Stop spending money on video equipment you just don’t need! Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan from The Slanted Lens. Let’s look at those 10 things you need to start that video business. An inexpensive list of items that you need to be able to do video. Number one: A camera. I love full […]
How To Make Your Videos Interesting With Unique Camera Angles And DIY Rigs
Using 120 frames a second and some speed ramping in post, plus some physical effects, to make a really boring subject matter super engaging and exciting to watch. Let’s take a look at how we did each one of these shots. As a filmmaker, and especially as a commercial filmmaker, you’re faced with the […]
DIY Probe Lens – Inexpensive Alternative!
Cinematic Lighting And Multiple Camera Angles To Capture A Performance
Why would you use four different cameras on set when recording a performance video? Well here’s why and how. The reason we shot this with several different cameras is very simple. It’s very difficult for performers to go through a physically demanding routine like this over and over again so we can get different […]
Traveling with Lithium Ion Batteries – What Can You Take?
Does Medium Format For Video Make Sense With New Ninja V?
One Light Portrait: Creating Contrast
Today’s lesson is creating contrast and depth with values in one light portraits. It’s interesting because lights and darks are opposites. Whites come forward in the image, whereas blacks will recede in the back. Now we have Michael here and his hair is white so if I put him on a white background, his hair […]
8 Cinematic Gimbal Moves
Gimbals are slowly taking the place of many large, heavy dollies, sliders, and other cinematic tools. So we are going to show you 8 cinematic gimbal moves to use in your narrative or doc-style videos! The gimbal is a fast, simple, inexpensive tool for you to get a wide variety of different angles for your […]