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5 Mistakes Beginner Filmmakers Make and How to Avoid Them

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5 Mistakes Beginning Filmmakers Make and How to Avoid Them I’ve taught a bunch of students in my time and we always run into the same mistakes. So this lesson is about not having those mistakes happen when you’re starting out. #1 Camera Movement Sticking to a tripod can be limiting in some instances. There are […]

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Laws of Light: High Speed Sync

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This is Jay P here with quick Laws of Light video on high-speed sync. How do you use high-speed sync? When would you use it? And how to set it up. These questions will all be answered by the end of this video! What is it? High-speed sync is the ability to sync your strobes […]

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Continuous Lighting for Photography with 100 Lume Cubes

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We are going to use 100 Lume Cubes to teach you how continuous light can be used on a film set. Seeing is Believing Using continuous light on set for still photography is a great way to learn photographic concepts and getting you comfortable with lighting techniques. Since continuous light never turns off, it’s much easier […]

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8 Cinematic Camera Moves For Video

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In this video, I’m going to demonstrate cinematic camera moves that can be applied to both documentary-style and cinema-style shooting, while using a 9.Solutions C-Pan Arm. Camera moves create emotion and I want to show the emotion that 8 different camera moves create as they help to tell your story.  Using different types of camera […]

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Camera Comparison: Sony a7 III vs. Fujifilm XH1

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In this new video with The Slanted Lens, we’re comparing two cameras that are both mirrorless and fall under the $2000 price range- these cameras being the Sony a7III and the Fujifilm XH1. Both of these selections are notorious for being great mirrorless cameras, however in this video we will dissect image quality, range, and […]

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How Film Gets Processed

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  This week at The Slanted Lens we were fortunate to get an inside and ‘behind-the-scenes’ look into how film processing works at Richard Photo Lab in Valencia, CA. As the step by step process is very complex, if you’ve ever wondered what the stages of film developing are and look like, come and take this video […]

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Laws of Light: Three Point Lighting

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We are continuing on our Laws of Light series with a new video about the three point lighting setup! If you haven’t seen our video about portrait lighting, we go over five portrait lighting positions and what type of emotion you can get from those positions. So this is a follow up to that lesson […]

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