Q&A: Can I Mix Lights of Different Color Temperature?

STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Audioblocks: Royalty-Free Music, Sound FX and Loop Library Frugal Filmmaker Short Film Idea Deck (use EAST...

Audioblocks: Royalty-Free Music, Sound FX and Loop Library

A common question people ask me is where they can find royalty-free music. There are some good sites out there that will let you use lots o...

Q&A: Where Can I Find Video Work When There is None?

STUFF FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE YouTube Cards: An Annotations Upgrade? Frame rates on Wikipedia My Short Films (playlist) Open Broadcaster S...

YouTube Cards: An Annotation Upgrade?

The current annotation system on YouTube videos is pretty cool and allows you to embed custom text and links in your videos, which can help...

Q&A: Who do you put on your no call list?

STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Review: Cheap Light Stand Polaroid Motorized Pan/Tilt Head w/wireless remote

Review: Cheap Light Stand

If you want a decent, inexpensive light stand or want to upgrade from your PVC light stands , look no further. Here I detail my findings a...

Q&A: No light kit? No problem!

STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Sneak Peek: Frugal Studio Portable Green Screen Three point lighting Dry Erase Clapper Slate Shot with a So...

Sneak Peek: Frugal Studio

Ever since I've been doing the YouTube video thing, I've been relegated to late night shoots. Since I've always had to use my l...

Mail Call: Video Archive Drives for DIY NAS

With the tax return comes the more expensive projects that exceed the normal monthly budget of The Frugal Filmmaker. This time it was two 5T...

Q&A: Trivia Monday Begins!

Today I'm introducing something new and fun (I hope) for all the faithful Q&A viewers. The first Monday of the month is Trivia Mond...