A familiar problem to us traveling cameramen is the constant battery charging. At the last count I had 10 different batteries and devices that needed charging for a shoot. This is all ok when you’re at home with your kit laid out but when you hit the road, charging just become an absolute nightmare. This got me thinking, there must be someway of [...]
Published on Jan 11, 2017
7 social media video trends to expect in 2017
1. Length is becoming irrelevant but there’s a much higher emphasis on creating engaging content that audiences want to watch. 2. 2 minute pseudo news pieces are dead. Either give the audience an engaging film to watch or cut the crap and tell the story in 30 seconds. 3. Brands will be delivering multiple short clips across social to add [...]
Published on Oct 18, 2016
A Film-Maker's Review of Shot Put Pro 6
Why aren't all camera operators doing this? For some time now secure offloading software has been available. Whilst it's widely used by DITs and Data Wranglers, there is a slow but gradual uptake of use by camera operators, editors and videographers. I've personally been using ShotPut Pro 5 for the last year and whilst it does double the offload [...]
