DIY: How To Make The Best Helmetcam Ever
Posted on May 15, 2012 in Effects and Stunts | No Comments
The DakaKin team shows you how to create the best Helmetcam ever.
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How to make a Behind-The-Scenes Video
Posted on May 2, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
A really good behind the scenes video can be a great marketing tool to help engage your audience and make them feel like they’re a deeper part of a production. Riley Hooper breaks down the elements of what makes a great BTS video.
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Off Book – The Art of Film and TV Title Design
Posted on April 24, 2012 in Filmmaking 360 | 2 Comments
The credits are often the first thing we see when we watch a great film or TV show, but the complexity and artistry of title design is rarely discussed. Creators of title sequences are tasked to invent concepts that evoke the core story and themes of the production, and to create a powerful visual experience that pulls the viewer into the film’s world.
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Understanding Umbrella Lights
Posted on April 24, 2012 in Lighting | 3 Comments
Tom Antos breaks down how to light using relatively inexpensive Umbrella lights to create a fashion look.
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Fast Simple DIY iPhone Stabilizer
Posted on April 23, 2012 in General Production | No Comments
Are you really going to shell out hundreds for a machined stabilizer rig for your iPhone? Gene Lythgow demonstrates how to assemble a very quick and basic stabilizer using some devices that may already be in your garage.
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Paranormal Activity 3: Revenge of the Film Crew
Posted on April 13, 2012 in Outtakes | No Comments
Jenny Brownstein and Gabe Olsen become increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence… But these spirits don’t come from the other side, they’re the film crew.
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Canon 5d MkII & III Side by Side
Posted on April 5, 2012 in Cinematography | 1 Comment
Nathan Lee Bush from Adorama TV post a side by side comparison of the 5d MkII and MkIII comparing things like Moire, Rolling Shutter, Low Light Capabilities and Dynamic Range.
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Rear Window Timelapse
Posted on April 4, 2012 in Off Topic | No Comments
By combining the shots from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” Jeff Desom creates a timelapse of what you could see from the titular window.
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Documentary of Disney’s Failed Feature – “The Kingdom of the Sun”
Posted on March 22, 2012 in Outtakes | 1 Comment
“The Sweatbox” is a documentary about “The Kingdom of the Sun” – a Disney animated feature that would ultimately be reworked into “The Emperor’s New Groove”. Under the directorial helm of Roger Allers (The Lion King) and Randy Fullmer as producer and with original music by Sting, “The Kingdom of the Sun” saw considerable turmoil in production leading ultimately to Allers walking off the production.
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“Kara” – MoCap Rendered in Real Time on Sony PS3
Posted on March 9, 2012 in Digital Effects | 3 Comments
Are we crossing the Uncanny Valley?
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Animated GIFs – Birth of a Medium
Posted on March 9, 2012 in Off Topic | 1 Comment
Gifs are one of the web’s earliest image formats. They became passe quickly but artists and meme creators adopted the animated GIF as an artistic medium.
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Viral Videos Vs. Evergreen Videos
Posted on March 8, 2012 in Internet | 1 Comment
Creating viral videos is something a lot of people try to do, but creating evergreen videos that have on-going views instead of a flash-in-the-pan spike is perhaps more beneficial in the long-term.
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Create Fisheye Cameras in After Effects
Posted on March 2, 2012 in Digital Effects | 1 Comment
After Effects’ 3d camera doesn’t do a very good job of simulating the distortion when using extremely wide lenses like a Fish-Eye Lens. Dan Stevers demonstrates how to overcome this with a “name your own price” plugin from AE Scripts.
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Build a DIY Dolly That You Can Sit On
Posted on February 23, 2012 in Cinematography | No Comments
In this tutorial Tom Antos explains how to build a professional style camera dolly for a $120 that not only rides the camera but the operator as well.
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Everything is a Remix: Part 4 – System Failure
Posted on February 18, 2012 in Legal & Copyright | 1 Comment
Our system of law doesn’t acknowledge the derivative nature of creativity. Instead, ideas are regarded as property, as unique and original lots with distinct boundaries. But ideas aren’t so tidy. They’re layered, they’re interwoven, they’re tangled. And when the system conflicts with the reality… the system starts to fail.
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