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Heath240 is a film school dropout turned musician. Studying film for his first year of college, Heath fell out of love with the craft. Even to the point where he couldn’t even stand to watch movies for a few years after dropping out. As he took time to understand himself, he fell in love with […]
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Exclusive before/after photos and stills of the color grading for Draft Day’s music video, Die Bout Mine. Watch the gorgeous video featuring Super 8, VHS, and BMPCC footage in sunny California. Video Credits Rapper: Draft Day Director: Bankstone Shot/Edited by: Ethan Iverson Color Grading: Matt Moloney Watch the full video: Super 8 Film Color Grade […]
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When it comes to photo editing – you can never have too many tools in your workshop! In college, I took a painting class and my professor always used to say, ‘put a little bit of every color on your palette when you go to paint – even if you think you might not use […]
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Final Cut Pro is a popular and powerful video editing program for Mac users. If you’re trying to find the absolute best Final Cut Pro LUTs and presets, then you’ve come to the right place! We’ve compiled 10 of the best downloads and purchases from our website and from others. Check them out below! Cover […]
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Alfred Hitchcock is a legendary director whose name is associated with incredibly iconic films such as Rear Window, Psycho, and The Birds, just to name a few. While art is subjective, Hitchcock’s methods and opinions have been discussed at length over the years. While these 5 lessons we’re sharing today are not rules that are […]
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In this guide, we’re using After Effects to turn modern footage into Super 8 style footage and VHS style footage. These two vintage styles look great and can be accomplished pretty easily with the features in After Effects. Today we’ll be using color grading, pre-compositions, creating chromatic aberration, and adding film grain. Let’s get into […]
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Recently we’ve been diving back into the super 8 realm and we’ve been loving it more than ever! Now that we have a little more knowledge about the medium (compared to when we started) – we’re able to shoot with less anxiety and doubt, and more with confidence and precision.We wanted to create a home […]
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In November, 2017 (roughly), I shot my first two rolls of super 8 film. Before I ever saw what the footage looked like, I fell in love with the feel of shooting super 8 – this was the first time I knew shooting with different cameras will make you feel different, and in turn it […]
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So you’ve gotten a new scanner, but still unsure how to set it up? Or use it for the specific ways you intended? Don’t worry, we’ve all been there. I still remember when my scanner came in the mail a few years ago and I was so eager to start scanning all of my film […]
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There is something about that vintage, scratchy, grainy film look that we just can’t seem to get enough of. With many trying to recreate this vintage look and feel, many apps have sprung up claiming to easily take your video footage back to the 80s. Because of this, we came up with a list of […]
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