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Will AI kill off the corporate video production industry?
Filmmaking

Published on Feb 13, 2024

Will AI kill off the corporate video production industry?

Page Content: Introduction to AI within video production What is AI and why is it a concern to video production? How can AI support video production today? What AI tools are currently available for video production? AI based video tools Text based AI tools Digital Avatar Creators Video tools with AI enhancement (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, After [...]

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15 Top-tips to Becoming a Freelance Videographer
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Published on Jul 21, 2021

15 Top-tips to Becoming a Freelance Videographer

Top tips to Becoming a Successful Freelance Videographer Introduction 6 years ago, after a fun and prosperous career working within various different agencies and production companies, I decided to take the leap. I chose to leave a reliable and steady world of 9 to 5 for the topsy turvy world of freelancing. And after many ups, a few lows, a [...]

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Successful interviews: a freelance filmmaker’s guide
Filmmaking

Published on Aug 10, 2020

Successful interviews: a freelance filmmaker’s guide

10 ways for filmmakers, directors and producers to get the most out of documentary style interviews Getting the most out of your talent can be a tricky business. Hearing real stories, from people in their own words is still one of the most compelling narrative forms for onscreen content, whether it's a brand story, a charity case study or [...]

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FIVE WAYS TO CARRY-ON SHOOTING POST COVID-19
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Published on May 18, 2020

FIVE WAYS TO CARRY-ON SHOOTING POST COVID-19

In the last few weeks I’ve heard from various clients and contributors that say they’d like to start shooting again, but they’re not sure how to go about it safely. I wanted to chat through one such instance where we successful produced a film whilst maintaining safety precautions, in what I’m terming, the new normal. Three week ago I was [...]

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Do away with your script - how to capture a decent interview
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Published on May 9, 2016

Do away with your script - how to capture a decent interview

Check out the latest 2020 version of this article here! How often do you watch an online video and feel disconnected and un-interested by the video you’re watching? Actually, hardly ever. As regularly mentioned to anyone in online communications, engagement time is becoming shorter and shorter. If content isn’t engaging, there’s a high chance [...]

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Jon Collins

My name is Jon Collins. I'm a freelance filmmaker and occasionally blog about cameras and stuff!

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What my Filmmaking blog posts will cover

Filmmaking as a term tends to refer to the overall production process. Often this may be me fulfilling all over the individual roles (sometimes referred to as a Videographer) or me leading on the production or direction. I’ll endeavour to include anything that crops up in the filmmaking process that may be beneficial to other filmmakers in streamlining the process.

From a directors point of view, these blog posts may include how I streamline my productions to get the most out of my contributors. I’ll look at how you treat contributors and manage them on set relates to the content captured. From a producers point of view, I’ll look at streamlining the whole filmmaking process and how sometimes a one or two person team can capture content that often takes a much larger team to do.

As well as working as part of team, often I’ll work in a much more stripped back fashion as a Shooting PD (Producer/Director). This enables me as a filmmaker to talk to contributors who may be more vulnerable or access places that a larger crew cannot go. If this is the case, I think it’s important to still uphold a quality of production and try to work with available light and artificial light to create professional looking results, even if you are just a one-man band!