So you’re sitting through the end credits of a movie, and name after name after name scrolls by. Obviously, it takes a lot of people to make a movie. What could all these people possibly be doing? Now that you know the different kinds of productions, the next step is […]
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Let’s talk about Psycho. The first time I watched this movie, I was 16 and home alone while my parents were at some kind of party. I was creeped out at the end and my parents hadn’t gotten home yet, so I watched the featurette on the DVD, hoping they would get […]
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The first thing you’ll want to know if you want to be, well, in the know in the media business is just what kind of production you’re watching. As I’ve said before, there’s more to making videos or films or television shows than showing up with a camera and pointing […]
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People seem to have a pretty weird and contradictory relationship with cameras. They’re really interesting—until there’s one pointed at you. People act differently when there’s a camera around, putting on their camera-face and making everything dramatic, or just getting really uncomfortable and clamming up. Carrying around, setting up, and using video equipment […]
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When bidding on a project, we’re often asked to explain our pricing. Production is easy – if the client wants a high quality video with professional audio and lighting, we can point to each crew member, their role, and their importance to the finished product. Editing is also fairly easy […]
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We’re in the midst of working on a pretty complicated project. We love this client, and we’re excited to create a high quality video for them. But the project is complex – lots of shots we want to incorporate, a few different scenarios we need to set up, plus a […]
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There are plenty of reasons to use interviews in your video production. Whether your video is a company overview, a case study, a documentary, or something else entirely, interviews can provide valuable content and create a human connection with your audience. The style of the interview is an important factor […]
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Dave Feldman of Bethesda Green sent me an interesting article this morning, and I thought I’d talk about it with you. Ryan Marshall of the Gazette explains that the past year has been very good to the Maryland Film Office and the state of Maryland as a whole. Robin Wright, whose show “House of […]
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Here at Mark Leisher Productions, we’re incredibly excited about our newest client – M3D, the makers of the Micro 3D Printer. We will be working with M3D over the next few months to create a video for their Kickstarter campaign, build their social media presence, and help run the campaign […]
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Teleprompters are often the butt of jokes, or blamed for gaffes. When politicians stumble over their speeches, its not that they were nervous, it’s that the Teleprompter glitched. In the movie Anchorman, Ron Burgundy is disgraced when he reads verbatim from a Teleprompter that’s been altered to include an f-bomb […]
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