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Dare Cinema is a website about making cool visual content and survival as a filmmaker. But don't worry, I don't take myself too seriously, plenty of irreverent nonsense to be found throughout.

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Fauxditions - A Hollywouldn'ts Short film
May 12

May 12 Fauxditions - A Hollywouldn'ts Short film

Dare Stevens

A short comedy about the painful reality of the life of actors auditioning in Los Angeles.

The Hollywouldn'ts, in the words of MySpace creator Tom Anderson
May 11

May 11 The Hollywouldn'ts, in the words of MySpace creator Tom Anderson

Dare Stevens
Filmmaking Business, Post Production

An amazing post about our film from the creator of MySpace. 

How to Build an Awesome Garage Studio
Apr 29

Apr 29 How to Build an Awesome Garage Studio

Dare Stevens
Personal, Tutorials

This is an extremely detailed post on going about building your own creative space for music, editing, gaming, whatever strikes your fancy. 

Surviving as an Independent Filmmaker Part 1: Centurion the Dancing Horse
Mar 11

Mar 11 Surviving as an Independent Filmmaker Part 1: Centurion the Dancing Horse

Dare Stevens

Filmmakers are not unique to going through the "starving artist" stage of life. But there's no need for that! 

C300 Mark II in Low Light, Slo Mo and with Dual Pixel Auto Focus
Jan 19

Jan 19 C300 Mark II in Low Light, Slo Mo and with Dual Pixel Auto Focus

Dare Stevens
Cinematography, Filmmaking Business

Here's a video I shot for a friend for her music video. She wanted to do a Sade approach with no on-camera singing. This also gave me an opportunity to explore further the auto-focus capabilities, low light capabilities and slow motion on the camera. 

The Fatal Flaw in Adobe Premiere Team Projects and Why Frame.io is DAF - It Ain't Easy Being an Adobe Pimp
Nov 16

Nov 16 The Fatal Flaw in Adobe Premiere Team Projects and Why Frame.io is DAF - It Ain't Easy Being an Adobe Pimp

Dare Stevens
Editing

Adobe Team Projects heralds in a new future for creative editorial collaboration, but it's not there yet. Until then, Frame.io will have to hold the fort. 

How to Make Short Films (That Don’t Suck), Post Production and Distribution
Aug 16

Aug 16 How to Make Short Films (That Don’t Suck), Post Production and Distribution

Dare Stevens
Post Production, Short Films, Editing, Adobe Premiere Pro, Color Correction

In this episode we'll talk about the post-production and distribution stage and briefly define a number of the key aspects of post-production: Editing Sound Editing and ADR or Audio Dialog Replacement.

How to Make Short Films (That Don't Suck) Pre-Production and Shooting
Aug 11

Aug 11 How to Make Short Films (That Don't Suck) Pre-Production and Shooting

Dare Stevens
Filmmaking Business, Pre Production, Writing, Cinematography, Short Films

In this episode we'll talk about the first stages of making a film from concept, resources, writing, pre-production up to shoot production and some key steps you can take to make your next short film a success.

How to Make Short Films (That Don't Suck), Ready to Kill
Aug 10

Aug 10 How to Make Short Films (That Don't Suck), Ready to Kill

Dare Stevens
Acting, Cinematography, Short Films, Editing

Making a sensible film of any sort is tough by any definition of the word, but making a good one? That's a minor miracle. In the next three blog posts we'll talk about things to help you make your next short film. 

What are the Five Basic Shot Types?
Aug 5

Aug 5 What are the Five Basic Shot Types?

Dare Stevens
Cinematography, Editing, Tutorials

So you want to be a film maker or cinematographer? One of the first things you must learn is what the five basic shot types are. 

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