Author: Gethin Moreau

Nearly every problem people try to solve with a purchase is a problem of light, distance or patience. I write about where to put the camera and why, how to cover a scene so it can actually be cut, what a colourist can and cannot rescue, and which piece of equipment genuinely changes the work — a short list. I will name gear when it matters, with the caveat that I have shot better material on worse cameras than the one you are saving up for.

The Stages of an Edit and Why Skipping One Hurts

January 5, 2026August 26, 2026 Gethin Moreau

I spent three weeks on a documentary in the Hebrides once, shivering in a damp van, only to realize that the “perfect” sequence wasn’t hidden in some fancy plugin or a complex rhythmic montage technique. It was hidden in the way I’d failed to think about the space between the shots while I was still…

Editing

The Complete Guide to Planning a Shoot

January 3, 2026September 2, 2026 Gethin Moreau

I once spent four hours on a documentary set in a damp basement in Leeds, watching a kid half my age stare at a $50,000 sensor readout like it was going to tell him how to fix a muddy, flat image. He had the most expensive kit in the county, but he hadn’t even looked…

Guides

Choosing a Camera by What You Shoot, Not What You Read

January 1, 2026August 26, 2026 Gethin Moreau

I spent three weeks on a documentary in the Highlands last year, working with a kit that had half the dynamic range of the latest flagship sensor, and I still walked away with better images than the kid I saw last month using a $50,000 rig in a studio with nothing but overhead fluorescent lights….

Cameras