Posted on February 3, 2012 in Digital Effects | No Comments
This tutorial by ShortFormVidoes demonstrates how to create a Compass Gimbal that you would find in an aircraft using After Effect’s built in effects.
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Posted on February 3, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
Mitch Gross from Abel Cine takes us on a tour of a battle tested configuration of a RED Epic/Scarlet package available for rental.
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Posted on February 3, 2012 in Off Topic | No Comments
Is the master of surreal film going all Coppola for a hearty mocha? If by that you’re asking if David Lynch is launching his own brand of organic coffee than the answer is YES!
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Posted on February 3, 2012 in Off Topic | No Comments
March of 2011, Billy Cohn & Bud Frazier, two visionary doctors from the Texas Heart Institute, successfully replaced a dying man’s heart with a ‘continuous flow’ device they developed, proving that life was possible without a pulse or a heart beat.
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Posted on February 2, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | 3 Comments
An exciting aerial photography crowdfunding project crashes back to earth as Kickstarter pulls the plug on eye3 Drone Hexacopter
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Posted on February 2, 2012 in General Production | 1 Comment
It’s not a pipe dream… Ryan Connolly of Film Riot domonstrates how to DIY a slider using hardware store plumbing supplies.
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Posted on February 1, 2012 in Editing | 3 Comments
Apple just released Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 – and with the addition of a small numeral change comes a handful of important updates, key among them multi-cam support, advanced chromakey tools, support for output cards for preview monitors, and (about time) an upgrade path to import old FCP 7 projects into X (although you have to pay for that feature)
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Posted on February 1, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | 2 Comments
Ready to take the plunge to becoming a filmmaking gun for hire? Remington McElhaney compiles 10 tips to help making that transition smoother.
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Posted on February 1, 2012 in Cinematography, Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
“Pina” is a German dance film dedicated to the choreographer Pina Bausch. Nominated for an Oscar for best documentary feature, Pina is also dazzling audiences with breathtaking 3-D that has been compared to Avatar in terms of total audience immersion.
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Posted on February 1, 2012 in Directing, Pre-production | No Comments
As a filmmaker, be it as a producer or director or both, you are like a captain of a ship. Once the production day starts and the ship has left port, everyone will be looking to you for guidance and direction. Nothing will sink your project faster than indecision – an issue that can be mitigated with proper pre-production work.
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Posted on January 31, 2012 in Digital Effects | 1 Comment
Vimeo user Peter Bohush demonstrates how he uses the Pro version of Mocha to track and rotoscope an actor for a special effects shot in his film, Broken Spirits.
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Posted on January 31, 2012 in Digital Effects | 1 Comment
Using only stock effects in After Effects, Vimeo user Flomotion shows you how to create a fireworks effect with a fractal noise and a dash of CC Flo Motion.
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Posted on January 31, 2012 in Selling Your Film | No Comments
Getting a filmmaker to divulge the exact cost of a film is next to impossible. The same goes for distributors when asked about what kind of numbers to expect on the sales end. So at “Distribution X” at Sundance, a panel of distributors were asked to give numbers on wholly imaginary movies.
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Posted on January 31, 2012 in Music | No Comments
David Lynch once said: “Sound is almost like a drug. It’s so pure that when it goes in your ears, it instantly does something to you.” In light of his forthcoming BFI retrospective, The Guardian put together some of his greatest musical moments.
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Posted on January 30, 2012 in IQ Podcasts | No Comments
Filmmaker IQ’s John Hess talks about his new filmmaking tool: the GoPro Hero 2.
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