Webinar: Shoot Videos with Your DSLR and Make Money Doing It!

Join Joe Brady in this webinar as he creates a commercial video for a local cupcake bakery. From scriptwriting through preproduction, shooting, and editing, Joe will walk you through the tools and techniques he used to make this engaging video. \ Sekonic

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Webinar: Getting Better Audio

Victor Ha explains how to record sound properly with your HDSLR camera. You'll hear the difference between your built-in mic, on-camera shotgun mics, and double system sound with a separate recorder. \ MOC

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Photographer, Meet Grip Gear

If you're a photographer getting into DSLR filmmaking, one of the things you'll need to get a grip on is grip gear. Jason Friedman talks about the advantages of putting together a solid grip kit. \ Jason Friedman

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Lighthill on Light: A Conversation with the Cinematographer

Stephen Lighthill, ASC, chair of the American Film Institute Conservatory’s cinematography program, talks about what his students know about light that the rest of us don’t, how lighting a set is like playing pool, and why a light meter is the primary tool of the cinematographer. \ Aimee Baldridge

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Webinar: Beyond the Still: Focus

Cinevate's Victor Ha explains how to use focus and depth of field as narrative tools, and demonstrates how filmmakers can employ follow focus devices for professional focusing techniques with an HDSLR. \ Cinevate

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Webinar: Discover Your Inner Filmmaker

Cinevate's Victor Ha explains how to use basic photographic tools to create better video on a budget, think outside the box, and offer video services to clients. \ Cinevate

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Video Crew Breakdown

Getting into filmmaking? If you're assisting, planning your own shoot, or scoping out the job market, get up to speed on who does what on a cine set with this article from Resource Magazine. \ Cybel Martin

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Paint It Red: Photocine Hits the Town

Learning to shoot video isn't just about familiarizing yourself with a few new camera settings. It requires a different of looking at things than still shooting. Photographer Lou Lesko goes in depth about the video mindset. \ Lou Lesko

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MOC Motion Picture Glossary

Learning to capture video with your digital SLR? Get up to speed on terms for the equipment, crew, and techniques used in motion picture shooting. \ MOC staff

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