Notes On Video

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts is hosting a Stanley Kubrick Film Series . Join us for a complete, chronological survey of one of the greatest directors in film history. All films screen on 35mm, except where noted. In This Series: Fear and Desire : February 1, 2013 Killer's Kiss : February 2, 2013 Fear and Desire | February 2, 2013 The Killing | February 2, 2013 Fear and Desire | February 3, 2013 Killer's Kiss | February 3, 2013 The Killing | February 3, 2013 Fear and Desire | February 6, 2013 Fear and Desire | February 7, 2013 Paths of Glory | February 7, 2013 Spartacus | February 8, 2013 Paths of Glory | February 9, 2013 Lolita | February 9, 2013 Lolita | February 10, 2013 Spartacus | February 10, 2013 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | February 14, 2013 2001: A Space Odyssey | February 15, 2013 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | February 16, 2013 A Clockwork Orange | February 16,...

Air Traffic Controller 'Ready or Not' Official Music Video | Rick Macomber | Vimeo I already wrote about observing the filming of some of the scenes for this video for Filmmaker : An Afternoon Music Video Shoot with the Canon C300 . Now Rick has posted the completed music video for the band Air Traffic Controller's latest song: 'Ready Or Not .' This video was shot on the Canon C300 over the course of several weeks, in multiple locations, and is a great example of short filmmaking. Once you've seen the video, Sean Meehan has done a very nice Behind-The-Scenes video too: Ready or Not - Behind the Scenes | Sean Meehan | Vimeo Video Tutorial: Multiple Range Selections in FCPX | Danny Greer | Premiumbeat.com Richard Taylor, creator of the great Final Cut Pro X resource site FCPX.tv, has created this short video tutorial to demonstrate how to create ‘persistent range selections in FCPX’, including a hiccup with the feature that you need to be aware of...

Review: The Marshall V-LCD56MD5.6 Inch Monitor is Perfect For HDSLR | Clint Milby | Pro Video Coalition How else would you describe a device that allows you to change how it functions by simply swapping out various modules to suit whatever your needs may be?  Specifically there are two modules on the back of the unit that can be mixed and matched.  First, the battery plate can be swapped out, easily allowing you to choose between ten different types of DV battery plates.  Hands-On Review: Sony NEX-VG900 Full-Frame Camcorder | Mia McCormick | B & H Mia McCormick demonstrates many of the camera’s features and discusses a few lens options that should help users take advantage of the large sensor. For the most part, this is a glowing review peppered with a few criticisms that might limit the VG900’s appeal to professional videographers, but you’ll also learn some tips and tricks for overcoming these limitations. Film-like video with shallow depth of field is...

Camera Shipping Update: 1/14 | Blackmagic Design Blackmagic posts an update on the state of their camera: Wanted to send out a quick update on camera shipments. The production lines have been up and running with sensors coming in. We have been sending out regular shipments of EF model cameras each week to all of our offices around the world, and each week we are getting cameras out at a faster rate. We are still not at full volume shipping though, because sensors are not quite getting to us at a pace that I could say was full volume. But each day I am seeing the volume get better from the sensor company. I am happy with the quality of the sensors. For the MFT model, we want to get through some more of the EF orders before I give a date on when we will start getting the MFT orders out. They are ready to go, but we need to get through most of the early EF pre-orders first. Dear GoPro Community | GoPro GoPro responds to complaints from their user community: All of us at GoPro a...

Behind The Scenes on BART: a Narrative Short Shot with the Canon C100 | Michael Murie | Filmmaker Magazine Canon has released a Behind The Scenes for a new short that was shot with the Canon C100 : Canon subsequently contacted us about a second short, BART, which was also shot on the C100. While Pulse is a documentary piece, BART is a four-minute short that is entirely an exercise in narrative story telling. Canon was specifically looking for a film that had little language and had a lot of visuals to it. 4K comes to CES and Canon announces new Cine Primes | Michael Murie | Filmmaker Magazine A look at some new tech at this years show: Just a couple of years ago 3D was the rage, with manufacturers showing off their 3D displays and headsets. By all reports, 3D wasn’t so hot this year. Instead, we saw the first salvos in the 4K battle to convince consumers to part with their money for another high-end display. But when it comes to televisions, 2013 may be seen as the bridge t...

NEW Production shot on the F5 "The Contract" | Robb Kositchek & Rodney Allen Hooks | Sony Community We seriously pushed this camera to it’s limits and took advantage of it’s compactness. This is important to me that we be able to create wonderfully lit scenarios without being overwhelmed with hardware and technology.  Freedom to create and be flexible is a hallmark of the Sony F5 Camera family. Documentary Filmmaking with the Canon C300 | Bobby Marko | Blog Here is a wrap up video to show how I used the Canon C300 on my latest documentary feature film ‘Becoming Fools’ with director Scott Moore and the Athentikos team. [...] This video gives some details on what we used to shoot the film, how I used the C300 during the production and some example footage from the camera. The footage from the C300 has not been fully colored but for this video I did do some simple 1st passes to even out levels and to mainly give Adobe Speedgrade a try as I am testing options for col...