Category Archives: Shooting

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Todd Solondz on the Beauty of Flaws

Todd Solondz burst on the scene with Welcome to the Dollhouse, an excruciatingly funny and painful movie about a hapless middle child, Dawn Wiener. Growing up in New Jersey, Solondz told stories more »

Archos AV420 Pocket Video Recorder

Sometimes the right tool is a heavily discounted consumer product rather than an overpriced professional product. That may be the case with the Archos AV420 Pocket Video Recorder. This 9.88-ounce device offers more »

HDV Goes Native: NAB '05

It's time to give the HDV (High-Definition Digital Video) format it's due. While critics might call it "bit-starved HD," many professionals are realizing that, like its standard-definition more »

Cameras and VTRs: NAB '05

Though HDV Will Likely Grab The Most Attention At This year's NAB, with lower-cost yet professional-grade HDV offerings from manufacturers such as Sony (the HVR-Z1U) and JVC (the GY-HD100U), there will be more »

What I’m Using Now JVC-GY5000U camera

Favorite gear: JVC -GY5000U camera List: $5,995 (without lens or viewfinder) more »

Ultimate Kit: Lighting a Podium

Need to light a speaker or small awwards ceremony at your next trade show, corporate shindig or retail gig? Here's some expert advice more »

Take Control of Your Lighting

Begin With a Good Kit Before I put together my own ultimate lighting kit, I tried to think of every possible problem or need I would have on a typical shoot. The bulk of my daily production consists of more »

Return of the Hotrodders

If England is a nation of shopkeepers, then the U.S. is a nation of hotrodders. From Thomas Jefferson's hillside plows, through Alexander Graham Bell's harmonic telegraph, to Randall Smith's Fender more »

Century Optics LCD Hood and Widescreen Magnifier for DVX100

Century's new $60 hood for the Panasonic DVX100 fits a 3.5-inch LCD screen for glare-free viewing. Even niftier, the more »

When the Story Is as Jaw-Dropping as the Technique

"Once in a while, the planets align; everything comes together in one big orgasm." Happy words by a director known simply as W.I.Z, represented by Los Angeles/London-based Oil Factory. The more »