Hey everyone, Madeline here with the 43rd entry in The Movie Minute. Today we’ll be digging into why it’s important to measure how much footage you shoot on a project. In addition to my work as an assistant editor and DIT, I also have the duty of shooting B-roll with my GH5 on projects that…
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Greetings all, Madeline here with the 42nd entry in The Movie Minute. For this entry’s topic, we’ll be diving into a common tool used in our productions-shooting in LOG format. So what is LOG? Each camera we shoot with, whether the GH5, FS7, A7IV, EOS R, etc. has different color profiles for shooting video. While…
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Greetings all, Madeline here with the 41st entry in the Movie Minute. For today’s topic, we’ll be focusing on how to properly take care of camera equipment! Many of the cameras we use, from the GH5 to the A7IV and FS7, are powerful tools for cinematic storytelling, but they’re also huge investments that must be…
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Greetings all, Madeline here, back with the 40th entry in The Movie Minute! For the very first entry of 2026, we’ll be diving into a comparison of camera sensors within the equipment we use! Think of a camera sensor as being like the retina in our eyes- it’s what tells our brain what we’re seeing.…
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Hey everyone, Madeline here, and welcome to the 39th entry in The Movie Minute– the last entry of 2025! And what better way to close out this year than a reflection on some of the big things that have occurred so far at Poor Bear Stories? The year started out with a transition to a…
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Greetings all, Madeline here with the 38th entry in The Movie Minute. For this entry’s topic, we’ll be taking a look at another fun topic that I’m passionate about – movie theaters or “cinemas”! Ever since the advent of film in the late 19th and early 20th century, the cinema has always been a place…
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Greetings all, Madeline here with the 37th entry in The Movie Minute– the first of December! For this entry’s topic, we’ll be digging deeper into the power of highlight videos and how we produce them! With nearly every shoot we produce, the biggest deliverable shared among our clients is a highlight video. No matter what…
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Greetings all, Madeline here with the 36th entry in The Movie Minute. Today’s entry is another special one focused on one of our projects: video resumes! If you’ve followed previous Movie Minutes, you know we provide video for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation’s College to Career Transition Conference (C2CT), formerly known as the Strong Finish…
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Greetings all, Madeline here with entry #35 in The Movie Minute. For this entry, we’ll be focusing on common pitfalls filmmakers encounter and how to avoid them! Whether you’re a rookie first getting into film or a professional with years of experience, it’s important to know some common mistakes made by filmmakers all the time.…
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Greetings everyone, Madeline here with the 34th entry in The Movie Minute. Today, we’ll be discussing the importance of trimming out filler and how having b-roll or second angles helps immensely. Interviews form the backbone of the content we produce, whether highlight videos, short reels, or otherwise. But while interviews can range from a few…
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