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Camera Assisting

Camera Assisting

How to Get Better at Pulling Focus, Slating, and Being a Badass AC

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10 Tips for Filming in a Desert

Dust, Heat, and Dirty Lenses: 10 Tips for Filming in a Desert

by Evan LuziCamera Assisting

  • 17

There’s nothing easy in a desert — food, water, shelter… filmmaking. Sand and dust, while obviously expected, aren’t the only elements you have to worry about — there’s also incredible heat. Shooting a movie in a desert means not only protecting the camera from all this, but also yourself and the rest of the equipment.

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Three Must-Have Skills for Pulling Focus and How You Can Improve Them

Three Must-Have Skills for Pulling Focus and How You Can Improve Them

by Evan LuziCamera Assisting

  • 5

Pulling focus is hard. Really hard. It’s certainly no walk in the park. These are three must-have skills for focus pullers and show you practical methods to improve them so you can panic a little bit less when the DP sets the stop to T 1.8.

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How to Use Your Rainbow of Camera Tape Effectively for Marking Actors

How to Use Your Rainbow of Camera Tape Effectively for Marking Actors

by Evan LuziCamera Assisting

  • 19

Walk by any camera cart or snoop inside any camera assistant’s toolkit and you’re guaranteed to find at least one thing: camera tape. And you’ll find it in various sizes, styles, and colors.

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How My Days in Show Choir Made Me a Better Camera Assistant

How My Days in Show Choir Made Me a Better Camera Assistant

by Evan LuziCamera Assisting

  • 8

When you think of show choir do you think of jazz hands? Glee? Shiny outfits and off-key singing? Probably the last thing you think about is camera assisting. Yet almost everything I do as a camera assistant I can trace back to show choir.

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7 G&E Techniques Useful to Camera Assistants

7 G&E Techniques Useful to Camera Assistants

by Evan LuziCamera Assisting

  • 40

As a camera assistant (AC), you have to continually improve to be better at your job. And the grips and juicers have a lot to teach us if you’re willing to watch and listen. To start, here are 7 techniques you should be stealing from them to use in the camera department.

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Camera Reports on Back of Slate

2 Easy to Use Camera Report Templates

by Evan LuziCamera Assisting

  • 22

If you think that because film is a visual medium there isn’t much paperwork involved, you’d be dead wrong. From call sheets to contact lists to strip boards to screenplays — whether it’s given out in person or digitally emailed — there are tons of papers passed between crew members.

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Get Your Free Copy of Becoming the Reel Deal

Get Your Free Copy of “Becoming the Reel Deal”

by Evan LuziCamera Assisting

  • 4

The inevitable question anybody starting out in film wants to know is how to get a job — their first job. Becoming the Reel Deal: How to Launch Your Film Career in the Camera Department is a 200-page eBook designed to help you get that crucial first gig within the camera department. And it’s available for you to download for free today.

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100 More Great Resources for Cinematographers, Camera Assistants, and Film Professionals

100 More Great Resources for Cinematographers, Camera Assistants, and Film Professionals

by Evan LuziCamera Assisting

  • 16

I’ve managed to dip back into the reserves to find 100 more resources for your insatiable consumption. You might want to bookmark this one so you can keep it as a reference.

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Put Down Your Slate and Quickly Walk Away

Put Down Your Slate and Quickly Walk Away

by Evan LuziCamera Assisting

  • 14

Even though the slate is an iconic piece of gear and one that plays a big role on a film set, it isn’t your third arm. Think about putting it down every once in awhile.

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The Survival of the Camera Assistant through Digital Evolution

The Survival of the Camera Assistant through Digital Evolution

by Evan LuziCamera Assisting

  • 23

As digital cinema cameras continue to evolve, will pulling focus become an obsolete skill? At what point do the cameras start doing it for you? And if that’s the case, what are you — as a camera assistant — left to do?

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