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Ask a Filmmaker of any stature, and they will tell you that they never have enough resources (time, budget, equipment), to devote to any project. It’s certainly true for me shooting indie (read: low budget) features. However, for better or worse, it is an area of the business I’ve come to be known for, movies with budgets between half a million and five million dollars. Over a 40+ year cinematography career, I’ve learned a lot of tricks to squeeze maximum production value and good looking images out of meager budgets, making dimes look like dollars on the screen.

Welcome to 2019! Now is the time to crank it up and get after that big project on the agenda. What are you waiting for? Maybe it’s time for you to go find that fresh perspective. Maybe it’s time to go get some of that gear that you have seen out there and that you have been looking and thinking about for a while. Yes, that gear, that will put you over the top. Let’s take a look at some production tools that are sure to help you take it to the next level.

Jason Oldak is the cinematographer behind episodes 103, 104, 107, and 108 of Apple TV+’s newest show Lessons in Chemistry, starring Brie Larson, Lewis Pullman, Kevin Sussman, Aja Naomi King, and more. Set in the 1950s, Lessons in Chemistry is based on a best-selling novel beloved by fans and with a star-studded cast following Elizabeth Zott whose dream of being a chemist is put on hold when she finds herself pregnant, alone, and fired from her lab.