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    Ode to the C-Stand
    Arbor Group
    • Feb 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Ode to the C-Stand

    It is the ultimate, versatile production tool. There is little on a production set that it cannot hold, brace or help manipulate. The C-...
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    Competence
    Arbor Group
    • Jan 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    Competence

    Production people in relatively large mid-western markets are quietly amused by all the talk about the “A-Level” crews found on the coast...
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    Safety: Hoping vs. Planning
    Arbor Group
    • Oct 15, 2019
    • 3 min

    Safety: Hoping vs. Planning

    True story. A few years ago an out-of-town production company doing a “docudrama” in South City about a gang murder, hired a friend of ou...
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    Not so fast.
    Arbor Group
    • Aug 8, 2019
    • 3 min

    Not so fast.

    I want that shallow depth of field look, OK?” Well, not so fast, hombre. While most people intuitively know the look of a shallow or narr...
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    Murphy's Law
    Arbor Group
    • Jul 24, 2019
    • 3 min

    Murphy's Law

    We were recently reading a great article from a blog called ‘Videothink’ entitled “The Competence to Recognize Incompetence in Film and V...
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    Inside Baseball, Part 2
    Arbor Group
    • Jun 24, 2019
    • 3 min

    Inside Baseball, Part 2

    More of our favorite, most obscure production and film biz terms. Some you may know while others are wonderfully oblique. Alan Smithee F...
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    Inside Baseball, Part One
    Arbor Group
    • May 30, 2019
    • 3 min

    Inside Baseball, Part One

    Here are some of our favorite, more obscure production and film biz terms. If you know all of them, you’ve either been in the business a...
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    LUTs of Options
    Arbor Group
    • May 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    LUTs of Options

    What is a LUT and, if I’m an agency producer, why should I care? Well, every business has its esoteric acronyms but this is a rather imp...
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    Details.  Details.
    Arbor Group
    • Mar 20, 2019
    • 2 min

    Details. Details.

    It’s hard to pinpoint the causes for the trend of “sloppy” production. Maybe it is the relentless drive toward tighter and tighter budge...
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    Blackwrap: Aluminum Foil on Steroids
    Arbor Group
    • Mar 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    Blackwrap: Aluminum Foil on Steroids

    In terms of getting the most bang-for-the-buck, there is seemingly one production tool more valuable than all others: Blackwrap. Blackwr...
    36 views0 comments
    Paranoia: The Universal Given
    Arbor Group
    • Feb 17, 2019
    • 2 min

    Paranoia: The Universal Given

    We are often asked how do we as directors successfully maximize the performances of on-camera talent. While there are mired techniques we...
    16 views0 comments
    Bits: A guide for the digitally challenged among us.
    Arbor Group
    • Feb 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bits: A guide for the digitally challenged among us.

    What the hell is bitrate and bit depth and why should I care? From the 30,000-foot view, most of us creatives don’t need to know these sp...
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    The Dreaded Question
    Arbor Group
    • Feb 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Dreaded Question

    The most dreaded question that all production companies and independent video producers face is: “How much is this going to cost?” It is...
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