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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How to Get Media Passes for Concerts and Sporting Events
Shooting concert photography and sporting events has always been a heavily sought after niche in the photography world. And for good reason – it’s a ton of fun, you could (hopefully) be working with famous musicians and world-star athletes. Although obtaining media pass credentials can be hard at first, we ensure you that once you […]
Continue readingSTUNT DOUBLE (2d animated visualizer)
More experimenting, more trial and error, more work behind the scenes. April was a hustle month for us in terms of finding our style. If you saw our recent post covering our ‘KIDS SEE GHOSTS’ visualizer, we talked about crafting our vision – this ‘STUNT DOUBLE’ visualizer is another experiment in finding our creative freedom. […]
Continue reading50+ Unique Types of Digital Products Creators Can Sell
A simplified list of the most popular types of digital products you can sell. This list is filled with digital product ideas for creators, primarily in the creative fields of photo, video, design, and audio. But, the market for digital products is massive! Share your ideas in a comment below this article. Take a look […]
Continue readingHow to Create a Music Video Treatment
No matter what type of video project you are working on, they all start with a treatment. But not all treatments are the same. A treatment you write up for a film will look vastly different than the one you write up for a music video. If you are trying to get your foot in […]
Continue readingThe Basics of Adobe Audition Guide + Video Tutorial
Hey everyone, welcome to FilterGrade. Today we’re taking a look at Adobe Audition. Audition is the audio recording and editing program included in the Adobe creative suite, and a popular choice for podcasts, video production, and more. In this blog and video, we’ll be starting with the absolute basics of Audition and how to get […]
Continue readingShould You Use an XLR or USB Mic for Content Creation?
When it comes to recording your voice for videos, streams, podcasts, and other content then you may be in the market for a recording microphone. With a ton of options on the market, one of the first questions you may ask is whether you should opt for an XLR or USB mic interface. These fancy […]
Continue readingHow Spotify Rappers are Winning at Marketing
If you’re an avid listener of popular music, then you probably know that rock is either dead or dying. In the 90s and 00s you could turn on a radio station and hear guitar riffs wherever you went, whether it was Nirvana, My Chemical Romance, or Blink-182. These days, even the rock and alternative stations […]
Continue reading5 Lighting Set-Up Ideas for a Music Video
Lighting is one of the most important factors for shooting a great video. When it comes to music videos lighting does more than just evenly light talent. It is used to set the mood, tone, and even tell the story of the song through visual effects. Music video lighting allows you to get more creative […]
Continue readingFREE Warm Tone Video LUTs
We’re back with another freebie and this week it’s even better than ever! We’ve been cooped up working on some new video edits for a few music projects and we’ve been putting together some clean warm tone video LUTs, and we wanted to be able to give back to the community so you can try […]
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