Filmmaking

I watch way too much web video. And you know what? Most of it is painfully bad. Here are a few of my pet peeves.

Rambling - cut to the chase. Don’t just ramble on. Actually this points to a big problem that separates good web video from bad. Writing. Not good writing vs. bad writing. [...]

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Ever read one phrase and have an entire movie just explode into your head?
Ain’t it news review of Grindhouse.
Phrase:
stripper-with-chainsaw
There’s a whole script there. In my head right now.

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I just discovered Galacticast because they won a number of vloggies. They are really funny, especially if you are a Sci-Fi geek. Make sure you check out the SF dating videos, and the zombie care guide.

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Having a blog that covers guns and photography can make titles a little confusing. I always and never shoot my models.

This weekend I had three photoshoots with a total of 5 models. The three on New Years Eve were actual models, the two on monday were friends. All three shoots were fun and [...]

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Ran into my first major obstacle, other than getting the camera. That is making the cast’s schedules work together. So the shoot won’t happen until January sometime, probably not till the second half.

I’m out of town next weekend, then I’ve got a photo shoot New Years weekend and others in the cast are busy. Then [...]

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Went by Fry’s at lunch and the had the camera. You could even pick it up and mess with it. Which it was obvious a lot of people had done. It kept turning itself of and on every few seconds. There was no battery and I think the power connection was flaky.

Still couldn’t tell what [...]

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I’ve got this vision of a film in my head. I want to do the story of David and Uriah from the Old Testament, but I want everyone to be goth.

Notice I didn’t say the story of David and Bathsheba. That’s where everyone focuses - probably cuz that’s where the sex is. But the real [...]

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