Category: Blog
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Some of That ‘New Year, New You’…Stuff.
“What makes an excellent screenplay? Is it the size of the bridges that are blown up or the number of cars that crash in the first ten minutes of the film? Or is it the characters and what they say and feel?” Take a moment and let that sink in. “We all know the answer…
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"5 Minutes to What?!"
So, I worked on a film this summer. It was a bloody mess. Just an absolute bloody mess. It was absolutely horrifying…oh, let me clarify. I’m talking about film CONTENT, not the film itself, nor the production. The shoot was fantastic. The cast and crew were fantastic. The overall experience was fan-freakin’-tastic! What started out…
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Climbin’ in Our Windows, Snatchin’ Our I.D.s Up
Adobe’s Response, “Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wife…Oh, and Change Your Password.” I received a rather alarming email from Adobe on October 4th. It was a statement detailing an attack on Adobe’s network. It seems somebody was able to hack into their system, however it doesn’t seem as though it was anything major. The email…
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How To: Hard Drive Recovery/Repair
Recently, I experienced some technical difficulties with my Samsung 320GB hard drive, which I was using to transport video files from my laptop to my desktop PC. It seemed as though something had corrupted the hard drive in the transfer process, resulting in this wonderful message: The system was unable to read the drive, believing…
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GoPro Studio 2.0 Now Available
Though not a personal update per say, I do own a GoPro Hero 3, so to hear the announcement that GoPro had just released an update for their studio software, I was rather giddy. I haven’t had a chance to test the software myself, but from what I’ve read, it is exponentially better than the…
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Observations and Changes
Well, it’s unfortunate that August has been plagued with so many technical issues, because I had some really big plans. The end of July rolling into the next month saw the breakdown of many devices that were necessary for productivity. Not to mention I had to put everything aside just to dedicate the time towards…
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Taking "Quick" Detours
Well, I’ve had some good news over the past few weeks. It seems like good and bad things come in consecutive groups for me. Luckily, it was a number of good things this time around. Image from http://www.adobe.com I was able to get both my PC motherboard and Nexus 7 back from my repair shop. Meanwhile,…
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Back to the Drawing…errr…Storyboard
Once again, it’s time to get productive. While I have some downtime between the wrap of my 48 Hour Film Project and the start of fall videography jobs, I figured I would get some screenwriting and pre-production pumped out. While I’m not entirely sold on which story idea will get developed into a shooting script,…
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Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Review
This week, I decided to revisit some previous equipment and write a new review on an oldie lens: the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens. Revisiting this lens, I’m surprised about how well this affordable consumer-grade lens holds up in comparison to more expensive lenses from Canon. The quality looks great and even holds its…
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First Look: 48 Hour Film Project – Pittsburgh
It’s been a few weeks since the 48 Hour Film Project in Pittsburgh ended. I was hoping to get some previews out sooner, but as I mentioned before, I have been very busy with some repair work and have been limited with the resources available to me. For a first look, I decided to share…
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