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3 Cinematic Looks With Natural Light This is an excellent video showing a number of ways you can "shape" existing light in many situations to achieve a good result. Even if you are not going to be setting up a shot quite to this degree, the tips and techniques they demonstrate are well worth knowing.The Shot List Episodes 5 and 6 I was tracking this series of … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Shots, Lights and Audio Tutorials

Moon Festival Interruptions This week the Friday Roundup is going to be a little shorter than usual. Here is Taiwan we have been celebrating the annual Moon Festival so that means all businesses have been closed for four days so things are pretty quiet. Hopefully normal service will be resumed next week! 10 Tips for Shooting in Low Light Some of this video is concerned with … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Moon Festival , Low Light Tips and Workflows

Photos of Studio Ghibli Works - Studio Ghibli This week Studio Ghibli announced (in Japanese!) on their website that they would be releasing to the public, high quality stills taken from many of their most famous films. They will be releasing about 8 new films per week taking the final total of available image to around 400 by the time it is all done. The first batch covers … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Studio Ghibli Freebies and PowerDirector Updates

5 Cuts Every Video Editor Should Know Some great basic tips on the cuts you need to learn first as an editor. The good thing with this video is that Daniel explains and more importantly, shows how the cuts are achieved, what they look like and the effect they create.Filming Weddings - 7 Things I Learned So first of all let me explain this one a little. I actually don't … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Cuts That Count, Weddings and Documentaries

The Marching Band Trick to Steadier Handheld Moving Shots This is a great demonstration video for shooting steady handheld footage. I have read and even written a lot of tutorials on this subject and sure there are lots of tips and tricks but this one actually shows it. I have seen and have used the camera strap trick to keep the camera steady but I have never seen the marching … [Read more...] about The Friday Roundup – Steadier Handheld and Mask Transitions