Notes On Video

Sony’s Sub-$10,000 PMW-300 Is the EX3′s Successor | StudioDaily Sony announced the PMW-300 camcorder, refreshing its XDCAM line-up with a semi-shoulder mount camera that uses the same EX-mount interchangeable lens system as the PMW-EX3, meaning both 1/2-inch and 2/3-inch lenses can be used. And it adds the broadcast-friendly 50 Mbps MPEG HD 422 codec to its recording options. Behind the Scenes of the New Sony 4K Commercial | Sony Blog If you’ve seen the spot, you know this was no small production. But what exactly does it take to create something like this? As it turns out, it takes 4 days on location and a whole lotta people. Our team selected Miranda Beach in New Zealand as the main set (ironic, since our Cinematographer on the job is Academy Award Winner, Claudio Miranda. No relation). First impressions of the F55 | Sony Cinematographer and hugely influential blogger Philip Bloom got his hands on the F55 back in April and immediately set about making a short film ...

Saturday, June 15th @ High Output Studios, Massachusetts Coffee & Bagels 9:30 AM / Seminars 10:00 - 12:00 Noon  RSVP & Tickets: Working Methods Seminars Learn how brands work with agencies, producers, filmmakers, and content creators to create unique and engaging work in today's multi-platform media landscape. The seminar will also explore product placement in feature films, television and web content - and the rights and clearances involved when featuring products in a production. SPEAKERS & PANEL Eric Korsh - VP Brand Content, Digitas Arestia Rosenberg - Senior Content Producer, Hill Holiday Michelle Ferullo - Product placement specialist for feature films and TV. Moderated by: Margie Sullivan - Executive Producer, Redtree Productions

Tuesday was the Finale of the Boston 48 Hour Film Project . From something like 80 films, the final list had been winnowed down to 14 films. I'd already attended one of the six original screening nights, so statistically I should have seen at least two of these films, but I'd only seen one of them before. There were some great videos. The winner " All for Knot " was a great piece of acting, shooting and editing, and three or four of the other movies were almost as good. All in all, pretty impressive. Below are some of the best entries (unfortunately, I couldn't find a couple of other movies I wanted to include.) Anything from The2ndAct on Vimeo Behind the Scenes of "Love Hurts" from Ben Pender-Cudlip on Vimeo .

Adobe Premiere Pro CC and GPU support | Adobe Also, some customers may be aware that in the past there was a not-so-secret way of enabling non-supported GPUs by the ‘hacking’ or removal of a text file. This is no longer necessary in Premiere Pro CC. As long as you have a reasonably modern card with at least 1GB of VRAM, you will still be able to enable that card in the Project Settings dialog. TYLER STABLEFORD TALKS ABOUT HIS MOVE TO VIDEO, NON-PROFIT WORK AND THE FUTURE OF FILMMAKING | News Shooter Photographer, cinematographer and director, Tyler Stableford, like many others, started shooting video in 2009 after the release of the EOS 5D mkII. Over the last three years it has completely changed his business and landed him some big name clients but he’s still a storyteller at heart. I met up with Tyler at this year’s NAB show for a brief chat about his work. New Rokinon 16mm f/2.0 Wide-Angle Lens for APS-C and Micro Four Thirds | B & H Photovideo Rokinon has announc...

Zacuto C-Shooter Hands On Review | Erik Naso A review of the ($949)  Zacuto C-Shooter for Canon EOS C100/C300/C500 Cameras: The Canon Cinema EOS cameras are the most ergonomic camera I have used. So why use a rig for them? Well for a couple of reasons. If your trying to shoot ENG style then holding a camera with no rig can get fatiguing really fast. Try interviewing someone for over five minutes holding the C100 up without a rig.  Amazon Storyteller: A Sort-of-Free Storyboard Tool | Michael Murie | Filmmaker Magazine On the face of it, it’s surprisingly easy to get started. The tool displays the script in a panel on the left-hand side. Click on a line of the script and the tool creates a new storyboard frame.  “Have You Been in Jail Recently?” Chris Doyle on How to Be a Cinematic Artist | Allan Tong | Filmmaker Magazine Doyle always carries this mindset when he handles a motion picture camera. “You see some words [in a script], and it says, ‘It’s ve...

A little rain in my Pocket | John Brawley John takes another look at the  Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera , which is expected to ship at the end of July. Using the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera with native m4/3 lenses I moved around pretty easily and unobtrusively.  Yes. The camera did get wet.  I tried to keep it dry, but it was inevitable. I shot mainly at ISO 1600, but the first few clips were shot at 800. BMCC prores test footage | Alex K Lin | Vimeo The Blackmagic Cinema Camera (the original, not the upcoming 4K ) My take on it is that the BMCC certainly has its own look. I think although Canon has avery mainstream and popular color matrix, rendering beautiful blushy skintones, the BMCC has very naturalrendering of skintones and film mode makes you start coloring with a nostalgic desaturated look... Product Review: Zynaptiq Unveil | Larry Jordan Can you remove reverberation? Maybe with this plug-in: As I was researching last week’s ...