Recent content by GroovyBrent

In that case, you should seek out a filmmaking group in your area (something like http://sdfilmmakers.org/ here in San Diego). Meet people, network, and volunteer your time in order to build your reel. In the meantime, you'll unfortunately have to get a "day job" to support yourself while you...

I can't speak for every production company, but I'll speak for mine: The number one way to get to work for us is to have a great reel. It doesn't have to have big names on it, and as a matter of fact, I don't care if everything on the reel is spec and/or private pet projects. If your work is...

I'm coming to this party late, but I'll take a stab at answering that question: That's outstanding that you can think of 90 companies off the top of your head. Think about how many more prospects are out there that you've never even heard of! Research other companies that are in the market...

Hey gang - I'm getting some custom foam cut to cradle my HVXs in their pelican cases (the "pick and pluck" stuff is driving me nutso). I have a choice of Ester Foam (which is the same material as "pick and pluck") or Polyethylene Foam which is more rigid, but also more durable (and slightly...

Hey All - I asked this question over at Creative COW and want to try and verify/refute the answers I got over there (in other words, I didn't like the answer I got from Mom, so I'm running to Dad to try and get a different answer). On one of our projects, we're noticing some pretty bad...

Hello Jarred, Barry, Evin and the rest of the Bootcamp gurus and attendees - Just wanted to give a big (Huge! Astronomical! Tremendous! Monumental! King-sized! Hehe... Thesaurus rocks.) "thank you" for the great LA Bootcamp. My team and I had a blast and got a ton of excellent information...

Hello Gang - I had a comment from one of my audio guys who worked with an HVX200 on a couple short films, and he was not happy with the audio performance on the cameras. Not a real surprise, audio people are NEVER happy with the audio performance of ANYTHING... But something he observed that...

Hello All - Fortunately I've not had to worry about this yet, but I've been thinking it and trying to come up with a plan... Here's the fictional scenario: We're cruising along editing a project that was shot on our brand new HVX200s. 24 hours before our deadline, an intern decides to...