If you´ve been responsible for making videos at your company, then you´ve probably spent thousands of dollars on shooting hours of footage that were edited into one or two videos. […]

Originally used by the military for a variety of tasks including  surveillance, reconnaissance, and airstrikes, drones are now being used in many commercial civilian applications such as shipping & delivery, […]

Jean-Jacques Rousseau said that “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” At Stark Crew, we can´t think of a sweeter payoff than a great video. But to make that […]

If there is one thing that will ruin an awesome-looking video, it is bad sound. While imperfections in the video itself can often be fixed in post-production, nothing – NOTHING […]

A lot of our customers ask for moving camera shots because they think that they make their videos look more cinematic. You know what? They´re right! The question is WHY […]

Let´s cover camera movement 101: tilts and pans. Tilts refer to moving the camera on a vertical axis – just like when you look up and down. Pans refer to […]

You know zooms. Consumer cameras all have zoom controls and when shooting with a mobile phone, you can zoom in or out by simply sliding your fingers across the screen. […]

Anyone who has been on the set of a major film production or seen a “behind-the-scenes” or “making-of video” of a Hollywood movie has seen a dolly. Dollies are rolling […]

Thus far in our series on using camera movements, we´ve discussed sliders, handheld gimbals, and steadycams. Now let´s look at another camera movement system:  a jib or crane. The function […]

As part of our series on camera movements, we’re looking at the different ways that cameras can float or fly through space.  We´ve seen sliders and handheld gimbal stabilizers – […]