When asked to write a blog about how I use Staff Me Up as a docu-reality editor, the answer was simple: I use it to get hired on production jobs. Or at least it seemed simple. I gave it some thought and realized that I use Staff Me Up in a myriad of ways that… Continue reading How I Use Staff Me Up for More than Job Searches
Month: April 2023
5 Film Industry Podcasts We Can’t Wait for You to Hear
Podcasts are everywhere, and that includes the film production industry. Whether you’re a screenwriter, director, producer, stunt person or even crafty, you can bet that there’s a podcast subgenre dedicated to your specific field. We scoured the podcast world for production pods and found quite a few with great insights, and even greater stories. Here… Continue reading 5 Film Industry Podcasts We Can’t Wait for You to Hear
6 Filmmaker Apps You Need to Have
Let’s be honest, in this field we are obsessed with amazing cameras, new lighting technologies and sound equipment that would blow your mind. That said, app creators and industry professionals alike have teamed up to create hundreds, if not thousands, of mobile apps for filmmakers today to help them work as efficiently as possible. Whether… Continue reading 6 Filmmaker Apps You Need to Have
Tips for Mastering Skin Tones on Camera
As a Cinematographer, you’ll be capturing a wide variety of talented people with an ever wider variety of skin tones. As science and education would have it, your light meter will give you an approximation for the correct exposure of an image but technical correctness does not always work on the wide gamut of skin… Continue reading Tips for Mastering Skin Tones on Camera
10 Production Errors We Always Notice Because We Work in Entertainment
Nothing can pull you out of the magic of your favorite TV show or movie faster than noticing a production error. And because we eat, live, and breathe all things production, we have a well-trained eye to spot some other director’s, editor’s or department’s blatant faux pas that the average person would likely never notice.… Continue reading 10 Production Errors We Always Notice Because We Work in Entertainment
Tips for Taking the Stress out of On-set Catering
Your crew is booked. The locations have been secured. Gear rentals are en route. Your shoot day is quickly approaching, but there’s still one important question that has to be answered: What will everyone eat? When I made the leap from freelance production assistant to in-house production coordinator, craft services (also known as “crafty” by… Continue reading Tips for Taking the Stress out of On-set Catering
Meet the Maker: Writer, Director and Producer Vanessa Alexander
Vanessa Alexander defies categorization. An award-winning writer, director, and producer, Alexander has worked on projects as wide-ranging as Power Rangers, Love Child, The Great, and Vikings: Valhalla. Her citizenship status follows suit. Born in New York to a New Zealand father and an English mother, Alexander now resides in Newcastle, Australia after stints in Paris… Continue reading Meet the Maker: Writer, Director and Producer Vanessa Alexander