Notes On Video

Announcing: Sony’s First All 4K Ultra HD Media Player and Content Download Service | Sony More on Sony's new 4K player, including the cost to rent or purchase features: Also launching soon is Sony’s new Video Unlimited 4K Ultra HD service available later this summer with many more feature films, TV episodes and a variety of short-form video – all with 4K native picture quality and wider color gamut. The cost for Downloads of feature film titles as 24-hour rentals or for purchase will s start at $7.99 and $29.99. WHY (SUCCESSFUL) CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGNS CAN BACKFIRE ON STORYTELLERS | Mentorless Good thoughts on running a crowdfunding campaign.... after you've got the money: Decide that no matter what, you will do a bi-weekly update post-campaign to let your backers know where you are at. See your successful campaign as the true opportunity it is: getting people to root for you, not only for this project, but for your career, for who you are as an artist. You are your ...

Canon 70D |  optyczne.p Hmm..so a Polish website has posted a hands-on with the new Canon 70D. Unfortunately, I can't read Polish, but they have posted some videos showing the auto-focus performance of the camera with the EF-S 18-135mm lens and the EF 100mm, so you can get an idea of how that new focus technology works. EOS-M Price Cut | B & H Photovideo Canon made an attempt to enter the mirrorless market with the EOS-M, but the camera got mixed reviews - autofocus performance was sighted in several reviews. Now it looks like they might be phasing out the first model, as B & H is offering a half-price deal on the camera. Should you get one? No idea. It will work with regular Canon lenses, but you need to buy an adapter, which will set you back another $150. The  Canon EOS-M Mirrorless Digital Camera/ EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens is now $349, while the  Canon EOS-M Mirrorless Digital Camera with EF-M 22mm f/2 STM Lens is $299. 

Canon 70D  | B & H PhotoVideo This new camera looks intriguing, if only because of the new focus mode Dual Pixel CMOS AF which promises much faster and more accurate focusing while shooting. The demo looks good and a few people have had a chance to try it out and say it seems to work as advertised. Would I rush out and buy a new camera just to get that feature? Probably not, but it's good to see Canon actually adding an interesting - and useful - video feature to their DSLRs. CANON’S NEW EOS 70D – A REVOLUTION IN AUTOFOCUS FOR VIDEO? | News Shooter This is all very technical but essentially it seems to work very well if early online sample videos are to be believed. What is even more interesting to me is how Canon claim to have been also be working on how to make the video AF look more smooth and natural too. Ep. 51 - "The Dark Side" (with Gabe Cheifetz)  |  NeedCreative Podcast 7/1/2013 In this 51st episode of the NeedCreative Podcast, your co-hosts...

Arri Makes a “Baby Alexa”, Introducing the Alexa HD | Wide Open Camera ARRI takes out some features, but the price is still $30.3K, or maybe $44K: The key features lacking compared to other Alexa models is ArriRAW and high resolution, the camera is a straight-up HD camera with the Alexa’s classic smooth 14 stop of Dynamic Range, high ISO sensitivity, and uncompressed 12-bit 4444 or 422 max potential throughput. The Rasmussen Brothers on Shooting the Low-Budget Horror Movie Dark Feed, Part One | Michael Murie | Filmmaker Magazine I had a great time interviewing the Rasmussen brothers about their experience making a low-budget movie. This is part one of three: We had just started playing around with the Canon 7D, and we were really impressed with the video quality. We decided that we could shoot a sort of Robert Rodriguez, guerilla-style film and stay within our budget. It was really the technology that made it possible; we realized that we didn’t need to have a fancy camera p...

Are you breaking the law by running a Crowdfunding campaign and not declaring your income? | Chris Jones Blog Crowdfunding in the UK, using one of the existing platforms like InideGoGo or Kickstarter is the same as running an internet sales store.You are selling perks. All sales are taxable income and if your entire turnover is high enough, they are also VAT attracting too. Making the Movie Was Easy, Crowdfunding Is Hard  |  Filmmaker Magazine Making the movie was easy, crowdfunding is hard.Ok, that’s a ridiculous oversimplification, but not completely untrue. I’m currently in the midst of a crowdfunding campaign to raise post-production funds for my first feature film, Sidewalk Traffic (a comedy/drama about a struggling filmmaker and new father in post-Great Recession NYC), which I wrote, co-produced and directed this past winter. 3D Dead? Don’t Count It Out Just Yet | Variety Pace says the next window of opportunity for 3D will come with the arrival of 4K Ultr...

Stanley Kubrick Exhibit @ LACMA | YouTube Stanley Kubrick Exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ( LACMA). Pictures taken with my iPhone and the video was edited with iMovie. Includes his cameras, movie posters, memorabilia, and shows exhibits from Dr. Strangelove and Full Metal Jacket. Firmware – Canon EOS C100 | CanonRumors A function has been added which allows automatic continuous focusing and iris setting on a subject in the center of the screen when using the EF-S18-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS STM lens. The polarity of the XLR terminal has been modified to improve compatibility with external audio devices. The pin configuration has been modified to be consistent with the Instruction Manual. SKIN - The 1st 5D3 Raw Short Film | Andrew Wonder | Vimeo The first narrative short created using the Canon 5D3 and Magic Lantern Raw Module. Filmed entirely on steadicam with Wonderscope 1.5x Anamorphic Lenses. All footage was shot between 1250 and 5000 ISO. SKIN ...