Author: Dennis Mason
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We’re in!
There’s excitement in the air. Mofilm.com sent the acceptance email today. “Congratulations- your video has been shortlisted and we would now like to put your submission forward for the final stages of judging.” It was a little bit more roundabout way of saying it, but I am very fond of our work being “shortlisted.” That…
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MOFILM here we come
The final cut of our AT&T Rethink Possible commercial was finished on Sunday afternoon and uploaded to the mofilm.com site that evening. We are now in the running for some prize money and a trip to Barcelona. We are trying to avoid nail biting, but we think we have a pretty strong entry which was…
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Spike
Just when I think the cut is coming together I realize that one of my actors was looking directly into the camera in the take that I want to use. After Effects, you will save a shot once again. In editing The Great Heist I found a shot where an actor looked directly into the…
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AT&T commercial for a contest
It was a good day. Today we shot an AT&T commercial for a mofilm.com contest. What a blast it was. It was a pleasure to work with two of our favorite actors: Lija Fisher and Mike Mergo. Plus the amazing makeup artist Mia Bauman, costumer Jen Lerned and our host/boom operator/assistant costumer/and all around swell…
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Hackintosh
I've been foaming at the mouth for days about a guide on nofilmschool.com for building a high end Hackintosh. Every couple of hours I find myself back at Amazon.com looking at the individual parts and pondering if I can justify the expense. HD video rendering time would be hacked into tiny pieces. At this point…