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I'm Lazlo! I've been a member of student filmmakers since 2004. In 2013, I founded a nonprofit organization that works with at-risk youth in Austin, TX. This year we're proud to be holding out first film festival, the CineAid Film Festival. We are sponsored by Zacuto, and Film Convert, and will...

I'm Lazlo! I've been a member of student filmmakers since 2004. In 2013, I founded a nonprofit organization that works with at-risk youth in Austin, TX. This year we're proud to be holding out first film festival, the CineAid Film Festival. We are sponsored by Zacuto, and Film Convert, and will...

So, I've never shot HD before. As luck would have it, I had access to a HVX200 to shoot a 10-15min senior honors project for free. We're about halfway through shooting, and now I'm starting to think about the workflow problems I've heard all about... I'm sure this is a very rudimentary question...

David, I've had a concern for sometime now, and I was really interested to hear your thoughts and experience on the matter. In working with directors on a professional level (i.e. not student films), how often is your role as DP simply a "technical" position in which you do exactly what the...

Just saw northfork, really superb work, although I'm sure you've heard it a million times... With the interiors and the blown out windows, how did you deal with lens flares? Everytime I've tried lighting from outside, I always have to be incredibly careful with lens flares and pointing the...

I just saw Akeelah and the Bee, really beautiful work! With all the closeups and just general shots of glasses, how did you eliminate the glare/reflections?

I'm going to be shooting a short 16mm film soon, and the one look I want to avoid that seems to be really prevelant in amateur 16mm is a general washed out low contrast negative. Is this a transfer issue? exposure issue? equipment? I'm thinking more along the lines of "in cold blood". Just as a...

I was investigating recording sound onto a DAT recorder, and then syncing in post, but I have heard that people who have tried this find that since the DAT and camera run at different speeds it won't sync up. I'm not necessarily talking about recording onto a film camera, just digital or film...

I was watching this music video, and was wondering how they might have achieved that really fast semi-circle around the man at the desk? Also, for the opening (and various other similar parts), do you think the cinematographer used multiple cameras? I'd also be interested in any other thoughts...

I was wondering how exposure works if you want to ramp, for example from 24fps to like, 50-60fps, or more. Since you'll be losing light as you give less exposure to each frame, how does one smoothly compensate for this?

Mr. Mullen, Is there anyway to realistically fake a sunset for an interior at night. That is, I am lighting an office scene that takes place at sunset, with the light coming from a window as side light, and then a candle (since two people are having dinner). The lighting package is very...

Is there a way to determine the ISO of a digital video camera? I'm almost certain the ISO cannot be found in the manual. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places. I'm very curious. Like say, the pd-170. Thanks.

I'm shooting a senior thesis project, and there is a dialogue scene in a moving car at night. This is basically a very low budget film, although since it's associated with a college, I can get quite a bit of decent equipment for free. I know this has been discussed before, but not on this kind...

I have been asked to DP a t.v. pilot, and I was interested in the visual standards/etiquette for shooting something of this nature. I don't watch much t.v.. I almost feel stupid asking such a basic question, but is there a frame rate expected of television (i.e. 24fps, 60i), or format expected...

Basically, I have two questions regarding the process. -Is there any quality discrepency between the original footage shot on film (16mm in this case) and the digitized product after the scan? and -I have heard it is an expensive process, but have no idea what it would or should cost... Any...

I was wondering if you could give me any tips on documentary shooting, and maybe point out some key differences or adjustments that need to be made from narrative film shooting. I am about to take a class in documentary filmmaking, and am a little unsure of what to expect. Thanks.

Mr. Mullin, I am interested in the balance between creativity, and order in a production. That is, after storyboarding films, I have found oftentimes that I deviate from them quite far once I'm on set, as a new set of ideas emerge. Can you talk about how storyboards can be used to help the...

If you are shooting an interior with practicals and large windows with sunlight, how do you deal with teh varying color temperatures? Thanks.

I was curious, when on a shoot, if say on the first take you get a perfect shot and performance, then do you immediately move on to the next shot, or would you get several good takes from the same angle before moving on? I realize this varies with directors, but in your experience... What...

I am in a situation in which I have to light someone with an above average nose, is there any way I can make it look smaller....