Rode Microphones has made an announcement that sounds very interesting especially if you are an all in one producer. I’ve been using Rode mics with great success for the past 6 years and recommend their products to any independent producer. Check out the specs and tell me what you think.

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CrumplePop ShrinkRay X
CrumplePop is pleased to announce ShrinkRay X, a fully-featured tilt-shift effect for Final Cut Pro X. With ShrinkRay X, you can make big scenes appear strikingly tiny, whether it is buildings, people, or landscapes. ShrinkRay X is available as a free download from the CrumplePop web site for one week, after which the [...]

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My friends over at Beat Down Boogie are sharing their techniques of getting some high quality shots with some very simple and easy to use techniques.

Check em out.

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For the past year I have been shooting the majority of my work with the Canon 7D. I absolutely love the image. Here is a very clever idea how to make a follow focus with legos for any digital SLR camera.

Here is the video on how to make it.

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Aquafada’s PulpFX Abstract 1.1 is a generator for Final Cut Pro. This is a well deserved improved upgrade from 1.0. When I reviewed 1.0, I liked the the plugin but I had some issues with how the generator handled displaying the titles of the pics. They have fixed that…here’s how.
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I met Todd through another filmmaker friend, Ajit Anthony Prem. Our brief introduction left an impression on him…he casted me to play a bruiser in his newest film Southland of the Heart. I accepted and was part of magic that day. Not the kind of magic that I create but the magic [...]

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My buddies are at it again. Micah and his crew went out and shot a very cool parody of two popular video games and came up with a great short action film.

The idea behind this short is to get eyes and potential sponsorship for Micah’s next feature film called, “Beat Down Boogie.” A [...]

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From the production team:
“After hearing work from ‘The American Dollar’ we really felt the urge to create a music video for one of their new songs. Inspired by the music we had the idea of making a decaying world. One single cameramovement from left to right, showing a landscape, looping 9 times. Day becomes night [...]

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The L.A. Web Festival has officially accepted Often Awesome The Series. Blake and I are very humbled and excited by the selection. I was contemplating on traveling to attend the festival but personal issues have come up to keep me home. If you are out in L.A. you can either watch the [...]

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I love the look, community and functions of Vimeo. They are the first choice to upload my videos. They have some growing pains and I have been patient with them in the past. That was until recently when I began uploading our Often Awesome Web Series there to showcase. Everything was [...]

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