Posted on October 17, 2011 in Digital Effects | No Comments
Daniel Gies gives an overview of amazing character animation in After Effects using FreeForm Pro, Cycore FX, Duik Tools and native AE Tools and expressions.
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Posted on November 12, 2010 in Interviews | 4 Comments
David Lynch has been part of AFI’s Harold Lloyd Master Seminar. We’ve collected a few of the clips courtesy of AFI to shed a little light on the mind of one of the masters of dark eclectic cinema.
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Posted on September 17, 2010 in Cinematography | No Comments
The first recorded attempt at building a digital camera was in 1975 by Steven Sasson, an engineer at Eastman Kodak. Outside of the patent, there was no public disclosure of the work until 2001.
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Posted on October 31, 2008 in Selling Your Film | 1 Comment
Variety reports on the uncertainty of indie distribution in the new Digital Age.
…You’ve got cable-based platforms, you’ve got (Internet)-based platforms, you’ve got mobile platforms — it’s all over the place,” D’Amico says. While distribution via emerging digital platforms may prove wildly profitable for indies a few years down the road, for now, as D’Amico notes, [...]
Posted on September 15, 2008 in General Screenwriting | No Comments
by Carolyn Handler Miller
As writers, we are practitioners of an ancient art: the art of storytelling. Storytelling is a continually evolving form of expression. The first storytellers had only one simple tool at their disposal – the spoken word. Later storytellers had more sophisticated methods of spinning tales, using staged dramas, printed texts, and ultimately, [...]
Posted on September 8, 2008 in Editing | 1 Comment
David Fincher editing “Zodiac” with Finial Cut Pro.
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Posted on September 8, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
ETC’s Press Release: LOS ANGELES (September 8, 2008) – The Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) announced today that it will set up a Stereoscopic 3-D Content Testing Lab addition to its Anytime/Anywhere Content Lab. Building on the success of ETC’s world-renowned Digital Cinema Laboratory, ETC’s studio and other sponsors will be using the AACL to explore [...]
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Posted on September 3, 2008 in Cinematography | 1 Comment
This PC World article focus on “consumer camcorders,” but it contains some useful basics for new filmmakers wanting to know what first camera they should buy.
…Camcorder technologies are changing fast. Here’s how to pick the right camera for you–and ensure that your video memories will stand the test of time.
If the only video you shoot [...]
Posted on August 25, 2008 in Digital Effects | 8 Comments
The University of Washington who’s computer technology team recently developed Photosynth now has a group of graduate students showing the potential of technology to enhance digital video in amazing ways.
Video and Descriptions From: Pravin Bhat
Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene from pro on Vimeo.
The work presents a system for automatically producing [...]
Posted on August 20, 2008 in Cinematography | No Comments
In the new Wired Magazine article “Analog Film Meets Its Match in Red Digital Cinema’s Ultrahigh-Res Camera” they cover the development of the ground breaking Red One, and the ongoing debate among filmmakers over digital cinematography.
…In the slammin’, jammin’ world of production, you want a really tough machine that takes very simple approaches to problems,” [...]
Posted on July 6, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
From – arincrumley:
Matt talks about his project a Swarm of Angles and the general concepts behind collaboration in the digital era. I personally would love to see collaborative editing tools evolve to the point where you could upload raw footage and anyone could add to the meta data like it was a wiki and [...]
Posted on April 9, 2008 in Internet | No Comments
Lance Weiler at Filmmaker Magazine tells you how to distribute your independent film online.
…The promise of unlimited choice and shelf space due to an emerging on-demand universe of content has many in the industry struggling to figure out how new media revenue should be divided. This highly contentious issue is at the center of the [...]
