Author: Dennis Mason
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German R/C Octacopter Hoists RED Epic
I'd like to hang out with this group of Germans. They can make 5K helicopter shots with their new RED Epic camera from the sky! Berlin based OMSTUDIOS created this rig. Within minutes this cool rig can be up and running and can haul the camera up to 500 feet in the air! That would…
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We have started a sketch comedy group!
After years of idle waiting and hoping to meet others with similar interests in creating funny, scripted videos for online distribution my partner and I have decided to be the proactive ones. We have created from the ether a new sketch comedy group. We will be having a planning meeting once a month to pitch…
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Aspiring Filmmakers Boot Camp
If you have any interest in making films you owe it to yourself to go to one of Larry Meistrich's Aspiring Filmmakers Boot Camps. It is two days packed with information on the business of filmmaking. Larry touched on fundraising, pre-production, product placement, insurance, production, releases, post-production, and delivery to a distributor. He stressed the importance of…
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Language – a short, supposedly funny scene
Description: An inmate gets a visit from one of his associates from the outside so they can talk "business." A corrupt guard sets up the meeting in a secret room. The guard has only one rule, no swearing! This is a little project I threw together in a week or two. I had an…
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Light and Shadow workshop
I am a subscriber to shootingpeople.org New York filmmaker bulletins and I’ve seen the Light and Shadow workshop advertised on there many times over the last couple years. Since it is a two day workshop the planets have to align so that I don’t have anything planned for either day. Luckily those planets did their…