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4 Tips to Increase Your Crew's Creativity and Productivity
Production Craft & Techniques

4 Tips to Increase Your Crew's Creativity and Productivity

Creative jobs are just about the most fun careers in the world—but they can also be the most challenging. As anyone who works in film can attest to, it can be tough to force creativity when you’re ju…
Wednesday, 27 June 2018 · 4 min read
How to Make Your Brand Promotional Video Work Harder
Production Craft & Techniques

How to Make Your Brand Promotional Video Work Harder

You've got an idea, a script and already weighing out your options for casting and crew. But will your promotional video turn out to be a triumph or a flop? Planning on how to use the video and what …
Monday, 25 June 2018 · 4 min read
Quick Brown Fox Productions on Starting a Production Company
Filmmaker Profiles & Industry Insights

Quick Brown Fox Productions on Starting a Production Company

Quick Brown Fox Productions was founded in 2015 by Michael A. Livingston and Amanda Dreschler in Los Angeles, CA. Together they form a creative team writing, directing and producing independent films…
Friday, 22 June 2018 · 6 min read
First Impressions of the ARRI ALEXA LF
Gear & Production Technology

First Impressions of the ARRI ALEXA LF

I usually like to start most of our discussions with lots of questions. But this time, I only have one question. What is an ARRI Large-Format Camera System? I had to know. Featuring a sensor slightly…
Wednesday, 20 June 2018 · 8 min read
Phil Bowman: Meeting the Challenge of Real Stories
Production Craft & Techniques

Phil Bowman: Meeting the Challenge of Real Stories

Editor Phil Bowman has built a wealth of career experience in fiction and documentary that cover military missions, true-crime, and ghost stories that cross into sci-fi. On Avid Media Composer, he ha…
Monday, 18 June 2018 · 4 min read
5 Reasons Why You Should Be Thinking About Video Marketing
Production Craft & Techniques

5 Reasons Why You Should Be Thinking About Video Marketing

Regardless of what kind of business you are in, you're missing out on one of the most effective marketing tools if you aren’t already investing in video marketing. Because of the popularity of mobile…
Friday, 15 June 2018 · 4 min read
Building A Team-Oriented Motion Graphics Workflow
Production Craft & Techniques

Building A Team-Oriented Motion Graphics Workflow

A motion graphics workflow differs in a lot of ways than your traditional live-action production. Here are the differences and variations when producing a motion graphics or animation piece.
Friday, 08 June 2018 · 3 min read
College Sports Production: Big Remote Truck or Streaming?
Production Craft & Techniques

College Sports Production: Big Remote Truck or Streaming?

The demand for live televised college sports has never been higher. From all of the biggest and best college football programs to sports that you may never have seen before, the heat is on to produce…
Tuesday, 05 June 2018 · 5 min read
Looking Back at Cine Gear 2018
Industry News & Streaming

Looking Back at Cine Gear 2018

The 2018 version of Cine Gear has come and gone (insert sad face) but not before the camera and gear makers released all kinds of new and exciting announcements about their products. It was (as usua…
Monday, 04 June 2018 · 6 min read