How To: Capture Winter Sports with an Action Cam, Shoot Dual Interviews, Get Great Audio Without a Recorder, and more
Over the past 10 years, action cams have changed the game when it comes to sports videos: The small, wearable cameras have given athletes and filmmakers the ability to capture amazing tricks with unique angles, noted the Vimeo blog in a recent post, which we highlight today, along with other filmmaking tutorials from around the internet. You'll also learn how to shoot an interview ... Read the full Story >>
Spotlight: The Art of Skateboard Photography, and A New Generation of Artists
Skateboard photography as art? Mike Blabac wrote the book on it -- literally. It's called "Mike Blabac: The Art of Skateboard Photography," and it documents the exploits and creativity of skateboarding legends, chronicling along the way not just a sport, but a way of life. Today we spotlight a new short film from director Jacob Rosenberg in which Blabac delves into the process behind ... Read the full Story >>
How To: Record Better Audio, Create a Moving Timelapse, Turn Your Podcasts into Video Podcasts, and more
Audio is a challenge. And that goes double for photographers transitioning to filmmaking. But high-quality audio is crucial, and today's roundup of motion art tutorials from around the web includes some sound advice on capturing sound, as well as tips on choosing your first microphone. There's also insight on shooting great action-cam footage, top-flight B-roll, directing your first commercial, turning your podcast into a ... Read the full Story >>
Spotlight: A Tale of Life, Land, Loss, and Horses
Take a breath before watching the documentary "Inhale." Filmmaker Sean Mullan offers up an eyeful of visual details -- close-up footage, drone-shots and slow-motion -- and an earful, with a haunting soundtrack by cellist Kim Vaughan, Mullan's cousin. He combines it all with a powerful story that seem to be about his Uncle Jim's secrets for training horses. But the 16-minute film evolves into ... Read the full Story >>