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Miscellaneous Tips

Miscellaneous Tips

How to survive in the film industry: from setiquette to crafty

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Learn for a Lifetime, Not a Product Cycle

Learn for a Lifetime, Not a Product Cycle

by Evan LuziMiscellaneous Tips

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If you want to be a professional, you’re going to have to dive deeper than these obsessed filmmakers. You’re going to have to do the hard work. You’re going to have to actually learn beyond the product cycle.

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25 Filmmaking Sex Terms and What They Mean

25 Filmmaking Terms that Sound Like Sex Acts (and What They Actually Mean)

by Evan LuziMiscellaneous Tips

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Here’s a list of filmmaking terms I’ve compiled that, in a twisted world, would be spoken only in a hotel room with a hooker and a $100 bill. Instead we shout them on set.

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How to Handle Working for an Asshole

How to Handle Working for an Asshole

by Evan LuziMiscellaneous Tips

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I wish I could tell you that everyone in the film industry is nice as cherry pie, but I know it’s not true. At some point, you’re going to encounter an asshole. How you deal with them will have a tremendous effect on the path your career takes — for better or worse.

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100 Resources (Even More) for Filmmakers, Cinematographers, and Crew

100 Resources (Even More) for Filmmakers, Cinematographers, and Crew

by Evan LuziMiscellaneous Tips

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I’ve reached back into the well and found another 100 resources perfect for filmmakers, cinematographers, camera assistants, and just about anyone who has ever stepped on a film set.

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The Best of The Black and Blue 2012

The Best of The Black and Blue from 2012

by Evan LuziMiscellaneous Tips

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Before we move forward through 2013, I’d like to go backwards into 2012 and reflect on the most popular posts from The Black and Blue this year — chosen by you based on your visits.

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Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC Cinematographer with Light Meter

25 Pieces of Juicy Filmmaking Knowledge from Cinematographer Roger Deakins

by Evan LuziMiscellaneous Tips

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Roger Deakins is a living legend. He’s one of my favorite cinematographers and for a good reason: his talents are undeniable, his philosophy level-headed, and his contribution to film significant. So when he talks (or types), I listen. As should you.

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I Worked for Free, Now Where's My DVD?

I Worked for Free, Now Where’s My DVD?

by Evan LuziMiscellaneous Tips

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Imagine this: after going back and forth for days, you’ve finally been offered your first film gig and feel like you’re taking a step in the right direction for your film career. But there’s a catch — there always is, isn’t there?

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How to Eat Healthy on a Film Set and Avoid the Temptations of Crafty

How to Eat Healthy on a Film Set and Avoid the Temptations of Crafty

by Evan LuziMiscellaneous Tips

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Between all the pressures, anxieties, and sleepless days on set, it’s a wonder anybody manages to stay alive for long in the film industry — it isn’t exactly condusive to healthy living. A large part of the unhealthiness pervasive on sets is the diet of crew members.

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The Camera Assistant's Guide to Better Cinematography

The Camera Assistant’s Guide to Better Cinematography

by Evan LuziMiscellaneous Tips

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By no means do I consider myself a cinematographer. But I do consider myself a pretty good camera assistant who has worked with talented cinematographers. These five tips are what I have taken away from my career as an AC and they are lessons you can apply right now if you’re striving to be a cinematographer.

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The 7 Dumbest Mistakes You Can Make Your First Day On Set

The 7 Dumbest Mistakes You Can Make Your First Day On Set

by Evan LuziMiscellaneous Tips

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Intention doesn’t make the mistakes any less dumb, nor the consequences any less serious. So if you’re looking to join the ranks of a Hollywood crew someday, do your best to avoid these 7 idiotic mistakes that are — unfortunately — common among first-timers.

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