While the overarching mainstream film industry continues to ebb, flow, and shift in unexpected and unprecedented new directions, for the vast majority of indie filmmakers and small commercial production crews, the recipe is very much the same.Have a dream and a story to tell, write a script, find whatever camera you can, and make it happen. What has changed though is the camera part of the equation as there are more highly-capable and highly-affordable digital cinema cameras available to indie filmmakers than ever before.A new contender for one of the best indie-friendly cinema cameras for filmmakers of all types is the Blackmagic PYXIS, which is proving to be a compact and modular option that can work on film projects both big and small.To explore how the Blackmagic PYXIS could be an interesting option for aspiring filmmakers dreaming the indie dream, Sean & Taylor King, a father-son filmmaking team from New Zealand Sons Films, explore their thoughts on using the PYXIS on their most recent horror feature Zombie Repellant—a fun and DIY-minded zombie film that is a perfect indie film test project.NFS: Tell us a bit about your background and what got you into filmmaking. Sean King: I grew up in Redondo Beach, a small southern California town, and graduated from high school in the mid-1980s. From a young age, I’ve always been passionate about the entertainment industry. I spent my pre-teen years shooting 8mm films. Neither of my parents had careers in the entertainment field, but instead of going to...
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