Creative Techniques & Tools

Maintaining Your Online Presence
From Fairfield’s Creatives in the Neighbourhood Your Online Self Workshop: How do you maintain your online presence as an artist?

Check-ins and Check-outs
A brief guide on check ins and check outs as a necessary part of meeting and workshop facilitation.

Save Time and Strength on each project with a Beach Trolley
Cinematographer Diego Murillo introduces a filmmaker’s new best friend: the beach trolley.

Lessons from Editing
Cristobal shares his top three tips he’s learned from working as a film editor.

Live-Streaming Set Up for Video Tutorial
How do you create a basic livestream video set up?
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