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The Digital Slate that’s also an Assistant Editor

Posted on March 19, 2012 in General Production | 4 Comments

Digtal Slates for iDevices have been around for a while now. But now, through an innovative use of QR Barcodes, the metadata that’s on the slate can be attached to the video clip itself. With QRSlate for iOS and a Desktop Importer for Mac OS, QRSlate allows you to automatically import and embed metadata included on your movie slate into your clips, as well as find the slate clap, lay down markers, and more!

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Andy Warhol’s Bob Dylan Screen Test (1966)

Posted on March 16, 2012 in Acting, Filmmaking 360 | No Comments

Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests were filmed from early 1964 – November 1966. Although the short films became known as Screen Tests, they were originally conceived as film portraits – portraits done on film rather than canvas.

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How to Set up you Canon DSLR for Shooting Better Movies

Posted on March 15, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments

Jon Carr walks us through a few pointers on how to set up your Canon DSLR based on Vincent Laforet’s guidelines comparing the basic picture profile against LaForet’s profile and Technicolor’s Cinestyle.

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The Teleprompter Buying Guide

Posted on March 15, 2012 in General Production | 1 Comment

Larry Becker of B&H Photo Video dives into the world of the Teleprompter exploring the options available from very basic to full featured studio prompters.

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10 Tips for Shooting Low Budget from SxSW

Posted on March 15, 2012 in General Production | No Comments

At SXSW a panel titled “The Great Cinematography Shootout” gathered a group of directors and cinematographers to discuss independent film lensing in an age of proliferating formats and lower-cost, high-quality cameras, like the Canon 5D.

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How to Fix Your Camera Lens with Peanut Butter

Posted on March 15, 2012 in Cinematography, General Production | No Comments

Casey Neistat dropped his DSLR on the streets of New York. And it broke. Now he’s going to fix it. With Peanut Butter.

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How a NASA Lens became Kubrick’s Obsession

Posted on March 13, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments

Originally designed to film the dark side of the moon, the Zeiss 50mm f0.7 lens was an obsession for Stanley Kubrick while preparing for Barry Lyndon. But in those pre-HDSLR days, it wasn’t as simple as buying an adapter to go from still camera to motion picture…

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The Digital Bolex

Posted on March 13, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments

The consumer film camera of yesteryear is getting a modern upgrade. Armed with a 16mm sized chip and the ability to shoot truly uncompressed RAW at 2k resolution for less than the cost of a Canon 5d MkIII, the newest entry in the digital cinema world will both tread lightly on your wallet and satisfy your hipster need for defiance.

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Lighting Breakdowns of Extraordinary Photographs

Posted on March 8, 2012 in Lighting | No Comments

Melanie Mann meticulously breaks down the lighting set up of extraordinary photographs taken by such extraordinary photographers as: Annie Leibovitz, Patrick Ecclesine, Jill Greenberg, Dave Hill, and Martin Schoeller.

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Comparing the Nikon D800 and Canon 5D MkIII

Posted on March 8, 2012 in Cinematography | 1 Comment

Mike Curtis compares and contrasts the two heavy weights entering in the full frame DSLR arena.

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Introducing the Cinevate Trawly

Posted on March 7, 2012 in General Production | No Comments

By adding wheels to Cinevate’s universal Simplis base plate, they add an entirely new dimension in functionality. With Trawly, it’s easy to adjust the legs and wheels to pull off straight dolly shots, crab moves, arched turns and use it as a handheld rig.

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5 Leadership Lessons from James T. Kirk

Posted on March 7, 2012 in Directing | No Comments

What can we learn from the swaggering captain of the Enterprise? Well a lot about how to lead and effective team…

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How do Digital Sensors Work?

Posted on March 7, 2012 in Cinematography | 2 Comments

As filmmakers we rely on them every day. But few of us have any inkling oh how the sensor actually works. Things have come a long way since the days where a little pieces of silver suspended in film reacted to light…

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Be a Better Camera Op: Part 3 – EQUIPMENT

Posted on March 6, 2012 in General Production | No Comments

Chris Weaver concludes his three part series on how to become a better camera operator by looking at the equipment you’ll need and how to treat it right.

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Canon 5D MkIII Official Specs Hit the Interwebs

Posted on March 2, 2012 in Cinematography | 4 Comments

Its just a matter of time before you can get your hands on the next generation Canon 5D HDSLR camera. What’s new? Perhaps just about everything as Canon has implemented the new Digic5+ sensor which is capable of shooting to a dizzying 26,500 ISO.

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