Blog Sidebar – Chris Portal

January 1, 2022

Best of 2021

If 2020 was the great closure of cinema, 2021 was the tentative re-opening. Delayed productions were finally released, film festivals resumed with a mix of…

December 31, 2020

Best of 2020

A year unlike any other. COVID-19 upended the movie and TV industries in a big way. Production shutdowns led many below-the-line artists and crew workers to…

January 17, 2014

Call Me Nerdy (2014)

September 1, 2013

A Trip to Nevis Island

August 26, 2013

Branding, Identity, and Logos

August 24, 2013

New Photography Portfolio Section

August 3, 2013

Screening: “Skunked” Invited to Fordham CANNED ART Festival

May 30, 2013

Alexis Van Hurkman & DaVinci Resolve 10

March 31, 2013

Review: “Suitcase of Love and Shame”

January 6, 2013

Iceland in August

December 8, 2012

Tony Scott On Fire

November 11, 2012

2012 Boston SuperMeet with Ang Lee editor, Tim Squyres

September 30, 2012

This Killing Business: A Feature Film Case Study

September 1, 2012

Big Update on “Skunked”

August 29, 2012

New DSLR Video Class

June 24, 2012

MSN Everyday Champions Series

June 21, 2012

Review: “Pink Ribbons, Inc”

June 18, 2012

‘Through A Lens Darkly’ Documentary Nears Completion

June 13, 2012

The Kick: The Future of Video Lighting on a Budget?

June 13, 2012

EditFest NY, 2012 – The Documentary Edit

June 12, 2012

EditFest NY, 2012 (Day 1)

June 6, 2012

Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing And The Fight For Fairness

May 8, 2012

Facebook Timeline Video

May 5, 2012

YouTube 30-Second Fitness Series

May 3, 2012

“Measuring Matthew” Screening & NY Premiere

April 30, 2012

Review: “In the Family”

April 25, 2012

“2012 Boston Stair Climb”

April 23, 2012

“This Killing Business” Blog

April 13, 2012

MIT Film Club Kickoff: “6 Fingers”

March 29, 2012

Hustle: Color Grading Canon C300 Footage

March 26, 2012

MIT Forum: Documentary Film and New Technologies

March 22, 2012

Pub Night: Cinematic Timelapses

March 15, 2012

“Talking to Customers” – Training Videos

March 8, 2012

Condition One: An Immersive Video Viewing Experience

March 4, 2012

Short Comedy “Measuring Matthew” Nears Completion

February 29, 2012

“Skunked” Trailer – A Marfa, Texas Documentary

February 26, 2012

“Skunked” Screening Updates

February 21, 2012

New York No Limits Kickoff

February 12, 2012

“Skunked” Color Work Completed

February 9, 2012

“Skunked” New York Premiere!

February 3, 2012

A Fool’s View of Apple, Avid, and Adobe

January 9, 2012

The Canon EOS C300 by Larry Thorpe

January 6, 2012

Cattle Ranchers | Marfa, Texas

December 23, 2011

Independent Film Meets Lord of the Rings

December 7, 2011

ALA Clean Air Campaign: Rachael

December 5, 2011

Bhopali Documentary

November 29, 2011

ESL Video Series Project

November 5, 2011

“Measuring Matthew” Facebook Page is Live

November 2, 2011

Video of Walter Murch’s Supermeet Talk

November 1, 2011

“Life in a Day” DVD & Streaming Release

November 1, 2011

A Response to the Walter Murch Supermeet Post

October 28, 2011

Walter Murch at the Boston Supermeet

October 27, 2011

“Measuring Matthew” Is A Wrap

October 6, 2011

One More Thing…iThankYou

September 12, 2011

Deleted Scene from “Skunked”

September 11, 2011

The meetup.com 9/11 Story

September 9, 2011

Early Feedback on “Skunked”

September 7, 2011

“Changing Gears” Featurettes

September 6, 2011

Production Stills for “Changing Gears”

August 30, 2011

The Home Stretch | Marfa, Day 12, Part 3

August 30, 2011

What’s Next | Marfa, Day 12, Part 2

August 30, 2011

“Skunked” | Marfa, Day 12, Part 1

August 26, 2011

Editing | Marfa, Day 10 & 11

August 25, 2011

“The Paper Edit” | Marfa, Day 9

August 23, 2011

Time to Transcribe | Marfa, Day 8

August 22, 2011

It’s a Wrap, And So Much More | Marfa, Day 7

August 21, 2011

Shuffleboards | Marfa, Day 6

August 20, 2011

Interviews in the Can | Marfa, Day 5

August 19, 2011

…And Action | Marfa, Day 4

August 18, 2011

Expose, Compose | Marfa, Day 3

August 17, 2011

Ranchers & Teams | Marfa, Day 2

August 16, 2011

Story Leads | Marfa, Day 1

August 15, 2011

Kickoff | Marfa, Day 0

August 14, 2011

Losing Oneself in Marfa, Texas

August 13, 2011

Vote on a Silent Auction Photo Submission

August 3, 2011

ALA’s Healthy Air Campaign

July 28, 2011

Boston Premiere of Marriage Equality Film

July 18, 2011

“Boston Fight for Air Climb”

June 12, 2011

New Dates for Canon Lenses

June 9, 2011

Motion 5 and Final Cut Pro X Leak

May 30, 2011

“Outro”

April 21, 2011

Official “Life in a Day” Trailer

April 14, 2011

Final Cut Pro X Rebuttal

April 5, 2011

Apple to Launch Final Cut Pro At NAB

February 26, 2011

“Breathe Again” Wins 48 Hour Awards

February 26, 2011

2011 48 Go Green Voting

February 26, 2011

“Breathe Again” Kendall Screening a Success

February 26, 2011

Production Schedule for “Breathe Again”

February 24, 2011

Final Cut Pro is Alive and Well

February 22, 2011

“Breathe Again” Screening

February 22, 2011

First 48 Hour Film is Done

February 20, 2011

All’s well that ends well

February 20, 2011

Breathe Again

February 20, 2011

Editing in Progress

February 20, 2011

On the way back

February 20, 2011

It’s a WRAP!

February 19, 2011

yeah, Dennis is pretty strung out

February 19, 2011

One more scene to shoot… Will we get it done tonight?

February 19, 2011

Picking up the pace

February 19, 2011

Weather is not Cooperating

February 19, 2011

New Location

February 19, 2011

48HFP: And we’re shooting…

February 19, 2011

Blogging away

February 19, 2011

Filming begins

February 19, 2011

Goodnight and good luck!

February 19, 2011

Calling it a Night

February 19, 2011

Re-fueling

February 18, 2011

We have a story…

February 18, 2011

File management workflow

February 18, 2011

Spitballs

February 18, 2011

Feeling Good

February 18, 2011

Here we go…

February 18, 2011

Kick starting the Go Green project

February 18, 2011

Drawing Has Begun

February 18, 2011

Feeling a Bit Unprepared

February 18, 2011

T minus 5 hours and counting

February 17, 2011

More Info on 48HFP Eco Themes

February 17, 2011

T-Minus 24 hours for 48 Hour Film Project

February 16, 2011

Arangetram as a “Life in a Day” DVD Extra

February 6, 2011

Boston Stair Climb Teaser

January 27, 2011

“Life in a Day” Premiere is Tonight

January 13, 2011

“Life in a Day” Confirmation

January 13, 2011

“Exit 18”: Post-Production Phase

January 12, 2011

“Life in a Day”- Raw Footage of Life

January 9, 2011

“Exit 18”: Production Phase

January 9, 2011

“Exit 18”: Pre-Production Phase

January 9, 2011

“Exit 18”

January 8, 2011

“Life in a Day” Sundance Invitees Announced

January 5, 2011

NY Underbelly Filmed Using a 5D

January 5, 2011

Documentary Interviewing Techniques

January 3, 2011

48 Goes Green

January 2, 2011

PTVQG 03: Recording Options – Codecs and Containers

December 31, 2010

Current Projects Page

Life in a Day

December 23, 2010

YouTube’s “Life in a Day” is Picture Locked

November 20, 2010

A Step Forward in Post-Production iPad Consoles

November 14, 2010

“White Elephants” Added to CDIA Student Reel

November 8, 2010

PTVQG 02: Archiving Your Production From Day One

November 6, 2010

PTVQG 01: Things You Can and Can’t Fix in Post

November 6, 2010

PBS Quality Group Workshops

October 23, 2010

Understanding Actors

October 20, 2010

Calling My Children

Life in a Day

September 11, 2010

Behind the Scenes on “Life in a Day”

September 7, 2010

Interactive “Life in a Day” Gallery

September 6, 2010

“Life in a Day” – Top 100

August 28, 2010

New Canon 8-15mm Fisheye Lens

August 23, 2010

Mixing P2, Canon 5D, and 7D Video

Life in a Day

August 20, 2010

“Life in a Day” Selection Process Underway

August 11, 2010

Upcoming Veneer Documentary

August 1, 2010

Web Site Enhancements

July 30, 2010

“Rifle Girl”

July 25, 2010

Using Magic Bullet Grinder with Different File Formats

July 24, 2010

Canon 5D, 7D, and PowerShot Sensors

July 17, 2010

Philip Bloom Boston Meetup – July 2010

July 11, 2010

Organizing Documentary Footage

July 2, 2010

“Christina & Brendan”

June 24, 2010

The Aristocrat – Film Festival Circuit Begins!

June 6, 2010

iApps for Film and Video Production

June 4, 2010

Beta Testing ‘get’ for Final Cut Pro

June 1, 2010

Weddings vs. Wedding Videography

May 28, 2010

Boston FCP User Group – Adobe and AV3

May 16, 2010

Updated White Elephants Trailer

May 14, 2010

Harvard Stadium Production Stills

March 23, 2010

“Homage to NYC”

March 9, 2010

“Curiosity”

February 21, 2010

Digital Diaspora Interview with Rep. Rushing

February 19, 2010

Vimeo Videos are Now Mobile

February 10, 2010

New Photos Page

January 31, 2010

Veneer Production Stills

January 11, 2010

How to Fix Washed Out H.264 Quicktime Movies

January 8, 2010

How to Select the Right Audio Mics

January 6, 2010

“Danielle’s Birthday”

January 2, 2010

About chrisportal.com

September 2, 2009

White Elephants | NewEnglandFilm.com

August 19, 2009

New England Film Festival

August 19, 2009

Film Threat Review

April 8, 2009

“WHITE ELEPHANTS” – BOSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

March 29, 2009

Screening Information Page

March 6, 2009

Boston International Film Festival Acceptance

February 20, 2009

Festival Screening Scheduled

January 27, 2009

2009 International Women’s Day Film Festival

January 26, 2009

CDIA Movie Madness

November 16, 2008

Site is Up to Date

November 2, 2008

Web Site is Up

November 1, 2008

Production Archive

September 6, 2008

CDIA Screening Was a Hit

September 4, 2008

Screening Time Confirmed

August 24, 2008

CDIA Screening

August 18, 2008

Movie Trailer

August 15, 2008

Post-Production Update

July 20, 2008

Park Photos Are Up

July 9, 2008

Call Sheet for Park Scene

July 9, 2008

Rough Cut is Complete

June 30, 2008

Upcoming Shoot Days

June 30, 2008

A Belated Thanks

June 20, 2008

Parking on Newbury Street

June 19, 2008

Call Sheets Posted for Apartment Scene

June 18, 2008

Apartment Scene Shoot

June 18, 2008

Rained Out

June 15, 2008

Changes for Sunday

June 13, 2008

Parking for Sunday

June 13, 2008

Weather for Sunday

June 7, 2008

Call Sheets are Up

June 7, 2008

New Park Location Found

June 1, 2008

Updated Script

June 1, 2008

Location Scouting 101

May 31, 2008

Light Showers

May 30, 2008

Wardrobe Reminder

May 30, 2008

Updates For This Weekend

May 30, 2008

Cast & Crew List

May 30, 2008

Script is Online

May 30, 2008

Production Schedule

May 30, 2008

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