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If you work anywhere around brands, advertising or entertainment you will be very aware of the trend toward ‘branded content’ or content marketing as a tactic in today’s race for consumer awareness and eyeballs. While branded content can come in may forms one the most popular (and expensive, yet impactful) formats is video.

Just like strong casting, your set location should have just as much character as your actors. Instead of defaulting to generic locations like a bookstore or a restaurant, find a unique location that helps bring your vision to life. We partnered with Peerspace, an online marketplace that helps you find undiscovered locations, to bring you some of the most unique yet functional spaces to unlock your creativity. From industrial studios to midcentury modern homes, choose from one of these more memorable film locations.

In the Costume department, along with character and circumstance, we usually concern ourselves with fit and appearance. But injury effects take a whole other level of wardrobe prep. While the payoff for an effects shot done well can be invigorating, injury effects in action and inserts take resources, planning and collaboration.

Cinematographer of The Kissing Booth 2, Anastas Michos has worked on many renowned film and television projects, including The First Purge, Quantico, Motherless Brooklyn (DOP, 2nd unit), Death to Smoochy, Mona Lisa Smile, and the upcoming graphic-novel based film The Empty Man -- to name a few.

Winters offer unique opportunities to capture dazzling natural scenes on film. However, it also comes with challenges while trying to do so. And, to avoid problems or mishaps, you need to learn everything you need to know about shooting snow on film before trying to do it!

Multi talented costume designer and creative, Dominique Dawson, recently showcased her talent in her field by costume-designing Roberto Patino's DMZ. Originally a DC universe graphic novel, HBO MAX is bringing the comic to life with acclaimed actress Rosario Dawson. The series, produced by Ava DuVernay, is set to premiere on HBO Max on March 17th with portions of the show being teased at the upcoming 2022 SXSW film festival.

Producing corporate videos is a means of driving revenue and telling stories that is still the backbone of many businesses worldwide. There is often the need to show new employees what they will be doing on the job, produce company profiles that have a mission statement and proposition or create a slick one-off video to highlight a new product or service. Broadcast and online commercials are two of the ways in which corporations convey their image to potential customers, and let them know about their services. Event documentation videos can give the viewer an exciting first-person view of a large trade show, or other informational conference. These are just a few of the ways in which companies can reach out to the world, but when you are creating content like this, there are plenty of mistakes you can make along the way.

It is not unusual over the course of the year to get quite a few different professional camera packages to try out. They range from super high end to entry pro level. But that’s ok by me because I am always looking for the right camera for the program, not overkill. That said the JVC GY-HM200SP 4K CAM was really quite a pleasant surprise. But I’m not really sure why I was surprised. I think I might know. Normally, we only get to hang on to a camera for a few weeks at most. This time however we had a chance to stretch that review period out over a longer time which was some of the local high school football season and couldn’t have been happier with the results. Yes, and the team won some of their games too! But before I get to deep into the games lets get a snapshot of the physical make up of JVC GY-HM200SP.

Location Scouting is the on-ground analysis of a location to find whether it perfectly fits your script and has feasible logistics. It requires a lot of travelling, observing and taking notes.

Etiquette by definition is the code of ethical behavior regarding professional practice or action among the members of a profession in their dealings with each other. But what does Set Etiquette mean? Let's talk about Set Etiquette from the point of view of makeup and hair departments or artistic departments.