Hey everyone, Madeline here, back with another entry in The Movie Minute, and this week’s topic will be the use of run-and-gun videography vs. using tripods, monopods, gimbals and other devices which we fix our cameras to. Using a good tripod, which can come from many brands such as Manfrotto or SmallRig, ensures that the…
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Greetings all, Madeline here, back with the eleventh entry in The Movie Minute, with a focus on an essential part of the filmmaker’s arsenal- camera lenses! While many casual cameras, such as the one built into our phones, often have one or more lenses built into the unit, it’s a different story with professional camera…
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Greetings all, Madeline here, back with what is now the tenth entry in The Movie Minute! For this week’s topic, I chose to focus on one of my other primary roles here at Poor Bear Stories: the DIT! As explained by StudioBinder’s Kyle Deguzman, a DIT, meaning “digital imaging technician”, is one of the most…
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Greetings all, Madeline from Poor Bear here, back with another entry in The Movie Minute. For this week’s entry, the topic is color; specifically, how we manipulate color-related features to get the best quality picture for our videos in tandem with the right exposure and lighting. There are many factors to consider when choosing the…
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Hey everyone, Madeline here again with another entry in The Movie Minute. Last week, we discussed how lighting and exposure can make or break the finished video. So this week, the topic is on another element that is just as vital: having high-quality audio! While it is true that many modern cameras have a built-in…
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Greetings all, Madeline from Poor Bear here, back at it again with another entry in The Movie Minute– today we’ll be focusing on a key element of photography- lighting and exposure! To get a better idea of what exposure is and why it’s vital to have control over, let’s first look at the basic function…
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Greetings all, Madeline here, back with another entry in The Movie Minute, this time with a focus on a subject that’s often a point of contention in the filmmaking world, especially in recent times: the use of artificial intelligence in filmmaking! Not too long ago, AI sounded more like a fictional technology straight out of…
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Hey everyone, Madeline here, back at it again with another entry in The Movie Minute, this time focusing on an essential part of the editing process: proxies! So what exactly is a proxy? First, some background: When editing projects, we first have to import the raw footage from the camera, which often consists of video…
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Hey all, Madeline here again with another entry in The Movie Minute. This week’s topic will be on the two main media used for shooting movies: digital and film stock. Believe it or not, both mediums remain in use today in modern cinema. But what are the major differences and why do some directors and…
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Hey all, Madeline here once again with another entry in The Movie Minute: This time on the primary product that I work on here at Poor Bear: short-form content, also known as “reels”. With the rise of social media and online content creators, especially on platforms like Instagram and TikTok, short-form content has become an…
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