If you are ever in need of some equipment, you can always rent the gear I use for all my productions. What I have available can be found on KitSplit and rented through them. Check out the Stage Ham Entertainment KitSplit page for availability.
Resources
Filmmaking Resources
I have a lot of different tools that I use as a filmmaker and many of them are so good I want to share them with you. My hope is that if you choose to use any of the tools or services on this page that they will be an asset to your filmmaking pursuits.
*These are all affiliate links so if you do choose to purchase anything through the links there will be NO ADDITIONAL COSTS to you, but I will receive a small commission for each sale.
Gear
Lensrentals has become, by far, my favorite place to rent gear. They are probably the best option for anyone who travels for client work or is even shooting a production on location. Not to mention, they also work great for any local production you might have as well, saving you a trip to the rental house which saves on time and crew.
Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4k – a true cost effective cinema camera shooting up the DCI 4k in BRAW.
SmallRig Full Cage – What I have in order to protect my camera and mount accessories.
SmallRig Samsung T5 SDD Mount – Securely mounts the attachable SSD media that I use to the camera.
Samsung T5 1TB SSD – This media is capable of capturing all different recording options on the BMPCC 4K has. And you can shoot an entire day without needing to offload your footage.
Metabones Speed Booster – This allows me to mount my Canon EF lenses to this camera and achieve a much larger sensor look on this Micro Four Thirds sensor camera.
Tascam DR-60Dmkii – This 4 track field recorder allows me to record audio on set with two phantom powered XLR inputs and two channels over 3.5mm audio jack. It mounts under my camera for easy portability and gives me a head phone out as allows for USB Powering.
Business
Bluehost is the web hosting that I use for all my websites. I actually have quite a few and I am a huge fan of what I get out of using Bluehost as my hosting provider. They have a super easy WordPress installation (great platform for easily designing and managing a website and blog) and you can host multiple domains under one account which is perfect for when you are building websites for your films.
TubeBuddy is an awesome tool that I use for both planning my videos for YouTube as well as getting seed ideas for movies. When working on videos for YouTube you are able to search for the best title, tags and more. If you upgrade to a paid version from the free version you can dive into A/B testing and so much more. For movies, you can research if an idea you have is actually being searched and if there is a market value in the idea you have – this is not all inclusive but an element that extremely valuable.
VidIQ is another video analytics tool that I use the same as TubeBuddy. It gives you different tools that make using the two combined an asset to your online video creation, marketing and movie research.
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Post-Production
While I don’t use a huge amount of VFX elements they are super useful when building out your crazy VFX shots. If you want a library that is being kept up to date with valuable assets both free and paid, then you should definitely check out Action VFX.
I am a huge advocate for quality music and the composers being treated fairly which is one reason why I choose Artlist.io as my primary music library.
Awesome plugins for audio mixing and mastering. I use Waves NS1 Noise Suppression and W43 Noise Reduction plugin for removing background noise and basic audio clean up. I use Waves NX for Mixing in both stereo and 5.1.
Here is a 10%-off coupon and earn 10% of your next order in credit towards any software purchase at Waves.