Recent content by Lisa Talley

I was just having this conversation the other day. I think the loyalty to the RED has to do a lot with clientele. A large population of clients have heard of the RED cameras and cling to it as the end all, be all camera of superior filming. If you have it, they want it for their projects. If you...

It's hard to say anything about the content of the actual story since I only got to read a couple of scenes, but it seems like it would play on screen fairly well. The only thing that felt a little wanting was the flashback to Nikki's reaction to Daniel's not wanting to get married... I was...

Very cool. The Cinematography is great and the VFX is likewise awesome. Zombies are tons of fun, but super hard to pull off since you need tons of people and great makeup, or just lots of it, so it gets really expensive really quickly... not to mention overwhelmingly time consuming. My only...

Did your weekend at your grandparent's lake house help you get closer to your finished screenplay? Rewriting and writing in more characters, layers and plot lines seems to happen when you don't have a concrete climax/pivotal moment in your story. Having that portion, along with your beginning...

Event shooting is probably the only time you can rely on a camera's ability to shoot in the dark, and that's because you have no other choice. Otherwise, I agree, take the time to properly light your scenes. High budget or low budget camera, lighting can make all the difference between a great...

BLARE Media's highly anticipated comedy feature film, Brick MADNESS, will be shooting their final scenes next week: August 21st - 23rd in Fresno, CA. They are calling in any and all people interested in being extras for these big scenes! If you are in the Central California area and are...

It's really difficult for musicians to 'fake' playing their own music. To make her performance more genuine, I would just record her actually playing her songs. If you're blocking out an entire day just to get her performances, then you can probably get away with having her play more than just 1...

The numbers system sounds like a recipe for potential ego shattering. Descriptions to be "more angry, sad.." or some other such adjective is incredibly subjective. The depth of emotion a director may be attempting to pull from an actor may get lost in translation. If time permits and an actor is...

Agreed. An editor who has no involvement in pre-production is almost akin to flying blind in the beginning. I may not have been an editor for too terribly long, but I have felt that too much time is wasted in trying to pull pieces together as to what the final product should look like and what...