‘Good enough’ is never, and will never be acceptable at James Drake Films. In that line of thinking, I purchased the Sony PMW-EX1R, adding it to the collection of available …
Shattered – Short Documentary
A mother almost loses her prodigal daughter to a drunk driving accident and is unexpectedly pulled back into her life. In this short piece, she recounts the events that unfolded …
5 Big Reasons I’m still holding off for the 5D Mark iii
Let’s talk prosumer large sensor cameras for a moment. The Sony NEXFS100 is a tremendously tempting camera for the HDSLR generation (or it should be, anyway). Price-wise, the Sony F3 …
Comparing the Technicolor “Cinestyle” on a Canon 5D Mark II
The new picture profile, Cinestyle, developed by Technicolor for Canon is pretty fantastic. Below are a few quick tests. Ungraded JPG images straight out of the Canon 5D mk2. You’ll …
How YOU can change the Canon 5D Mark III right now!
Have you ever found yourself wishing your Canon DSLR had a few extra features on the video setting? Probably, video on DSLR is far from perfect. Now is your chance …
Client Case Study for Budge
This client case study takes place in Philadelphia PA and Henderson KY and takes a close look at how Accellos and Edisoft work together to help Budge, a cover manufacturer, …
8 for 8 Promo Videos – Part 3
For the Colorado Film Incentive promotion, this project is one of 8 pieces we produced to inform the community as to what exactly a film incentive would do for the …
How to be Unique in the Video World
It’s 2011. We’re all well acquainted with the ever-growing content on the web. Anyone can learn more technical information on the internet in a week than I did when I …
Terralux Lighting Illumination Video
Terralux is a company doing big things in the LED lighting space. This short piece looks at some key pieces to how they plan to revolutionize the lighting industry.
Award Winning Short Film “Picture”
It all took place in 2009… “Picture” was quite an endeavor. The moment after materializing the idea into a script over 1 year prior to production, I demanded only the …
Filmmaking: Fighting the Odds
Films don’t want to be made. And if they get made, films want to suck. Fight it. Don’t give in. Read on… The nature of things is chaos. Films (with …
Save Our Youth Commercial
Some of my favorite stories have come from working with Save Our Youth. They are a mentoring organization that does a brilliant job of matching their mentors with mentees. The …