A Fond Farewell to Every Frame a Painting
No Budget Bids Farewell to Every Frame a Painting If you are not aware of Every Frame a Painting, it is a web series by Tony Zhou and Taylor Ramos. In each episode of the series they take a deep dive into what makes films…
RatRig V100 Slider Unboxing and Review
The RatRig slider simple, durable and compact slider for silky smooth professional tracking movements. Overall I found this to be a very nice slider for the price. It is inexpensive yet feels solid. The side legs are bought separate which isn’t a bad deal if…
7 Tips for Your Self-Audition Tape
Without a long introduction here are some tips that might help you with your next self-audition video. 1 Take Your Time Since it is an audition tape, take your time. Get the lines right and do a few takes if you need. That is…
Introduction to Storyboards For Filmmaking
Storyboards are often overlooked on No Budget film shoots, usually because a storyboard artist would exceed the budget. But as a director they can be a useful way to get your message across freeing you up to focus on other things. Why do a…
Rode VideoMic Pro Review and Sound Comparison
Over many years and a lot of use this microphone has held up. In this video we do a review of the Rode VideoMic Pro. This includes some of the pros of the mic as well as a few cons, and a real world example…
Review and How to Use a Skater Mini Video Dolly
In this video I provide some sample work of my experience using a $15 Skater Mini Video Dolly. This includes some general feedback on how to use it and attaching a camera with a small tripod head. You can use this will a DSLR camera…
A Couple of Tips for Shooting Outdoors
The No Budget crew heads to the beach to film a commercial and give a few tips on dealing with the sun when filming outdoors.
What is CRI?
We recently did a light comparison video for the show where we discussed CRI. But we didn’t go into detail as to what CRI is or how it is measured. CRI stands for color rendering index which is a measure of a light sources color in…
