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Need Inspiration for B-Roll?
Camera operators all know exactly where to go in their own cities for B-Roll. There are all the magic spots, overlooks and angles we revisit over and over.
This time lapse reel of Brandon Alperin. There are both beautiful & disturbing images, the later of the Los Angeles fires. If you’d like to view it [...]
Another Interview with a real-life reality tv crew member!
I’ve had a few nicknames depending on the crew, my favorites are Dirty Mark, Plutark and Goo-Fart.
“Poor man’s steadicam”
Check this out: steadycam.org
Build it yourself for $14 bucks. Or order it premade for $40
Built for smaller prosumer cameras – and DSLRS – it’s a cheap way to affect your stability and motion with this advent of DSLR like bodies that shoot HD video. $14 probably sounds good after you pay $2G’s for a camera [...]
Affordable DSLR for documentary
I was like, ‘Is this from an American cow, b/c if it’s not, I don’t want it.’