Getting Up Close to The Money Shot – Macro with Extension Tubes

With Extension tubes you can get up close and personal with your subjects – turning any lens you have into a macro lens. For a Link to the Lens Extension Kit click on the article below: http://filmmakeriq.com/2012/10/getting-upclose-to-the-money-shot-macro-with-extension-tubes

555 – Everybody’s Favorite Telephone Exchange

Our story begins with the Telephone Exchange: a telecommunications system used in the public switched telephone network. In order to connect two telephones, you have to have an uninterrupted wired connection between two telephone sets. But you couldn’t exactly connect every phone with every other phone. So telephone subscribers would call a central office. The […]

The Science of Exposure and Metering

This Filmmaker IQ course is proudly sponsored by Northeast Community College, whose Media Arts program offers degree concentrations in Audio Recording, Broadcasting, and Digital Cinema. Please check out their program by following the link: http://northeast.edu/media-arts/ Help this channel by becoming a patron on Patreon! http://patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Let’s go deep beyond the exposure triangle and look at […]

Pubcast! April Night Shift

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Pubcast: Sheltering Cinema – Onward and Hitchhiker!

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What is the Optimal Sampling Rate for Audio? (It’s All About the Aliasing)

Honestly, I don’t actually answer the question in the video. I give some reasons why some engineers say it’s 60 kHz – but that’s about it. What I do cover is Aliasing spurred on by a very interesting question about being the hear the difference between Sine Waves and Square Waves. Sorry for all the […]

The History of Hollywood Censorship and the Ratings System

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Take a look at the history of censorship of Hollywood from pressures from progressive groups in films infancy, through the scandal rocked silent film era, the threat of boycotts in the Great Depression and turn from censorship to classification and ratings in the 1960s.

How Social Pressures Can Shape A Movie Opinion

In our last course, The History of the Hollywood Musical, I professed as to not have been a big fan of the latest Musical Oscar contender La La Land. I knew my opinion was contentious especially up against such overwhelming high regard for the film. But the point of this post isn’t to explain my […]

How Long Should Your Shorts [Film] Be? #IQBiTS

Well there’s really no answer but we’ll look at the average Oscar Winning Short film and then break down short films into four categories of general lengths to get some perspective on how long a short film should be.

Pubcast! June Night Pubcast

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The Marching Band Trick to Steadier Handheld Moving Shots

Support us on Patreon! https://patreon.com/filmmakeriq John dips into his marching band experience for a tip on how to create smoother walking shots regardless of whether you’re going handheld or using a gimbal #Filmmaking #Camera #Handheld #CameraTechniques

Hollyland Lark Max Review

Hollyland sent over their Lark Max for me to review! It’s a great little two transmitter wireless package that I’ve found a whole lot of different uses for. If you’re in the market for a wireless microphone use my affiliate link below to pick up your own Hollyland Lark Max: https://amzn.to/49Z2gPq Hollyland Lavs (pair) https://amzn.to/4a1r2OP […]