Filmmaker Blog - Mario J. Novoa

This Is How You Do It: 10 Filmmaking Tips from Mark and Jay Duplass By Paula Bernstein and Dana Harris | Indiewire January 28, 2015 at 5:31PM "Employ a strict 'No Assholes' policy" and more great advice from the filmmaking bros. Daniel Bergeron  Mark and Jay Duplass Mark and Jay Duplass are a ubiquitous presence at this year's Sundance Film Festival. They were involved with three Sundance films, "The Bronze," "The Overnight," and "Tangerine" and an animated TV pilot ("Animals"). In addition to dominating Sundance, Netflix used the festival as occasion to announce that the brothers signed a four-movie deal, while HBO announced that the network will renew their show, "Togetherness." In other words, it's been a good week for the brothers. READ MORE: Jay & Mark Duplass on Selling TV at Sundance At the Producers Brunch at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25th (where their producing pa...

In this video, Burghart and Ricciotti share the standard camera package used by VICE DPs, as well as their customized  C300  rigs that they regularly take into protests, war zones, and international conflicts of every shape and size. VICE on HBO takes you deep into the world’s biggest political and cultural clashes. To capture the hair-raising stories you see on screen, VICE Media’s Director of Photography Jake Burghart and Segment DP Jerry Ricciotti are no strangers to shooting in extreme conditions -- and need reliable gear to keep up with their immersive documentary shooting style. Find out why Jake and Jerry turn to the Canon EOS C300, XF105, XF305, and 5D Mark III to get the job done and learn how they configure their cameras while shooting in hostile environments. Then, check out their work by watching VICE on HBO, Fridays at 11PM.