Notes On Video

Canon EOS C300 – Review & short film | Nino Leitner | Blog Mario Feil and Nino Leitner got to spend a weekend with the Canon C300 , and they've posted the video, and Nino has written about the experience very extensively: ...from the first time you hold in your hands you realise here is a camera company who actually talked a lot to filmmakers when designing it and that resulted in a very natural and ergonomic device. (E.g.: take only the fact that there are 4 record buttons on this small camera body, and a lot of assignable buttons for all sorts of functions …) The video is here: 13:59 | Mario Feil | Vimeo Why I love the RED Epic and why I don’t have one anymore | Philip Bloom | Blog A few days ago Philip tweeted that he'd gotten rid of his Red EPIC , but he didn't go into the details. Yet clearly there was some story there, and now he's been prodded into explaining what happened; instability, fan boys and poor customer relations drove him away: This pers...

FDTimes December Issue 45 Ready | Film & Digital Times The December issue of Film & Digital Times is now available and covers: Cover Story: Canon’s new Cinema EOS System and C300 35mm Camera ZEISS Compact Primes, Compact Zoom, Anamorphic Lenses The Math of 4:3 and 16:9 Anamorphic Cinematography ARRI Alexa Studio and a whole lot more... Photoshop Hidden Gem: Editing Video in Photoshop CS5 Extended | YouTube A short introduction to using Photoshop to manipulate video. Get creative with your digital video using the Motion workspace in Photoshop CS5 Extended. Make basic adjustments to color balance, tone, curves, and more. Or experiment with one-of-a-kind video-editing features including lens corrections and the ability to apply stunning, hardware-accelerated effects filters with the Pixel Bender plug-in. Logic Pro and MainStage come to Mac App Store | Christopher Breen | MacWorld Apple is now selling Logic Pro through the Mac App Store, and it's now priced ...

Today, John Carr gave a free online webinar " How Adobe Production Premium CS 5.5 handled the cutting edge demands of Vincent Laforet's short film Möbius ." For those that don't know, this film was shot using the Canon  C300 , so I tuned in as much for that, as to find out the details of how he was using Adobe Production Premium . Fortunately, as someone transitioning back to Premiere after years with Final Cut , I found the presentation on working with the Creative Suite informative, as there wasn't really a whole lot to learn about working with the C300 , other than: The C300 uses the same file format as existing Canon cameras, so Premiere Pro had no problems recognizing and working with the files. Though the camera has XLR audio inputs, they recorded (and slated) the audio separately, and then synced the audio manually in Premiere . They decided to go external for a number of reasons, the primary one being logistics; for several scenes the sound guy was...

The RED EPIC will be the subject of the last Learning Lab of the year at Rule Boston Camera : EPIC OVERVIEW WITH DAVE(2) Join us for an EPIC event with award-winning Director of Photography David Kruta and Rule's resident RED expert Dave Kudrowitz who will share their experience with the powerful 5k full-sensor RED EPIC including recently-shot footage, tech aspects & More. WEDNESDAY DEC 14 10am - 12 noon RSVP: events@rule.com

The Music Licensing Chickens Have Come Home to Roost in Wedding and Event Videography | Ran Dawson | Dare Dreamer An interview with Joe Simon who got sued after a wedding video he made using copyrighted music came to the attention of the music label: But the letter that came through and they wanted a lot of money for damages, to the tune of $150,000 for one song. If that didn’t scare you straight I don’t know what would. I spent the next month or so going back in forth with the label to reach a settlement, it was a huge stress on my business and my life and I would never wish this on anyone else. I can’t say what we settled for but it looked like this $XX,XXX , which is a LOT of money for a small business. AE I Owe U: 10 Basic Ways ‘After Effects’ Saves Editor’s Lives pt. 1 | Eric Wise |  Splice Vine First explaining that it took a long time to become comfortable with After Effects, Eric gives the reasons why a video editor should be using After Effects : 3. BETTER KEYING...

Sony XDCAM Software Updates | Sony Sony has announced a couple of software updates: PDZK-MA2 ver 1.3 (Avid AMA plug-in) for MediaComposer adds support for MAC OSX Lion XDCAM Browser software, v2 is now available Canon C300 – Hands on | Mario Feil | Blog As previously noted, Mario Feil got to spend a few days shooting with the C300 and he's now posted a blog entry with some thoughts about it. Not only I was impressed by the C300, everyone on set (Nino Leiter – DoP, Alexander Boboschewsky – Steadicam Op/camera Operator) didn’t expect that Canon really nailed it this time. We all were shocked by the price and said “1080p at only 30fps, only 8-bit … for 20k? no thanks” but lets just assume they will drop the price…. then this is, hands down, the most logic step up from DSLRs you can think of right now. #C300 vs #ScarletX vs #epic record times and cost per minute | DaveChap | yfrog A chart showing the purported cost-per-minute of shooting with the three cameras (unfortunat...

Jared Flesher's first documentary,  The Farmer and the Horse,  is a great example of storytelling that follows three young farmers who are just starting out and want to use horses rather than tractors. I was really impressed with this movie, not just because it was his first project, but also because it was shot using a consumer camcorder! Jared's now completing his latest film; Sourlands . This was shot with the Panasonic GH2 , and looking at the video he's posted, the camera upgrade has resulted in a big jump in image quality! Independent of that, the first movie was so well made that I'm really looking forward to seeing what he's come up with this time. SOURLANDS tells the story of the last large forest between New York City and Philadelphia, and the sustainability minded citizens who live near it. It’s a tale of ecology, organic agriculture, and renewable energy. (And how it’s all connected.) If you pledge $20 to the Kickstarter campaign you'll hel...

How Adobe Production Premium CS 5.5 handled the cutting edge demands of Vincent Laforet's short film Möbius | Adobe Jon Carr , Producer/Editor for Laforet Visuals is featured in this free online webinar this Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 10:00am Pacific Time Adobe Production Premium CS 5.5 plays a crucial role at Laforet Visuals. On the short film Möbius, CS 5.5 provided the tools and versatility to easily handle this cutting edge production. In this Webinar Laforet Visuals producer and editor Jon Carr will discuss how they utilized Story, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop to successfully create and deliver Vincent Laforet's latest film, Möbius. Jonathan Yi Talks About The Canon C300 | Michael Murie | Filmmaker Magazine Last week I interviewed Jonathan Yi, who shot the video " Canon EOS C300 = Awesome. " You can read the interview at Filmmaker Magazine's website: I came back with this video and I thought it was hilarious. They got all excited be...

Canon C300 Mario Feil and Nino Leitner got to spend the weekend shooting with the Canon C300 , and posted some comments and images: NinoLeitner tweeted: After shooting w/ the Canon C300 for 2 long days I doubt that I ever want to shoot video w/ a current Canon DSLR again. It's that good! Mario Feil posted these two pictures of the Sony PMW-F3 , Canon  C300 and Sony  NEX-FS100 . Sony PMW-F3, C300 and NEX-FS100 group picture Sony PMW-F3, C300 and NEX-FS100 on table Review Of The Glidetrack MobiSlyder For The IPhone And Interchangeable Lens Cameras | Ron Risman | Cameratown I think this is the first review posted of the MobiSlyder , and it's somewhat mixed: The MobiSlyder at this point seems to be a good idea with poor execution. The track itself makes for a solid platform for which to build a decent slider, now we just have to convince Glidetrack to beef up carriage and ball head to make this a potentially useful tool for compact camera filmmaking. Transitions ...

Dot At today's Boston Media Makers , Steve Garfield demoed the Dot , a 360 panoramic lens attachment for the iPhone 4 . This is a mirror lens - much like the lens Sony made available for their Bloggie - that you attach to your phone, and can then shoot the panoramas. Special software is required to playback the video, and they provide a free app for the iPhone and you can also upload the videos to their website to play back on the web, though it's unclear if you can play them back on your computer without uploading them to their website. You have to hold the phone horizontally while shooting, and at the moment the video is limited to 3 minute lengths (though that will reportedly be fixed in a future update.) It's $79, and available in four colors! Kogeto . TechCrunch: Quick Review: Kogeto Dot Panoramic iPhone 4/4S Add-On Luckily, the Looker app is due for a pretty significant update, which will include nixing that 3-minute max. I see anyone who travels a lot f...

Canon C300 first look review | Paul Joy | Blog Paul writes up his thoughts on the C300 after seeing it at a recent event in London. I wanted to find out what the focus and exposure aids were like on the C300, especially the peaking and zebra functions as I use those a lot on the EX1. After delving into the menus a little we found that much like the EX1 you could define the settings for two sets of Zebra’s and have either or both active. Peaking was also present and highly configurable, actually more so than the EX1 as it allows for two peaking settings, each individually configurable. Turn on the lights! #C300 | Mario Feil | Twitvid Mario is shooting video with a C300  and has tweeted a bit about it, including this comment: did a test shoot (high ISO) with 1D and C300 side b side. C300 is clear winner in terms of grain structure. Much more pleasant And a video (above) which I think he shot with his iPhone , showing how the iPhone sees practically nothing, but the C300 (l...

Canon has now posted the manual for the C300 online. Get reading! Brochures & Manuals