Speaking from a director’s perspective, I’ve found “show don’t tell” the most fun part of the creative challenge in filmmaking. It’s the part that absolutely sets a visual medium such as film apart from other storytelling devices.
In my most recent film, “Success”, I can point out one obvious yet fun example, where a group of friends are playing a game of ...
Scott Danzig shot a large portion of Sky Paradise (2014) in my home. It was a very odd experience.
First, when Scott first asked if he could use my place, it seemed to me that he liked the particular furnishings, the bookcases, the nick knacks, the personality of my home. So I was thrilled to say yes. My home, and the history my family and I had put into i...
An array of cameras are placed in a carefully calibrated rig, allowing the video from each to be stitched together seamlessly. Here’s a variety of such camera rigs (Image from The Fulldome Blog)
The more cameras, the higher resolution. Certainly, there’s a huge range of quality, and some depend more on the wide view of a fisheye lens. A GoPro in full fishe...