Chris Carter’s Green Set for X Files Sequel
First of all, I’m posting this from a BUS! Yes, indeed, I have finally tried out Bolt Bus, and the wireless internet is nothing short of a Christmas miracle.
In honor of Jewish tradition this week, I rented a bunch of movies that I missed in theaters, including the long-awaited X Files follow-up, I Want [...]
Video for Inspiration: I Met The Walrus
It’s amazing what someone can do with a tape recorder and some pen sketches.
I Met The Walrus
Ok, so maybe an exclusive interview with a famous celebrity 38 years ago doesn’t hurt, but the point is, you don’t need much to tell a story. You can start any time, so don’t let yourself make [...]
Canon 5D Mark II Video Footage
Image from Steve KeysCanon lent a prototype of the new 5D Mark II to New-York-based commercial and editorial photographer Vincent Laforet for 72 hours, and this short film is what he put together: beautifully shot, put to music (no sync sound), using only footage from the 5D Mark II. The footage is 1/4 [...]
Slick or Real?
Image from iboy_danielSeth Godin, with yet another interesting post, talks about the idea of being stuck between gritty realism and hyper-produced slickness. Things that fall in the deadzone tend to fail the appeal test.
This idea is perfectly applicable to films as well. Think about some that you’ve seen recently. Chances [...]
Slow Food, Slow Film?
Lately, media-makers of all stripes have been doing their part to let us know that the world is going to come to an end if we don’t start taking our environmental impact more seriously. It’s a great message to put out there, but one that is especially tough for media-makers to follow in their [...]
Panasonic’s AG-HMC70 falls short
Image from Panasonic Press ReleaseI’m excited about this announcement from Panasonic. Or more accurately, I’m excited that the camera has finally launched. This shoulder-mounted camera, clearly targeting event videographers, offers quite a sweet spot of price and features:
3×1/4″ CCDs
12x Leica Dicomar Lens
1440×1080i AVCHD (a.k.a. H.264 or MPEG 4 Part 10)
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More Steadicam from Garrett Brown
Image by mikefatsB&H has Part 2 of their interview with Garrett Brown, inventor of the Steadicam. We featured Part 1 last month. In this addition, Brown talks about his early experiences using the Steadicam on film sets, the advent of post-production tools for correcting shaky footage, and combo-shots using the Steadicam along with [...]
Johnny Chung Lee: My newest hero
Image by ElDavid1Chances are you haven’t heard of Johnny Chung Lee yet – but it’s probably only a matter of time. Lee has demonstrated some pretty neat tricks with the Wii remote, and actually tells you how to accomplish them at home (I could devote an entire post to how awesome he is at [...]
Planning ahead. . .
Photo by Reinis Traidas
One of the things I’ve learned in two years of production is that no two shoots are ever, ever, ever the same.
Before you go into production, it helps to not only visualize the scene you’re trying to create inside your camera, but also the scene on set. Who will play [...]
Steadicam for Indies
B&H has an video interview with the inventor of the Steadicam, Garrett Brown. The Steadicam, for those who don’t know, is a stabilizing mount for a camera that isolates the camera’s movement from the camera operator’s movement. On terrain that is too rough, or other situations where a track and dolly are not [...]
