Hot Cinematography Posts
News: Is this real? Atari DSLR Remote
You can build your own here.
News: John Knoll FX God Interviewed by RED GIANT
Part 1 of the Interview Part 2 of the Interview
News: Amazing use of practical cinematography
I can't help but feel this video is genius. In the beginning it seems CGI, but quickly you realize its all done with practical camera and effects. Shows what can be done when you are clever.
News: Ashes - Short Film Shot on Canon 5D
Ashes directed by David Dang Making of Ashes (Shot with a Canon 7D)
News: Philip Bloom Behind the Scenes on Red Tails
Read Philips entire blog post here.
News: Flash or H.264? (via Videomaker)
Check out this great article on the ongoing debate (battle?) between Flash and H.264 by Julie Babcock at Videomaker.
News: Cinespia Announces May '10 Screening Schedule
5/15 - Wizard of Oz - DP Harold Rosson 5/22 - The Thing - DP Dean Cundey
How To: Shoot Day for Night
Day for Night courtesy of Videomaker.com
News: Werner Herzog Does Where's Waldo
This is really more Director Humor, but I thought the shots pulled from Where's Waldo are classic. If you don't know who Werner Herzog is then you should find out...
News: The Must See Watermelon DSLR Rig
Obviously a joke, but funny in regards to all the funny DSLR rigs.
News: Canon 7D PL Hotrod Mod
Hot Rod Cameras Website Anyone out there shot with one of these yet?
News: Zeiss Compact Prime Lens + Zacuto DSLR Baseplate
Zeiss recently debuted their Compact Prime Lens set at NAB. The best part: no mount modifications or adapters necessary! Zacuto has done one better with their new DSLR Baseplate system. Previous rigs had unwanted play when using the follow focus. "Zacuto’s new DSLR Baseplate System, debuting at the NAB show in Vegas, mounts to the camera and lens using the standard 1/4 20” screw and ¼ 20 lens support, which gives you two mounting points for rock solid support to the camera & attached prim...
News: Sony Guts an EX-3, Adds Another = 3D?
Can you change the interocular distance on these pro-sumer 3D cameras? Looks fixed...
News: Deferred Pay? No Thanks.
An oldie but a goodie. Whoever made this video totally nailed what it feels like to be on the receiving end of irrational productions.
The Job Board: A Doc About Burned DP's
The Job Board is a weekly entry of the most ridiculous Cinematography related jobs posted online. Interviewing DP's for Docu-short (SCV)
News: Heaven Hill Going Down
Music Video we shot for Heaven Hill out of Louisville, Good time Rock and Roll!
News: Aerial Cinematographer Mounts 7D/5D to RC Helicopter
http://helivideo.com/
How To: Check out WonderHowTo's 7D World
A bit like our Cinematography World but more specific. A lot of useful how-to's, articles, and films shot on the 7D, as well as active forums. Enjoy!
News: Blue Screen Trouble
Always helpful to find out what your talent "must" wear before determining screen color.
News: Red.com new spokesman?
I found this image last night and couldn't help but post it here. Not sure what this full website is, but all that is visible on the shirt is RED.com and it made me laugh.
News: Skater Dolly Essentials
Check out these videos by P+S Technik, they are very informative about setup and the basics for using these unique type of dollies.
News: Visual Thought Study by Sam Spreckley
Beautiful Eerie Cinematography and Fantastic Editing. This film by Sam Spreckley an artist out of Scotland. His experimental film shown above is quite abstract yet moving none the less.
News: Facebook's LA Low Budget Job Posts
This Facebook Group is devoted to Low Budget Film Job Posts They now every film doesn't have a million dollar budget, but if you can pay they'll post!
Shooting Street Cats in Kuwait: or why going digital was the right choice
Update: New Trailer (7/9/10) In July of 2008, Fawaz Al-Matrouk, director of "To Rest In Peace", brought me on to shoot his USC graduate thesis film. Two years, 3 cameras, and over 15,000 miles later, the film is in its last week of post, having completed our final color correction at Light Iron Digital in Culver City yesterday.
News: new Lite Panels announced at NAB
I think this is a fun new product from lite panels. There are clearly some important specs still being left off this announcement, such as FC readings at different distances, initial lumens, and a better sense of the nature of this light. Can it spot and flood like a fresnel or is this just another soft source in a round housing? Hopefully this will be a nice step forward for LEDs and the slow but steady death of tungsten lighting.
News: 8mm Film Burning & Melting - Art at its BEST!
Can't help but love that visual, who knows how much longer this possibility will be around. The film gets jammed in the gate, the intense heat of the bulb begins to melt the celluloid.
News: Canon 5DM2 firmware 2.0.4 feature overview
Just in case you have been in a cave and have not yet upgraded for free.
News: NAB 2010 - Zeiss Light Weight Zoom LZW.2
15.5-45mm covers for Super 35 and now available with an Canon EF mount. Will not work on the 5D and there is footage shot with the 5D to show the vignetting that occurs.
News: NAB 2010 - SmallHD Demo their new DP-SLR Monitor
1280x800 Resolution makes this a tiny little beast of a monitor. HDMI input and Component. USB for firmware updates which is a great idea for a monitor with software control. 12 Presets is FANTASTIC if you are working with different types of cameras. FLexible battery input as well, you can even use anton batteries.
News: NAB 2010 - Glenn Kennel from ARRI explains the Alexa
Wow, never knew the Alexa shoots Pro Res. . . this camera is looking better and better.
