Come Holla At Ya Boy – Live and In-Person!
…I know it’s been a minute or two since I’ve last put up a new blog post. Been very busy with an exciting new project that I will announce later, but know that it involves LOTS more no-nonsense film instruction for the masses. So stay tuned for that BIG announcement in coming weeks. In the [...]
Continue ReadingSHINE: 14-Yr Old Filmmaker Cruce Grammatico’s “Michigan Uncovered”
A few weeks ago the Grammatico family of Michigan reached out to me to share their filmmaking experience with my Shut Up and Shoot series of filmmaking guide books. I was so impressed with the story and work of 14-year old filmmaker Cruce Grammatico that he inspired me to start a new case-study blog segment [...]
Continue Reading“The Shut Up and Shoot ” Series Does What It Was Supposed To…
A few weeks ago I received a very nice thank you letter from Deborah Grammatico, who has been using my Shut Up and Shoot filmmaking guides to help her son, Cruce, learn filmmaking. Since I first published The Shut Up and Shoot Documentary Guide in 2007, I’ve received many such letters from all over the world , but [...]
Continue ReadingTOOLZ: New Galileo Pan/Tilt Head Opens Up All-New Cellphone Cinema Possibilities
As you know, I’ve been exploring the blossoming new world of cellphone cinema on this blog lately and have discovered many cool new hardware and software tools that make cell phone cinema something to be taken seriously. Well, add to the list this unique little tool called Galileo that ups the cellphone cinema ante yet [...]
Continue ReadingMy Down & Dirty Dozen of the Coolest Movies You’ve Probably NEVER Seen
So everyone has their list of all-time favorite movies that usually include a number of mainstream titles that most of us have likely seen already. So I wanted to do a twist on that and compile a list of my favorite unique and worthy films that many of you may have never seen or in some [...]
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