New stuff!

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The Casual Dog Productions, LLC editing suite has been revamped!  Having finally reached a point at which I can quite my second day job - cutting back to full time - I have redoubled my efforts on How-To and other filmmaking projects.  To facilitate this, we have completely updated the…
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Cinematography rolls on

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The pace of change in film and TV (and web and iPhone) production is astounding. In just a few years, digital acquisition has become the norm for TV production, and is rapidly taking over feature film production. Cameras like the Arri Alexa, and Sony's new F65, along with the Red…
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Curiouser and Curiouser

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The world of film editing is in turmoil.  Since Apple abandoned its loyal users with the introduction of Final Cut Pro X - often dubbed iMovie Pro - Filmmakers, editors, and post-production professionals have been roiling.  A few advocate going forward with Final Cut X, but many basic professional features…
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Final Cut Pro X is on the horizon

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Apple has announced the next version of Final Cut Pro, one of the leading film and video editing packages.  Final Cut has gained market share over the years from Avid, which remains the dominant editing platform for motion pictures.  Final Cut has a more rough and tumble ecosystem, but is…
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New Technology

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This is a test of the wordpress-facebook link.  Its a brave new world, and if all goes well we'll be sharing everything between the blog (at www.casualdog.org/how-to_blog) and Facebook (How-To: The Movie).  Amazing, eh? Please let me know if you have any ideas or issues.
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Richard Leacock, RIP

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Richard Leacock, one of the founders or inventors of direct cinema style of documentary film making (a close cousin of cinema vérité) and a prolific documentary filmmaker, has passed away.  A good obituary and discussion of his work is on the blog All These Wonderful Things by AJ Schnack.  Ricky Leacock's own web site doesn't…
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Log line, anybody?

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[caption id="attachment_506" align="alignleft" width="300"] Looks like a log to me.[/caption] How-to: advice to young doctors on blending science, healing, and art in 21st century health care. Please help by suggesting log lines.   What?  See the movie first?  I don't understand...
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Reflexivity

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Reflexivity in film making is a tricky thing.  It is very easy to fall into self-indulgent and narcissistic pits - why should our own struggles be interesting to anyone else?  The specter of the wealthy dilettante, fooling themselves that they are some sort of artist (and pandered to because they…
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