Affordable Filmmaking and Evangelism
In the not too distant past, making a movie was a forbidding venture to the layman. It was nigh impossible to get the time, talent, money, resources, or the distribution to make a film. In my opinion, the release of consumer DV cameras, FireWire, iMovie, and the iMac changed the world. For about two thousand dollars’ initial investment in computer and camera (which would last for a few years), you could make a film and self publish it. I like that. That breakthrough—affordable filmmaking—was what I needed to do what I wanted to do: tell the world about Jesus. I don’t believe in giving...
Read MorePromotional Video for eve-tees.com
Recently, I made a promotional video for the DISPARITY T-shirt from eve-tees.com . The video and review were very well received, so we decided to do another project together. This video showcases the founder, Ivelise, at a sales event in New York City. Take a look, rate, and comment. We’d love to hear your...
Read MoreHighly Anticipated Second Teaser to Launch
With the release of PARALLAX‘s trailer, I set out to entice the world with an ambiguous glimpse of my short movie. The idea was to stimulate the imagination. To piqué the interest. Based on the comments in different forums, comments on Facebook, and 1,100+ legitimate views on YouTube, I believe I did just that. I found out shortly after release that it was not a trailer, but a teaser, so I changed my description of it to make it easier on the viewer’s expectations. Many viewers asked for more, but I declined. I could not show more than the 50 seconds that I already showed...
Read MoreTime for Another Hard Drive?!?
I’m old enough to remember 5 1/2″ floppy disks. High Density floppies. SyQuest disks. The venerable Zip disk. Jaz disks. All of these great strides in storage promised the same thing: inexpensive storage for your ever-growing media collection. None of them addressed the common problem: your ever-growing media collection will have increasingly larger file sizes! My first FireWire drive was a whopping 160GB. That was huge when my machine was a 15″ iMac G3 with a paltry 10GB hard drive. I had plenty of room to spare. Not anymore, though. Things have changed. The next FireWire...
Read MoreEek! A Bug!
Bugs are pests, and you don’t want them around. You want to get rid of them quickly and permanently, isn’t that correct? Same here. I don’t like bugs and prefer to squash them. In this instance, I’m referring to bugs in software. Software bugs are as annoying as any pest or vermin. I can’t fumigate my Mac, and that wouldn’t be necessary. I simply ran into a known bug in my software. There’s no virus or malware to contend with. Just a bug. So, what does the bug do? It affects the color of the movie when it is compressed to be shown on YouTube. Instead...
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