There's much more to visual communication than simply slapping a series of shots together. With video, you need to think about the way you connect your shots.When we think about writing we tend to focus primarily on creating strings of letters to make words and strings of words to make sentences and groups of sentences to make paragraphs. We do not often think about the importance of spaces and punctuation.butwithoutspacesand periodsandcommasand questionmarksandcapitall ettersyouendupwithaconfusing combinationofcharacters thatcanbedifficulttodescipherTranslation: "but without spaces, periods, commas, question

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Many video producers want to get a great low light scene captured for their project. And while it may seem like you can just walk into a dimly lit room and start shooting, lighting a scene to look good when you shoot it with your camera takes a few tricks up your sleeve.Location, Location, LocationSometimes, the biggest issue you'll face when attempting to create a low-light scene is the existing light overpowering the lighting you're trying to set up.Choosing the right

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Here’s a quick layout of the five main departments involved in post-production of a film:The double lines represent image data, solid lines; audio, and the dotted lines are timecode, shotlists, or EDLs. Assuming that we shoot on 35mm film, the camera and audio recorder are timecode-synced, and the film can be developed and telecine’d to get our dailies throughout production. As soon as post-production begins, we begin our first off-line edit using the dailies (with timecode embedded).Ideally, our film has been

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