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Our 2013 Ultimate Travel Guide! 26 Aug 2013 | 11:50 pm
Airline travel. It’s one of our greatest technological advances, and one of the greatest things to ever happen to filmmaking, as it allows us to travel across the country for a shoot in mere ho...
Choosing A Soundtrack Just Got Really Awesome 16 Aug 2013 | 09:50 pm
A film without music is like a world without… music? Whatever — the point is that everything sucks without music. Now, many of you have probably licensed music for your films before through a ...
Five Lights, Three Scenes: Deconstructing A Light Setup 13 Aug 2013 | 11:41 pm
Let there be light! Don’t let it look like crap. Lighting can be really difficult and mysterious — most rooms you’ll walk into already have lights of their own, and its up to you to shape that li...
Shooting Dirty With Jeremy Lin 8 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
We’re living in the age of the iPhone. We Instagram our meals before we eat them, there’s an app for everything, and when we see a moment worth capturing we hustle to turn our gritty camera phone len...
Tales From The Script: Casting & Directing Talent 7 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
We’re all about capturing the moment. We go buck wild on pre-production, we always put story first, and we stay present on the shoot at all times. But sometimes the best way to tell a story is...
Get A US Work Visa By Proving You’re Extraordinary 30 Jul 2013 | 08:20 pm
As many of you already know, Stillmotion has Canadian roots. Our company began in Toronto, and opened a U.S. branch office in San Francisco, which we recently relocated to our new home in Portland, O...
What’s Your Favorite Piece of Gear? 25 Jul 2013 | 11:49 pm
Through the ins and outs of everyday life as filmmakers and all-around geeks, we naturally develop stronger bonds with certain pieces of our beloved equipment. We love all our children equally, ...
Your Camera Is Your Audience 22 Jul 2013 | 08:12 pm
It’s easy to point the camera at the action without really thinking about perspective. But you can’t just leave it up to your audience to figure out the ideas you’re trying to communicate in yo...
EVO Sneak Peek: Gwyn Shares His Transformation 18 Jul 2013 | 12:37 am
A couple times a year we get to host fifteen filmmakers for a crazy, intimate 4-day filmmaking fiesta we call EVO. Since participating in EVO, Gwyn has quit his job and dived head first into hi...
Make Them Fall In Love With You: Mastering The Bid & Treatment 15 Jul 2013 | 10:36 pm
Imagine saving up your money for a night out on the town with the love of your life. You walk into a restaurant that appears to be really nice, sit down at a table, and rather than receiving a ...
