Setla Film Productions

Every year the NAB conference in Las Vegas comes and goes for me. Each time I somehow justify not going because I am too busy, don’t have enough money or some variation of the two. This year is a bit different. I am heading there with a colleague of mine Greg Freeman (DP/ Director) with [...]

  I couldn’t stop watching this video. When you hear from others in the industry that just get it you can learn a lot. This video is very clear about the pros and cons of FCPX and I advise you to take a look if you are an editor. I am just reposting this and [...]

    If there is anything I have learned since I have been in the business of video production it is that interviews are a staple.  Interviews are woven into stories of all kinds, from reality shows to promo videos, from campaigns to news it is an important part of the business and there is [...]

It is 7:30 in the morning and I have just sat down to do my daily routine of getting caught up on emails and communications before I start editing when I get this email from DP and founder of the F-Stop Academy Den Lennie. It read… “Now is not the time for prevarication, procrastination or [...]

I have needed to get this post out for a while with all the talk about the 3 cameras out there the Sony FS100, Sony PMW-F3 and the Panasonic AG-AF100.  As a cinematographer I work in narrative projects, reality/ docustyle, web series, commercials and documentaries.  In the time I have been working professionally I have [...]

Today started out knowing I had a few interviews to do in Santa Cruz with some Paramedics from American Medical Response and a few other first responders celebrating a calls that happened throughout the year that had amazing endings. If the content doesn’t choke you up then I don’t know if you have any feelings [...]

There are 2 core responsibilities of the DoP (Director of Photography): 1) My job is to understand the concept and record it technically proficient. 2) Be the creative designers behind the shot.  This is #1 what you pay for in a DoP (Director of Photography)  If youa re creating a short film, commercial, promo video [...]

There are a few people out there that are mentors of mine.  Den Lennie of the FStop Academy is one of them please visit his website for more information, but I wanted to share some info he shared with me (This is not my content, it is his and I wanted to share. Lighting can [...]