Recent content by Gideon Oakes

Here's a good tip for everyone considering using a jib: Tie it down if it's in the bed of a pickup truck. I pulled a stupid last night and lost my Camcrane going around a corner. It got hit by a couple cars, but nobody got hurt, and in all actuality, only one piece broke off, and it'll be...

Hi everyone, I've been scouring the forum for the answer to this question for two full days now, and I haven't found exactly what I'm looking for. I hate redundancy as much as anyone else, but I feel this begs posting. I'm going to be shooting a feature this fall, and a full half of the film...

Hi everyone, Just thought I'd share a short that I shot for a 24 hour film contest. My team and I had 24 hours to write, shoot, edit, and master our film, so please excuse the hokeyness of the plot. What I wanted to show off was the lighting. While most of it is really dark (I was going for...