Techniques
How to Shoot a Spec Video for New Work
People always ask if they should work for free or if they should bother to shoot a spec piece to…
One Man Band Audio Kit Essentials
If you are like many videographers you are now more often than not expected to capture audio. In this webinar…
How to Upsell Services to your Clients
Sales?! As creatives that is often a four letter word. Creatives are not known for being the best at sales…
What to Do When Gigs Go Wrong
Have you ever been working on a gig that seemed good when you signed on but right before or during…
Where to Find New Work (in Unexpected Places)
We all could use a little more work or some new clients doing more creative work, right? In this webinar Barry…
Prepping a Scene for Actors
There are many ways to work with actors, but one of the best ways is for the director to prep…
On-Set Communication Tips for Directors
Directing is mostly about communication, and the most important line of communication is with your actors. Barry will go through…
Creating A Scene from the Edit Room Floor
What happens if you decide you need a scene or transition you didn’t realize you needed? Sometimes combing through all…
5 Things You’ll Wish You Got from Actors on Set
In the edit suite you usually find yourself wishing you had “more from your actors.” During this webinar Barry will…
The Power of Transitions
In a perfect world, you spend time planning your transitions and how to get from one scene to another. In…
Cutting Good Trailers
We will look at the trailers for my recent films and detail the why and how of putting them together.…
Making a Scene “Good Enough”
Actors’ performances, lack of time or issues on set; there is a good chance certain scenes you shoot just aren’t…
“Finding a Scene” in Post
Whether you were strapped for time, had to lose an actor early, had weather-related issues or something else prevented you…
Real-World Fixes in Post
Having just wrapped the edit on his most recent feature film, Barry will walk you through the top “fixes” in…
Scoring a Film Scene
Here is a chance to watch a scene from a feature film that starts with a temp score through several…
Tweak Your Lighting to Maximize Results
In this webinar we will walk through some tweaks you can make with your lighting to improve the frame before…
Creative Edit of a Film Scene
All too often we look at the nuts and bolts of how to use NLEs. In this webinar Barry will…
Top Tips for Placing Talent
When setting up a scene or interview, where and how you place your talent makes all the difference in the…
Lighting in 15 Minutes or Less
We all wish we had more time and tools to light our scene or setup. And we can all relate…
Shooting with Battery Powered Lights
As productions move to smaller crews, no tech scouts, real world locations and with the speed we need to shoot…
Directing a Real World Scene
Barry will be in the middle of shooting a 1910 period feature film and we will be joining him on…
Shooting Stock Video for Profit
Everyone would love to get paid for their work after they have shot video. However, unless you are working on…
Shooting Exteriors Without Lights
There are a lot of resources for how to light using lights but what happens if you are shooting outside-…
Gear You Shouldn’t Leave Home Without
We all love our cameras, lenses and big ticket items. But what about those miscellaneous things in your kit that…
How to Make Money Shooting Video
We all love being creative, acquiring new gear and when the phone rings with a paying client. The question is…
How to Record Good Audio Quickly and Easily
As there are more and more one-man band jobs being able to capture and record audio quick and easy is…
Shooting in Extreme Locations
Barry has traveled the world and has had to shoot in extreme locations ranging from Chernobyl, to windy Iceland, in…
Matching Footage from Multiple Cameras
Most productions now use at least two different cameras and sometimes many more. One of the biggest challenges is finding…
Essential Gear Guide for Traveling
Some jobs require air travel to get the shot. In this webinar, we will address how to pack for air…
Essential Tools for Lighting
Everyone knows that lighting is critical to creating great-looking video. What you may not know is some of the essential…
Choosing Between Hard and Diffused Light
Lighting will always be important in creating high quality video. As the use of LEDs increase and lights in general…
How to Set Up Your Monitors
Calibrating a monitor’s display is hard enough but trying to match multiple monitor displays is even worse. To make matters…
Getting Cinematic Images in Imperfect Locations
If you have access to a stunning location, then it’s easy to create a cinematic shot. However, most of the…
Cinematic Lighting Using Only One Light
Lighting is a major factor in creating compelling and professional video content. There are many lighting techniques and schools of…
Most Frequently Used Filters
Videographers focus a lot on lighting, sound, composition and other more “noticeable” ways of making videos stand out. This course…
Essential Gear for Interview Shooting
Many of us who produce video content are required to shoot a lot of interviews. This essential gear guide will…
The Camera’s Eye: A Guide to the Perfect Lens
Lenses are just as critical, if not more so, than your camera. Just like your camera, you will use your…
Shedding Some Light on LED Lighting
This webinar will give you everything you need to know about working with LED lights- what are the known issues,…
How to Light an Interview Part II
This is a followup course to expand upon the first How to Light an Interview Webinar. Go in depth on…
How to Light an Interview
Almost everyone has to light interview setups for their jobs. Filmmakers lighting actors for scenes, interviews for news stations, testimonials…
How to Capture Good Audio in the Field
For a lot of video professionals (or photographers moving to video) audio is the most confusing and scary part of…
Directing Actors For Indie Filmmakers
Independent filmmakers are more than just directors. They play a major role in just about every job category on the…
