I have come across a fantastic piece of free software called Celtx which makes writing and formating scripts really easy. It is powerful, easy to use, easy to colaberate and even better, its free! - Perfect for the low budget filmmaker. The software is available for download from celtx.com and is availible for Mac, Windows and Linux - a trully impressive feat. It gets better. Not only is this software simple and easy to use, you can share projects over celtx's network, meaning that different people in your company can work on the script from anywhere in the world, on any system. You can... [May 09]

This article is for those of you lucky enough to be studying at the University of Southampton. The filmmaking society here is called Wessex Films and is one of the premiere student filmmaking societies in the UK. For those of you who are members of Wessex Films, Hello! I am Jacob, welcome to my website. I know its a little bit sad that I pretend to be running my own production company but I do try my best to satarise the larger, better known 'Hollywood' Production companies... Anyway, welcome to JD Pictures. This site contains all of the short films I have so far produced, mostly on my own.... [May 09]

We are now the proud owners of a Panasonic DVX100BE, probably the best Mini DV camcorder available. Its superb film-like footage and incredible manual features set this camera apart from the rest. Why did we get one instead of the hyped Sony FX1e? Read on and find out! Previous readers of JD Pictures will know just how tempted I was to get a Sony FX1e. I was really up for sampling the delights of the High Definition (HD)world. That is until I used one. Don't get me wrong, its a fantastic camera. The sharpness of the footage is trully amazing and its really logical to use, just like any other... [May 03]

I have finally got my microphone having spent nearly two weeks in the custody of my halls reception, and after much pestering, it has now been properly delivered to me! It is a rode microphone, the NTG1 to be precise. It is a directional condenser microphone which means it is designed to pick up sound in only one direction. It comes with a black foam wind shield, but I have also purchased a larger fluffy wind shield which is amusingly named a 'dead cat'. It seems to be able to eliminate wind noise completely in all wind conditions shy of a hurricane and preliminary results seem to be fairly... [Nov 01]