Three Principles For Successful Stock Footage Content (Part 05)

If you are like me and your wheels are always turning, then you are probably thinking over this last year and how you can make the coming year more successful. So, on this Christmas day, I thought I'd offer you three principles to guide the content you shoot for your stock footage collection. If you follow these principles, you'll shortcut the mistakes that many of us made when we first started shooting stock footage, which should translate into a more profitable year for you (this is Part 05 of an Eight-Part series).

Three Secret Lighting Tips For Next Your Action Film

Shooting an action film is a daunting task under the best of circumstances, let alone when you have a small lighting crew of three, and a tight schedule. In this post, I'm going to share with you how we pulled off a two day shoot in one day, and give you the three lighting secrets you need to know to make your next action film look amazing.

Two Crucial Tips To Drive Your Stock Footage Sales (Stock Video Part 04)

Alright, it is time to dive back in to my eight-part guide to getting your start in stock video. If you missed the first 3 parts, I highly recommend that you go back and give them a read. In Part 01 I cover common misconceptions. Part 02 tackles whether or not you should be exclusive. And Part 03 addresses who you should be selling to.

Here, in Part 04 of the guide, I'll share with you the two most crucial tips you should follow if you want to drive sales of your stock footage.

How To Light A Film With Only 300w Of Light

The short film I shot recently, Two Wolves, exemplifies the principle of embracing your practical constraints and finding creative solutions within them. In this post, I'm going to take you behind the scenes of the film and show you the lighting setups (and diagrams) I used for the two primary scenes of the film. And the great thing about it is that we only used 300w for the entire film!