Hey all, Madeline here with the next entry in The Movie Minute. Today’s topic will be the different stages of the filmmaking process! Whether a big blockbuster or a small indie short film, every project goes through five stages: development, preproduction, production, postproduction, and distribution. Every film starts with an idea. But getting an idea…
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Hey all, Wishing you all a Happy Holidays and New year! Madeline here, back again with the first entry in The Movie Minute of 2025! Today’s topic will be the comparison of two main types of special effects used in filmmaking: practical effects vs. CGI. Special effects are an essential part of creating the most…
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Morning everyone, Madeline here back with another entry in The Movie Minute. To celebrate the end of the year as the holiday season approaches, we will focus on a movie topic I have a deep passion for: home video and physical media! According to WeChronicle, home video has its roots around the mid-70s, when JVC…
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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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