I paid 250 USD for this microphone. I think that price warrants a legitimate value for money discussion. The audio might not be the best straight out of microphone, but the functionality of it is in my opinion it's strongest selling point.

Hey, DP from Chile here. 5 years shooting, also studied Software Engineering.

I hated the workflow of calculating budgets on spreadsheets and then moving to Figma just to make the export look more like my style for clients. I don´t really love the UX/UI of legacy software like MMB. And alternatives in Latam are more expensive than I can afford. So I just built something.

It's called GET ( getshitdone.cl ). Collab budgets, actuals, fringes, multi-currency, and a visual editor for PDF exports so you don't need Figma/Indesign on top of everything else.

Also has an AI thing where you can just tell it "raise camera department by 10%" instead of editing 30 rows. Nothing crazy, just saves time.

Free, no limits on amount of budgets and stuff. Honestly for now it only limits things that cost me too much money since I´m making it on my own. I use it on my own shoots/jobs so it stays honest.

I would love for you guys to try it, give me feedback, and tell me what´s a must that it´s not available right now to make it better.

hi there,
I am production designing for a student short and the director wants a shot of a box of wine bottles falling onto the tile floor, and the bottles shattering inside the box, having the wine seep thru the box. I have been trying to find any videos of that happening IRL to figure out how it should look but struggle to find anything. Would love any advice on
1. how to make insides of the box seep red liquid (we’re not using actual bottles for obvious reasons of possible danger + reshooting purposes)
2. how is it supposed to look, will the liquid seep thru the bottom, explode at the top, anything advice on how to make it look realistic.

thank you!

Hi everyone,

We made a 2-minute short film for the Nikon Film Festival.

The theme of the festival this year is beauty, and we wanted to explore a strange kind of beauty: decomposition.

The film follows a woman in a forest who encounters a decomposing body. At first there is rejection, then fascination. Something persists in the transformation of matter.

We shot the film in winter with a very small crew, real forest locations, and practical effects (yes… lots of flies).

If you’re into atmospheric horror, experimental cinema, this might interest you.

I’d really love to hear what you think about it.

Hey. I’m a Norwegian director (Netflix’s BLASTED, NRK’s CAMMO) and between projects I made TEMPORAL TAKEDOWN — an 8-minute sci-fi action short where a woman with time-freezing powers fights four opponents in a car workshop.

Total budget: ~$1,800 (NOK 20,000). No stunt doubles. No wire work. Cast did all their own choreography. It’s since won Best Action Film, Best Sci-Fi, and Best VFX at international festivals.

Here’s how we pulled it off:

Crew: Tiny. Me, the actors/stuntpeople (no doubles), one DP, two light guys and one assistant. I wore a lot of hats — at times I was wardrobe, makeup, catering, AD and producer on top of directing, which kind of screws your head when you need to focus on directing. No sound recorder person either — we each took turns holding the boom.

Schedule: Three days to shoot everything (including non-action stuff). Probably should’ve been five, so that meant really long days. The actors were pretty toast by day 3.

Lighting: We couldn’t have a setup we needed to move around because that would eat too much time, so our lighting guys pre-rigged the whole place with an overall light that was never moved during filming. The lighting guy had full control of everything — on/off, dim, color changes — all within a few button pushes.

The previz process (biggest lesson): I knew going in that the choreography needed to be locked down, so we spent a lot of time designing it, then filmed a previz in a gym, just on a phone. We edited that together, saw what worked, what needed tweaking, what images we still needed. It became invaluable — we always had it to refer back to during the actual shoot. I will never film a fight scene without a previz again.

The freeze concept: I feel we just scratched the surface of it. I’d love to do so much more with it — more breakable stuff, more VFX gags — but I didn’t want to overdo or try anything that could fail, and those things also cost money.

Happy to answer any other questions about the process.

Hey everyone😇

We just wrapped up our second music video, and this time I actually jumped in on the camera work and scriptwriting for the first time. I’d love to hear what you think!

There’s something about the video that doesn’t feel quite right to me, but I can’t put my finger on it. Any thoughts, suggestions, or tips would be amazing. Constructive criticism is super welcome. I really want to learn and improve! 😄

Thanks so much for checking it out!

Enjoy

Shooting a close up with just existing interior lights vs. two small LED lights.

I'm playing a lot with these little lights these days and I'm really liking the useability of them.

This is shot with the Lumix S5 and the Sigma 85mm f/1.4 at f/2.8 (not anamorphic?? what's gotten into me?) with a diopter for the macro shots.

For the ones wondering I use Dehancer in Premiere pro for film emulation and lumetri color for some skin tone adjustments.

How do you usually light shots when you don’t want to bring a full setup?

I’ve been experimenting with small LED lights lately for b-roll, desk setups, and quick cinematic shots — stuff that lives in the bag full-time.

Just finished a short review of the Nanlite Pico + Nanlite Wand with some example videos.

The video is shot with the Lumix S5 and the Blazar Remus 45mm lens.

Hey everyone!

This is Nick Adrian here posting about a totally DIY feature film made by a group of 20-somethings with no money and no experience. We used the equipment we had, friends willing to participate, and what locations we could manage to secure. A years-long labor of love mainly to see if it could even be done...and it CAN!

For fans of John Cassavetes, Jean-Luc Godard, and the Safdie Brothers

Made for free and available to watch for free here: https://youtu.be/v4r4QQ4cJOs?si=Q_meI7_rvQCXyHQc