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Z-AXIS MOVEMENT: 5 camera techniques to help you raise stakes, create unease, and more

Z-AXIS MOVEMENT: 5 camera techniques to help you raise stakes, create unease, and more

Jun 19, 2018 | Five For Filming, Greatest Hits

There are three directions you can move your camera: along the horizontal x-axis (pans and dollies), the vertical y-axis (tilts and booms), and the z-axis (moving forward or back). Used separately or in conjunction, these movements can serve utilitarian purposes, such...
BETTER SLATE THAN NEVER: The Importance Of The Slate To An Assistant Editor

BETTER SLATE THAN NEVER: The Importance Of The Slate To An Assistant Editor

May 29, 2018 | Essay, Greatest Hits

“Rushing Ramona” is a 2nd AC (camera assistant) working on a feature in Kentucky. Before each take she updates the slate (also called clapboard, clapperboard, or sound marker) with the appropriate scene and take. She announces the take, claps the “sticks,” and gets...
FINISH YOUR SCRIPT!: The most important advice a first-time screenwriter can get

FINISH YOUR SCRIPT!: The most important advice a first-time screenwriter can get

Sep 12, 2017 | Essay, Greatest Hits

Ok. So you’ve skimmed Save the Cat!, logged on to Writer Duet, and bought a tiny fedora. Congratulations! You’re ready to write your first screenplay! But if you’re looking for an edge over all those other MacBook-pecking-future-scribes at your local coffee shop, here...

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