Images

    • What Is Blocking In Filmmaking?

    • Filmmaking Information, Without The Fluff

    • What Is a Master Shot?

    • Is It Ok To Make Cinematic Test Videos About Nothing?

  • Cinematography
    • 5 Tips For Filming At Golden Hour

    • Shutter Speed and Shutter Angle Explained

  • Editing
    • How To Create a Ghost of Tsushima Inspired Disintegration Effect – Free download

    • Is FilmConvert Nitrate and DaVinci Resolve The Ultimate Combo?

    • How To Batch Render Multiple Files In After Effects

    • How To Create A Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Inspired 3D Map In After Effects

    • How To Loop Footage In Adobe After Effects

  • Tech
    • Clean Dirty Lens

      Clean Your Lens Focus and Zoom Ring With This Cheap Trick

    • Blackmagic Lowers the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6k Price by $500

    • PixaPro LED100D MK II Review

    • How Much Does It Cost To Get The Blackmagic Pocket 4K Operational?

    • Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Film Look Test Q&A

  • Shop
Lewis McGregor

Your “Dated” DSLR Will Still Give You Good Images

February 17, 2021 Film Talk 0 Comments 5 min

I think it would be fair to say that the rate at which new cameras are announced and released is quite...

Lewis McGregor

What Is Blocking In Filmmaking?

January 25, 2021 Film Talk 0 Comments 2 min

Blocking is the term that describes where, when, and how subjects are placed and move within the frame. There are several...

Lewis McGregor

Filmmaking Information, Without The Fluff

January 22, 2021 Film Talk 0 Comments 2 min

As someone who makes a living from creating blog content, I understand the importance of padding an article with sufficient material....

Lewis McGregor

What Is a Master Shot?

January 22, 2021 Film Talk 0 Comments 2 min

The master shot can often be confused with an establishing shot as both shots establish the scene by identifying key signifiers such...

Lewis McGregor

Is It Ok To Make Cinematic Test Videos About Nothing?

December 6, 2020 Film Talk 0 Comments 3 min

For the third time in the space of 12 months, I’ve read an article that somewhat attacks the sentiment behind filmmakers,...

Clean Dirty Lens
Lewis McGregor

Clean Your Lens Focus and Zoom Ring With This Cheap Trick

October 21, 2020 Tech 0 Comments 3 min

Dislike the build-up of dust and lint on your focus ring, but find it's tricky to clean? Read on to see...

Lewis McGregor

Four Essential Qualities That All Leading Characters Should Have

August 16, 2020 Film Talk 0 Comments 3 min

In the book Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting, author Syd Field believes that a well-developed character should have these four essential qualities. The characters...

Lewis McGregor

What is Exposition In Screenwriting?

August 15, 2020 Film Talk 0 Comments 4 min

Exposition;  is the insertion of relevant background information within a story, such as information about the setting, characters’ backstories, prior plot...

Lewis McGregor

Directing: Actor Verb List – The Subtext

August 12, 2020 Film Talk 0 Comments 2 min

Theatre practitioner Stanislavski maintained that only 10% of what’s actually going on in our heads is expressed through words, the remaining...

Lewis McGregor

Screenplay Writing – Stop Overwriting

August 11, 2020 Film Talk 2 Comments 3 min

If you have spent the last few months burrowed away in your room writing your next screenplay, with the hopes that...

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