CRAP SOUND, MINI MUSIC VIDEO, AND MORE! - The Basic Filmmaker Episode 23

Sound again? Yep! Let's get rid of crappy sound - FOREVER! Plus, possibly the shortest music video ever made, and 2 mini-episodes of ultra stupid.

SOUND STUFF:
Zoom H1: http://tinyurl.com/7mu5tb2 
Zoom H4n (better): http://tinyurl.com/8wnefkp 
Rode Videomic: http://tinyurl.com/7w5bx6d 
Cheap Lav Mic: http://tinyurl.com/8wrtg3z 
Not Cheap Lav Mic (Way Better): http://tinyurl.com/8zt9xu7 

Best, BFM

The Popinator

Good shooting, good editing, decent sound, good message delivery, and fun video.

Enjoy!

BFM

Projectors and Awesome Sauce!

Willow - Sweater from Filip Sterckx on Vimeo.


You may like or not like the music or the video style on this, but I think it's brilliant.

A great idea using three projectors in a studio, thinking outside the box (and a lot of work) and you can end up with awesome sauce!

Best,

BFM

Jimmy Stewart, Cool People, and Posters! - The Basic Filmmaker Episode 22

A few people wanted my Code of a Filmmaker in poster form (me too).

Well, thanks to Jim Stewart (the graphic artist, not the actor, who out of the blue created this thing) they're now available!

UPDATE 09/17/2012
TIFF version to download for printing: http://bit.ly/filmcodefull
JPEG version to download for viewing: http://bit.ly/filmcodesm

The poster can be ordered here: http://www.imagekind.com/CODE-OF-A-FILMMAKER_art?IMID=8d40964f-f1a2-4006-adc9-d723d1b86f35

You can also upload your posters here and get them printed: http://www.overnightprints.com

Jim Stewart (the designer, not the actor) on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/drax02

Knoptop (who spawned the idea) on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/knoptop

Best, BFM

Better Heads! - The Basic Filmmaker Episode 21

"Talking head" videos aren't that hard to make look good. Here's how you can make yours look good in about 30 seconds in Premier Pro, After Effects, Sony Vegas and more!

The Smackies - The Basic Filmmaker Episode 20

Do you or your actors get those irritating mouth clicks (the "smackies")? Well, here's what professional voice over artists do to fix it, and it's EASY!

Best,

BFM