Category Archives: Digital Video

Sealed Fates Teaser Now Online

At last the teaser is finished and posted on YouTube. Sealed Fates: A Trilogy of Claustrophobic Terror is Timewarp’s latest feature. The film is currently in post production and should be in the can this summer. Stay tuned for a … Continue reading

Digital Video, Filmmaking, Sealed Fates, Timewarp Films, YouTube

Horrorfind March 2008 Commercial

Today Mike, the head honcho of Horrorfind, approved our cut of the commercial. So, here it is:

Monday, Joe will pick up the DV tape and get a digital beta (I think that’s what … Continue reading

Cinematography, Digital Video, Filmmaking, Horrorfind, Timewarp Films, TV

Zombies, zombies everywhere!

Saturday we shot a commercial for the March Horrorfind convention in College Park, MD. Since George Romero is one of the guests (along with cast members of the Dead movies) we wanted to do a zombie- themed commercial. One with … Continue reading

Cinematography, Digital Video, Don Dohler, Filmmaking, Horrorfind, Timewarp Films

Review: The DV Rebel’s Guide

The DV Rebel’s Guide: An All-Digital Approach to Making Killer Action Movies on the Cheap. Author: Stu Maschwitz Are you a DV Rebel? You might be if you know your way around a camera, NLE1, Adobe After Effects, or any … Continue reading

Digital Video, Filmmaking, Reviews

Storyboards for the computer literate but artistically challenged

Stu Maschwitz, author of DV Rebel’s Guide, turned me on to a free tool for creating storyboards, without sketching your brains out. It’s called Sketchup, an architectural tool offered by Google. There is a pro version that has a lot … Continue reading

Digital Video, Filmmaking, Geek Speak

Timewarp Stabilizes

Now that I’ll be responsible for Timewarp’s cinematography, I decided to look into acquiring a Steadicam, a camera mount that allows the operator to move around while keeping the image stabilized. Of course, professional models can cost several thousand dollars, … Continue reading

Cinematography, Digital Video, Filmmaking, Timewarp Films

The How-To for YouTube

A couple months ago, I started uploading videos to YouTube (you can find my videos here); basically, some of my old shorts and a couple of Timewarp’s trailers. The first thing I noticed was that the format in which a … Continue reading

Digital Video, Geek Speak, YouTube