By bradhirsch, on February 10th, 2009%
Howcast.com in Washington, D.C. is looking for Beginner filmmakers, film students and recent graduates — make how-to shorts for one of Time Magazine’s 50 Best Websites of 2008, Howcast.com, in the Howcast Emerging Filmmakers Program.
Experiment with new production techniques and story-telling devices, producing videos on topics ranging from How to Make a Mudslide to How To Deal with a Flirtatious Coworker. Build a following of viewers as Howcast distributes your videos across the web (on AOL, Yahoo!, Break and others) and beyond (to TiVo, iPhone, iTunes, and others). Continue reading Filmmaker Needed for Freelance Video How-To Website in DC
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By Frey, on May 24th, 2008%
These are some friends of mine:
Production Crew Positions needed for Star Wipe Films feature film in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. for 3-4 weeks, starting August.
Production crew positions available for Baltimore area feature film!
After the successful completion of the short film âGodfather Death,â Continue reading Production Crew Needed For Feature Film in Maryland
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By Frey, on April 19th, 2008%
Just received this email from Jack Degele of Tidewater Productions (out of Darlington, MD).
I need two production assistants (probably would be better to title them “pre-production assistants”) to help with a variety of research and tasks for an independent film to be shot in Baltimore, Harford County, and the Eastern and Western shores. Most of these tasks involve Continue reading Two Production Assistants Needed For Independent Film Research
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By Frey, on November 28th, 2007%
From time to time I talk to someone that claims to be a Director of Photography (cinematographer). But once I get into the conversation with them, it becomes apparent, rather quickly, that the person has no idea about the art and science of lighting a film set (or High Definition/video set). There seems to be no how or why in it for them – it’s just “put some light on the person talking and shoot.”
Okay, let me stop here a second to say that I am not going to go into detail (today anyway) about 3 or 4 point lighting techniques (or really any lighting techniques). There are many good books out there that you can buy (and I do recommend buying and reading a few) that teach proper lighting, if you don’t already know.
By the way: you actors should be reading Continue reading Lighting A Film Or High Definition Set: Discussing The Reasons
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