Your Ideas are Not as Valuable as You Think (the Wrap)
You come up with better ideas than all the crap that’s on TV and Movies. Welcome to the club. As much as we value the ideas, they pale in comparision to the hard work necessary to take an idea from germination to harvest.
Episode 37
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Top Articles of the Week (February 5-11, 2012)
7. Sh*t Filmmakers Say
The YouTube meme “Sh*t People Say” has turned it’s sights onto the filmmaking realm as demonstrated here by JacksFilm. How many of these are you guilty of?
6. Be a Better Camera Op – Part 1: MINDSET
In the first part of his three part series, Chris Weaver dives into the mindset of how to become a better camera operator.
5. Sound: Which Mic Should I Buy?
Tim Cash, The Oregon Filmmaker tackles the audio question looking at four different microphones and how they’re used in production.
Addendum Best Practices for Capturing Sound
4. Tips on Owning vs Renting
Caleb Pikes dives into the topic of gear ownership, looking at Oppurtunity Costs, identifying when is a good time to Buy/Rent and determining when it’s time to sell your gear.
3. Cheap DIY Follow Focus Ideas
Evan Luzi lists off a few ways to rig up your lens to create a simple and cheap DIY follow focus with items that can be found at your hardware or grocery store.
2. How to Light Metal Objects
These two tutorials by Jeff Shaffer demonstrate some techniques and terms for shooting polished metal objects in still life photography.
http://vimeo.com/36211126
1. Seven professional editors share their FCPX experiences
Philip Bloom asked seven professional editors (Michael Friedman, Cameron King, Adam Barton, Eli Ungar-Sargon, Alan Seawright, Chip Dizárd) to share their experiences with working with the much maligned Final Cut Pro X. Perhaps the lover’s scorn for the Apple editing system was more emotional than rational?
WTF Post of the Week
http://filmmakeriq.com/groups/wtf/forum/topic/bababa-bay-splosions/
I couldn’t agree more with your latest entry John. Fantastic.
So the ideas I keep putting in the bank won’t let me retire?
The flip side of that thought is that there is also a lot of hard work done following pretty bad ideas. So do good ideas matter? I would say yes. Because when you are going to do the hard work regardless, a good idea saves the day, the production. and the movie.
We’re speaking in very vague generalities but I will say that a good idea won’t save anything and some turds can be polished.
I go back to that human connection – if you can’t make that happen, no idea, how ever brilliant, will save the day.
And I’ve seen bad ideas ruin good stories and productions, too many times.