Notes On Video

Douglas Trumbull, Natalie Wood's Last Director, Returns With Sci-Fi Project | The Hollywood Reporter The innovative filmmaker, inventor (Showscan) and Oscar recipient's new 10-minute project was made in 4K 3D and at a high frame rate of 120 frames per second. (By comparison, The Hobbit was made in 2K 3D at 48 fps. And James Cameron’s high frame rate test from 2011 went as high as 2K 3D at 60 fps.) How Douglas Trumbull Made a 4K Film in 120 fps Stereo 3D | Studio Daily Trumbull shot with Canon C500 cameras in a 3D camera rig from 3ality and recorded raw data at 120 fps. Live-action elements, including actors, were shot in front of green screens in Trumbull's studio for later compositing into 3D environments. WE BET EVERYTHING ON FCP X – HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED | Gabe Cheifetz | CrumplePop In the two years since FCP X was introduced, there has been what FCP.co refers to as “The Plugin Explosion.” With a running start, and thanks to FCP X’s remarkable Effects archi...

Adobe Photoshop CC Has Already Been Pirated In Just One Day | FStoppers If true, that didn't take long: With the constant need for validation and continual updates through the cloud, many felt it would be difficult to pirate something that requires constant contact for it to stay updated. However, it took no less than a day for pirates to get around it. Adobe beats profit expectations, mulls subscription changes  | C|Net Adobe Systems beat analysts' profitability expectations by 3 cents per share in the second fiscal quarter, ratcheted its Creative Cloud subscriber total up 221,000 to 700,000, and is considering new measures to mollify those who don't like the subscriptions, the company said Tuesday. Adobe CEO admits need to 'tweak' Creative Suite's cloud-only policy | The Register "While we will still continue to offer CS6 on a perpetual basis, the feedback from our community is important, and we are evaluating additional options that will h...

5 Things I Learned at Alex Buono’s Visual Storytelling Tour | Jon Connor | Kessler University Lighting is such a crucial part of filmmaking. It’s also one of the most neglected and misunderstood. Watching shorts Alex shot as the DP of the SNL Film Unit, then having him show us why he chose to light things a certain way and then watching as they lit the scene in front of us as he peppered in practical tips and tricks while simultaneously fielding any questions we had was worth the price of admission alone. How To Bring a Cinematic look to a Small Budget Commercial, part 4 | Ryan Walters | Zacuto Part 4: Story-boarding On A Small Budget Before I begin story-boarding, I will either create a formal shot list, or I will have a rough idea in my head of the shots I need to tell the story. Then when I visit the location, with the script in hand, I will begin the story-boarding process using yet another iPhone app, Artemis. Product Advisory for the EOS-1D X & EOS-1D C | CanonR...

10 Lessons on Filmmaking from Director Alejandro Jodorowsky | Filmmaker Magazine 5. Be present, all the time. There is no difference between preparation and being on set. When I am filming, I am completely there. In every moment you are making a picture, every day, every hour, I am a hundred percent there. UPDATE - Free Webcast: The Anatomy of a 4K Feature | ProVideoCoalition Join us on June 27th at 11:00am PDT for this free webcast 4K is on the tip of everyone's tongue…but just how feasible is it today? Join us for a re-broadcast of a "How we make movies" event from RED Studios, Hollywood. Recorded in front of a live audience, Director Jeremy Torrie & Gary Jackemuk, colorist and DI Artist, discuss the benefits and challenges of creating a 4K workflow for their film, Path of Souls, while adopting the latest technologies to finish the film remotely. Filmmaker picks a copyright fight with “Happy Birthday” | Ars Technica Filmmakers and TV producers have l...

Lynda Obst: Hollywood’s completely broken | Salon I'm not sure everyone has stopped buying DVDs to steal the video online. Some of us just bought a lot of their favorite old movies, and then stopped buying when nothing interesting came along: There it was. Technology had destroyed the DVD. When Peter referred to the “transition of the DVD market,” and technology destroying the DVD, he was talking about the implications of the fact that our movies were now proliferating for free—not just on the streets of Beijing and Hong Kong and Rio. JVC launch a 4K camera with Nikon mount which gets almost everything wrong | EOSHD The sensor – the size of 1.25 inch is no-man’s land territory for lenses. Smaller than Micro Four Thirds but larger than Super 16mm, it conforms to no common video standard at all. It’s also completely unsuited to the photographic Nikon full frame lenses JVC requires you to mount on it. It isn’t suited to DX glass either. JVC ANNOUNCE JY-HMQ30 4K LARGE SENS...