Hey Folks.. Well, in search of multiple ways to assist me in working on Workflow techniques using Vegas Professional and Adobe After Effects, I have found a solution that I thought would be helpful. The only way to really communicate it effectively in my opinion, was to show you. So here it is. As well [ Read More ]
You know, I’ve been reading a number of posts about this movie and moreover about Film Critics and reviewers, probably more than I would like to acknowledge. However, while I don’t want to turn this website into a film review site, or a critic site, (we have others for that) I did want to take [ Read More ]
So there has been a lot of buzz going on with Solid State Media and I wanted to weigh in on a couple of thoughts. Many of which I don’t think are taken necessarily into consideration when the thought of non mechanical parts moving while shooting video. There are pro’s and cons for each method [ Read More ]
So for those not in the know, this is a 35 mm Depth of Field adapter by Letus. A Letus Extreme to be exact. For the last couple of years, this type of thing was outside of my budget. But through patience and savings, I was able to finally pick one of these up a [ Read More ]
So for those not in the know, I’ve been working with WordPress for sometime now and personally, I love it’s flexibility. The amount of customization is really unique and very intuitive, even for the less than moderate administrator. I can swap look and feel relatively simply, and simply put, www.reliantfilms.net needed another facelift. There were [ Read More ]
I’m sorry folks for not updating anyone sooner, lots of life stuff going on… But I do have some pretty major news. For those not in the know, we have completely moved into post production as stated on Facebook. We are looking at creating a Fan Page so folks can follow along in an easier [ Read More ]
Ok, so what’s the word. Bottom line is Rent it. I’m not going to give away spoilers exactly but I watched the movie with my wife this evening even though we wanted to see this in the theatres.. I’m very glad we waited. There are certain aspects of the film I did enjoy, some of [ Read More ]
I entered one of my photos into the 140 hour online photo auction which is pretty cool. So I wanted to share it for those interested. www.140hours.com
Pictures from our latest and FINAL Shoot for Despondent. We think anyway… This means we are 100% into post production!! Sweet. Enjoy the Pictures.
I will be developing a reel for Despondent over the weekend, and we will be releasing the 3rd trailer very soon. It’s all coming together to say the least. We finished up one of the last scenes and so far, the most difficult to shoot and while there were some problems, I think we’ll be [ Read More ]
The Title says it all. Without going into all the nitty gritty details of childbirth, I can say this, it was not supposed to happen this way. My wife started having contractions which were becoming stronger, closer to the 5 minute time-frame in between contractions so that you know, it’s time to go in the [ Read More ]
Over the past couple of years as I have been ‘learning’ more about filming techniques and camera operation; it wasn’t until I really started doing more internet research and of course, trial and error before I really started to feel comfortable with my Canon XL2. For most of the work I’ve done, it’s been pretty [ Read More ]
For all you movie makers out there and for those that are curious in general, I wanted to drop in a quick post about using Non-Linear Editors like the famous Vegas Pro 8/9, Adobe Premier and a couple of others… Basically, I’ve been asked and have asked the question, “How can I utilize work flow [ Read More ]