Episode 3: Video Editing Tricks

Griffin and Nick share their video editing secrets, like luma keyer and warp stabilizer, and answer your questions on 24fps judder, why 60p looks bad, and low light lenses for those on a tight budget.

Watch Griffin’s 5-minute documentary Hand-cut (2017), and his 33-minute documentary Sriracha (2013).

Griffin mentioned Andy’s Elastic Aspect, an editing plug-in for stretching 4x3 video to widescreen.

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Nick mentioned this f/0.7 lens NASA developed, which Stanley Kubrick used.

Episode 2: Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nick and Griffin get nerdy about camera stuff, learn about I-frames, and answer your questions about jump cuts, compositing, and if your computer can handle 4K editing.

Thank you to Sean Robinson and Matt Frazer from Panasonic, Steadicam Volt representative Katie, and Diane Carroll-Yacoby from Kodak Motion Picture Film.

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Watch Dave Knop’s great video, “You Won’t Learn This in FIlm School.”

Listen to Griffin talk self-distribution of Sriracha on the podcast "Making Movies is Hard!!!"

Special thank you to Saman Shariati, who posted the first iTunes review of our podcast! 

Episode 1: I shot a film on the new Panasonic GH5

Griffin and Nick have the just-launched Panasonic GH5 camera, answer your filmmaking questions about microphones and freelance work, and hear valuable podcasting advice for their inaugural episode.

Watch Griffin’s short documentary Hand-cut, shot on the Panasonic GH5 here.

Filmmaking gear mentioned in this week's episode:
New—Panasonic Lumix GH5 camera
Favorite documentary lens: Panasonic 12–35mm f/2.8
Shotgun mics: Azden SGM-1X or Rode NTG-2
Studio mics used: Blue Baby Bottle with Auray pop filter
Lillian Yang mentioned the iRig Mic Studio.
All of Griffin's filmmaking gear listed here.

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Thank you to all of these podcasters who shared their advice with us!

• Lillian Yang, Food Non-Fiction

• Bob Crawford, Road to Now

• Chi-Linh Dinh, Loa

• Ben Bruton Cox, Our Week in Video

• Michael Stein, Fragdenstein.de

• Alrik Bursell & Timothy Plain, Making Movies is Hard!—listen to Griffin on their next episode, Monday, Jan. 9!

Episode 0: Do I need a Metabones Speedbooster?

Before the Jan 4, 2017 podcast premiere of “Hey Indie Filmmakers,” Griffin Hammond & Nick Bodmer answer a question about the Metabones Speedbooster, and tease Griffin’s forthcoming short documentary.