KEY TAKEAWAYS Imagine a filmmaker capturing a vibrant street scene at dusk—golden light bathes the frame, bustling crowds move with purpose, and raw emotion fills every shot. The tool making this possible? A used Canon C100 Mark II, sourced for just $1,200 on GearFocus from a trusted seller with glowing reviews. This is the power [&hellip;]


Where to Buy Second Hand Filmmaking Equipment: The Top Sources for Indie Creators

Learn how to plan, shoot, and edit a festive family movie this holiday season. Get simple tips on story development, gear, and teamwork for memorable fun.


Make a Holiday Film with Your Family!

We’ll guide you through “8 Tips for Making a Great First Video.” We’ll ensure your venture into videography is successful, enjoyable, and creative.


8 Tips for Making a Great First Video or Film

Today we want to talk about camera rigs. Specifically why YOU should build one, how it can be valuable to you, and all the parts that make up a proper rig.


The Ultimate Rig Building Guide for the Sony FX3

Making Movies is Expensive…Usually. Every now and then, you meet creators who figure out how to tell stories with small teams and no money. I’m Eric Villa, the CEO of Stuudeo.com, a newsletter platform that features the best bootstrapped short films in the world. I’ve interviewed hundreds of film school students, indie filmmakers, and YouTube [&hellip;]


A Comprehensive Guide To Making $0 Movies

Learning how to fly a drone can be intimidating. Luckily, modern drones make flying easier than ever. Today we are gonna to look at some of our favorite tips and tricks that will help you level up your drone footage. These 5 things are not difficult by any means, in fact, they are simple things [&hellip;]


How to Fly a Drone – 5 Tips to Better Drone Footage

The world of Mobile content creation is rapidly becoming more popular. Mobile devices and tablets or now more powerful than they have ever been allowing content creators to take their work anywhere or Apple just announced the new iPad Pro with the M2 processing chip inside this completely changes the game for creating content on [&hellip;]


IPad Pro – Mobile Editing Just Got Better in 2022

A few months ago, Canon announced their most recent addition to their mirrorless line up, the R7. Over the last six weeks, we’ve had the opportunity to use the Canon EOS R7 extensively for video content. With that we found ourselves using the same settings over and over again when we record video so today [&hellip;]


Best Video Settings for the Canon R7

Color grading in Davinci Resolve can be a daunting task as a new videographer or editor. The first time I ever color corrected LOG footage, I couldn’t understand why it looked so bad! Color grading is a beast, there’s no ifs ands or buts about it. It’s something that I’ve struggled with for years, especially [&hellip;]


Getting Started with Golor Grading in Davinci Resolve

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