Karl Whinnery
Flying and Filming - GATEB and Heidi Sheperd's "Freak on a Leash"
Initial Contact On April fool's day I get a text from an old friend, Marc, saying "Karl! Are you interested in shooting a video in LA on...
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Karl Whinnery
- Oct 20, 2021
- 3 min
Making my first movie - Jason Rising - A Friday the 13th fan film
About 3 years I got a message from a friend, James Sweet, which changed everything. "Want to make a Friday the 13th fan film?" Of course...
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Karl Whinnery
- Jan 22, 2021
- 2 min
Vintersea - Crack of Light - Making the Hull set
In my last blog post I went over building and filming the boat in Vintersea's "Crack of Light". https://www.hotkarlproductions.com/post/m...
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Karl Whinnery
- Jan 12, 2021
- 12 min
Making Vintersea's "Crack of Light"
"Crack of Light" from Vintersea's album Illuminated is easily shaping up to be the most epic music video HotKarlProductions has been...
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Karl Whinnery
- Dec 10, 2020
- 7 min
Making an epic music video for Pathways
Hi all and happy quarantine! I wanted to cover the process of an upcoming HUGE video. We just did day 1 of filming the music video for...
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Karl Whinnery
- Nov 15, 2020
- 6 min
Jason Rising - Making the final trailer
Hi all! Hope everyone is doing good. Oregon is locking down again (today is 11/15) in the middle of record Covid cases. We now have...
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Karl Whinnery
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
Set building
So one recent thing I’ve found is that I actually like making sets / things for music videos. I picked this up on the set of Jason Rising...
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Karl Whinnery
- Sep 12, 2020
- 4 min
Filming during a pandemic and biblical fire event
Hi all! Hope this finds everyone doing as well as can be. Not only is the Corona virus still raging across the world but now the West...
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Karl Whinnery
- Aug 10, 2020
- 2 min
Filming underwater
I love filming underwater - it's challenging and still new enough to bring awe and accomplishment. Last time I filmed underwater I rented...
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Karl Whinnery
- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
Let's talk about Rokinon Lenses
Ah Rokinons, the affordable cine lens "standard". Good buy or characterless crap? I own 6 of them and have bought two of them multiple...
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Karl Whinnery
- Jun 2, 2020
- 1 min
Learning new skills during the "downtime" - Color Grading
Ah Portland. My home. But I've never seen the sky that color here. Have you? Is it magic? Is it 2020 acting up more? NO! It's me using...
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Karl Whinnery
- May 16, 2020
- 1 min
Camera gear
I always get asked what camera gear I use. BlackMagic Pocket 4k! It's a beast and the best! https://amzn.to/3cUalI4 The 6K pocket had a...
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Karl Whinnery
- May 14, 2020
- 5 min
Let's talk about that new DAAP video
On 5/13 an epic new video was released - Dead Animal Assembly Plant's "A Violent Breed". This is the third collaboration with DAAP - and...
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Karl Whinnery
- May 4, 2020
- 1 min
Making Ligature Mark's "Fell for Fiction"
5/5 we release the new Ligature Marks music video. Filmed by Karl Whinnery, Freddy Heath, and Gabe Johnston. We filmed the band footage...
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Karl Whinnery
- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
Dead Animal Assembly Plant Sign with Armalyte Industries
So! Some great news! My friends in DAAP got signed! We've collaborated on three epic music videos - the 3rd hopefully coming out in May...
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Karl Whinnery
- Apr 27, 2020
- 1 min
GH4 Cage
Proper hardware is important. Because I have lots of friends with GH4s - this is the Cage I recommend to protect your camera + mount...
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Karl Whinnery
- Apr 27, 2020
- 2 min
Getting started with music videos - Camera talk
Hi all! I wanted to talk about how to make music videos. It's gonna be a big topic so it'll be in a few blog posts. The first question...
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Karl Whinnery
- Apr 27, 2020
- 1 min
My new favorite gear purchase!
Want to know how I get awesome product photos? Diffusion! I snagged a fotodio 4x4 diffuser - it comes with a boom pole, silver reflector,...
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Karl Whinnery
- Apr 26, 2020
- 2 min
Skinlab - Amerikill
I recently had the pleasure of working with Skinlab on their video for "Amerikill". The band filmed the band footage themselves with a...
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Karl Whinnery
- Apr 26, 2020
- 2 min
Creating the ultimate Blackmagic Rig
Hi all! I figured I'd talk about cameras and some of the gear I'm using. Soon as the Blackmagic Pocket 4K camera was available for...
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