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The Fundamentals of Sound in Post Production

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Take the full Filmmaker IQ course on Sound in Post Production with sauce and bonus materials at: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/fundamentals-sound-post-production/ It’s time to open up the digital audio workstation and look at the basics of common tools used in post production audio from Equalizers, Compressors, Noise Reduction, and Delay effects. […]

The History of Movie Title Sequences

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Check out the full course along with bonus content and a list of sauce at: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/the-history-of-movie-title-sequences Not only do Title Sequences tell you the name of the film and the stars, they can also set the tone and mood and put you in the right frame of mind […]

The Journey to Non-Linear Editing (Part 2)

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Explore the history of editing software from computer scientists, mathematicians and programmers as we explore the advancements made to editing from the Digital Revolution.

How a Director Stages and Blocks a Scene

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ How a director approaches staging and blocking a scene dramatically affects the story – in this experiment at YouTube Space LA, we take a boilerplate police detective script and shoot it directing five different ways with different types of blocking to demonstrate how direction and acting can really […]

The Basics of Recording Audio for Digital Video

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Take the full Filmmaker IQ course on The Basics of Recording Audio for Digital Video with sauce and bonus material at: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/basics-recording-audio-digital-video/ Dive into the details of the audio signal chain as we define the different components needed when recording on set for digital video. If you have […]

The Science and Circuitry of DIY LEDs

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Check out the full course along with bonus material, sauce, and links to LED supplies: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/science-circuitry-diy-leds/ ‎ It’s the latest tech in efficient lighting – but how do LEDs work? We’ll dive into the science and engineering of LEDs as well as the basic concepts on how to […]

The Journey to Modern Non-Linear Editing (Part 1)

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Trace the history of modern day film editing – starting with electronic engineers developing solutions for capturing and editing television through to the first computerized editing systems.

The Properties of Camera Lenses

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ With a grounding in science and history, we now dive into the properties of camera lenses and explain the features of the modern camera lens for photography and cinematography from, Focal Length, Aperture, Primes vs. Zooms as well as some specialty features. Take the full Filmmaker IQ course […]

The History of Sound at the Movies

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Take the full Filmmaker IQ course on the History of Sound at the movies with sauce and bonus material at: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/history-sound-movies/ The inclusion of sound at the movies was one of the most dramatic changes in all of film history. Dive into the early experiments of Edison trying […]

The History of The Hollywood Musical

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Check out the full course with bonus material and sauce: https://filmmakeriq.com/courses/the-history-of-the-hollywood-musical/ The Hollywood Musical began right when films learned to talk. Explore the beginnings in vaudeville to the Golden Era of Studio Musicals followed by the transformation into the modern story driven Book Musical. Finally we look at […]

The History and Science of Color Temperature

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ Survey the effect of color temperature and its psychological effects from the incessant heat of Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” to the icy chill of the Coen Brothers’ “Fargo”. Then we look at the science of color temperature from it’s beginnings with Max Planck to how color […]

The History and Science of Lenses

Please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FilmmakerIQ No camera could be complete without a lens – the glass technology that brings the world into focus. Dive into the history of the lens from it’s early beginning as a fire starting tool to the plethora of modern designs. Take the full Filmmaker IQ course on the […]