Production Craft & Techniques Blog Posts

Let’s tee off some action items and take a streamlined approach going forward that’ll really push the envelope and leverage our success. Got your spreadsheets ready? It’s time to go corporate.

Gear failures, budget busters, scheduling snafus-video productions are rife with opportunities for things to go wrong. Whether you’re putting together your first small shoot or the 100th episode of a…

Pip’s Island is an immersive theater experience for families that combines animation, live actors, live-size puppetry and interactive sets. During this 60-minute interactive adventure, the lines betw…

Just like strong casting, your set location should have just as much character as your actors. Instead of defaulting to generic locations like a bookstore or a restaurant, find a unique location that…

Big projects need big teams, right? Not necessarily. Thanks to today’s technology - paired with the constantly developing talent of today’s artists - the nimble boutique team can take on projects for…

What could be better than starting off 2017 with one of the best showcases of new professional music products and services? Hot off the heals of the CES in Las Vegas The NAMM (National Association of…

Making any kind of film is time consuming and expensive. A large part of the cost comes from buying, or more realistically for a student crew with just a handful of people, renting high quality equip…

There’s nothing better than a series of challenging shoots to improve your video production skills. For me and my partner in crime, we thought we had nailed the art of the short documentary after pro…

The current era is rapidly changing. New trends and ideas keep emerging and evolving every day. As a student, I used to ask myself how can I survive in the fast-paced world and reach my ideal job or …

When shooting video, the lighting you choose sets the stage for the actual content - though most viewers may not be consciously aware of the lighting choices you’ve made, they react to light on a sub…

Far from being used simply as a vehicle to get a character from place to place, the role motorcycles have played in Hollywood films, like cars, has evolved significantly over the years.

From drones to virtual reality, new advancements in 4K technology and more, 2016 has proven to be quite a big year for the industry. But just what do experts predict for 2017? What will change? What …