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LIGHTWORKS FILMS

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Why have LIGHTWORKS make your film?

We are creative,

We are videographers dedicated to making creative wedding and independent films that tell an epic story. Every film we create is unique and beautiful.

We are always learning from other artists and incorporate the latest trends to our work so that you shine. Wedding videography has undergone an epic change over the past 5 years and now is much more like filmmaking and you benefit as a result!

professional,

We’ve filmed and edited thousands of hours of weddings, short films and commercials and we love it. We take your story seriously and are dedicated to making a beautiful work of art.

As our client you come first and we make sure to walk you through the whole process so that you are satisfied with your film. We are located in Virginia Beach but we love to travel!

and passionate.

We love to learn about filmmaking and we take that experience and education and create epic films just for you.

We work with professional filmmakers who have worked on feature films and we use their expertise to make your film shine.

Videographers, cinematographers, filmmakers…call us what you like, we just love making movies!

Contact us today!

Latest blog posts…
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Neighbors – Final Short (Silent) Film

So here is my final short silent film for my single camera directing grad class at Regent University. We were required to create 4 silent films this semester. Each film had to have 10 shots with certain different kinds of shots for each film. Can you guess what this short film is about? Is it [...]

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Learning Filmmaking – Lessons From A Big Set

So I spent this week as the camera operator on the set of an upcoming short film, By The Water. The film had 40+ crew members so it was a great experience for me to see how a larger film set operates. A few quick thoughts from the experience: The film set was incredibly organized, so [...]

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Canon 6D vs Canon 5D Mark II vs Canon 5D Mark III

A few days ago I wrote a quick review of the Canon 6D, a camera that I have been very impressed by. My friend Anwar at Humbledown Productions asked me how the Canon 6D compares with the Canon 5D Mark II, since they are (almost) equally priced on the market – at Amazon the Canon [...]

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“coming home?” a short (silent) film

So I just completed my 3rd of 4 silent short films I am required to make this semester at Regent. This film is about a girl who is dreaming about her mom coming home…fun and simple. And I got to cast my wife and one of my daughters so that’s the best. Enjoy!

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Quick Review: The Canon 6D

Just purchased the Canon 6D last week and have shot a couple of short films on it and about 200 photographs. Here’s the quick review: Pros: low light performance is off the charts good. feel free to crank the ISO to 25600 and still have usable photographs (12800 should be tops on video, though you [...]

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All Things New in the News!

The story behind our latest short film, All Things New, is pretty cool. I wrote the screenplay back in September of 2012, and it was very different from the final film above. The script went through about 10 changes, as many do, and it was funny how it arrived in the final form…in fact there [...]