Category Archives: Production

Editing music videos: a reader’s question

Check out the question a reader asked me about editing music videos.
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RED camera review

Check out my RED camera review.
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YouTube video tips

If you checked out some YouTube video ideas and want to take the plunge, there are several things you can do to ensure that your video is a cut above everyone else’s. With the exception of speaking well, none of these recommendations are particularly difficult to implement, and yet they can greatly enhance the [...]
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Governor Schwarzenegger announces the first 25 films to qualify for California State incentives

Following the dramatic decline of film production in Los Angeles, due in part to the highly advantageous tax incentives offered by other states, California’s state legislature decided that the bleeding must finally stop. To this end, the State of California now offers film production tax incentives, and Governor Schwarzenegger recently announced the first 25 films [...]
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Why music videos are dead

Here is how it used to work: folks would watch MTV. MTV played music videos. The music videos gave you light entertainment and some eye candy. (Sometimes they were truly inspiring works of art.) In return for that you would listen to the music. If you liked it, you went out and bought a CD. [...]
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