Tag: monitors

  • Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #117

    Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #117

    Artsy blue-green color grading notwithstanding…

    If you’re using a monitor (which you are, right?), then do your best to calibrate it. Calibration is simply setting the contrast, brightness, color levels, and other controls to be as accurate as possible.

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  • Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #116

    Low-Budget Filmmaking Tip #116

    Do you see what I see?

    Always use a monitor so that you can see what the camera sees without making your DoP move. On rare occasions, a monitor is contraindicated, but those are very rare occasions. You always want to know what the camera’s seeing.

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