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Mike Kozlenko
Dec 28, 20209 min read
Comedy Commercial Cinematography: Part 3 of 3
About time I finished up this series, right? Alrighty folks, we've finally made it to our 3rd and final part of our look into a comedy...
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Mike Kozlenko
Dec 7, 202014 min read
Comedy Commercial Cinematography: Part 2 of 3
Lighting big, difficult spaces with small (ish) lights Howdy friends! It's been over a month since I posted Part 1 of this commercial...
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Mike Kozlenko
Oct 24, 202010 min read
Comedy Commercial Cinematography: Part 1 of 3
A look at how we approached a bright comedic spot, but with a bit "punch" in the images What's up folks? It looks like it's been since...
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Mike Kozlenko
Apr 1, 202015 min read
Short Film Cinematography: Day 2 of 2
My attempt at getting gritty-ish images with a tinge of polish
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Mike Kozlenko
Mar 27, 202013 min read
Short Film Cinematography: Day 1 of 2
A look into the good, the bad, the beautiful, & the reasonably mediocre imagery of yet another fast-paced, ambitious shoot
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Mike Kozlenko
Feb 20, 20206 min read
Recollections of an Indie Film production
At the end of 2019, I spent 2 months in Tallahassee, FL prepping & shooting a narrative film called White Fire; It was 2 years in the...
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Mike Kozlenko
Oct 14, 20199 min read
Food Cinematography
How I got somewhat decent "Chef's-Table (ish) kind of footage with like 1% of the budget A few months back I shot a little :60 promo of...
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Mike Kozlenko
Aug 20, 201910 min read
Lighting For Black & White
A look into a fun little music performance video I shot for Midland in June I’m sitting here in the New Orleans airport in an awkwardly...
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Mike Kozlenko
Jul 18, 20194 min read
Making Rocks & Sand Look Cool: PART III
Some (simple) Daylight-EXT goodness On this post I'm gonna rattle through some of the exterior shots on a brand film I shot for a company...
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Mike Kozlenko
Jul 17, 20197 min read
Making Rocks & Sand Look Cool: PART II
The direct-to-camera interview (Yes I know, the tight shot looks way better) This post will be about the interview lighting & framing for...
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Mike Kozlenko
Jul 8, 20192 min read
Making Rocks & Sand Look Cool:
(or at least trying to) I was in Florida last month shooting a brand film for a company called Environmental Conservation Solutions. What...
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Mike Kozlenko
Jul 5, 20197 min read
Meeting the standard
You need to know how to shoot a good image before you can even get close to a great one *Wrote this on a flight like a month ago. Just...
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Mike Kozlenko
May 24, 20195 min read
Acoustic Video Shoot Part II: Bare-bones Night Exteriors (plus failed attempt at a DIY wet-down)
Turns out 50 gallons of water isn't enough to cover a whole floor of a parking garage... Back for part II of my musings about an acoustic...
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Mike Kozlenko
May 24, 20195 min read
Acoustic Video Shoot Part I: Bare-bones Daylight Exteriors
Like 2 months ago I shot some live-acoustic videos for my musician pal/ director pal Corey. I’ve done a few of these with him in the past...
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Mike Kozlenko
Apr 24, 201910 min read
High-Key Studio Shoot
Last November I did a studio shoot for an online guitar education company. here's a long-ass blog post about it The Concept These were 4...
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Mike Kozlenko
Apr 14, 20194 min read
Branded Doc Interviews: Part IV
Slight improvement over the shot I went over in Part 3. 4th and FINAL part of this series of branded doc interviews I shot in Florida in...
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Mike Kozlenko
Apr 13, 20194 min read
Branded Doc Interviews: Part III
Breaking down the choices I made on a shot that I generally do NOT like how I did Continuing in the series of branded doc interviews I...
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Mike Kozlenko
Apr 5, 20197 min read
Branded Doc Interviews: Part II
Hi hello howdy. Doing another writeup here for another set of interviews I shot for Moore agency in Tallahassee a few weeks back. Let me...
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Mike Kozlenko
Apr 2, 20196 min read
Branded Doc Interviews: Part I
I was in Tallahassee a couple weeks ago filming some branded docs for a couple of non-profits, through an agency called Moore. We were...
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Mike Kozlenko
Mar 30, 20193 min read
"We write so we know what we think"
I once heard a famous quote from some dude on some podcast a couple years ago that went something along the lines of “We write so we know...
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