Notes On Video

Vimeo Adds Copyright Protection | Anticipate Media I was not surprised that Vimeo has announced a new copyright protection system. It's a necessary thing, really. I was however surprised that it will flag even private videos. These videos often contain temp music that will never be made public until purchased. Staff Blog / Copyright Match on Vimeo | Vimeo Keep in mind that Vimeo can’t tell you for sure whether your work would qualify as fair use. You must make that determination for yourself and at your own risk. However, we will do our best to help you understand the four factors, and if you can present a strong case for fair use protection, you’ll be better protected from claims of copyright infringement and have a stronger case for appeal. Review and Approval options for Video Pros | Pro Video Coalition If you search for the word “private” in the comments of that Vimeo blog post you’ll see many, many complaints from creators and editors that clients won’t be able t...

Cannes Panel: Studios Fight Piracy While Indies Embrace Digital Future | IndieWire Ruth Vitale, executive director of the film industry's non-profit CreativeFuture initiative, sounded the anti-piracy gong, continuing to sing the plaint of content creators that piracy costs money for filmmakers. Elevated Sales' Cassian Elwes ("Margin Call," "Dallas Buyers Club") agreed with her, as did Fox's own anti-piracy czar, Elizabeth Valentina (VP of content protection litigation). GoPro files for an IPO to grow its media empire | Engadget Things are finally getting officially official, though: the company just filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, so you can expect to see the ticker symbol GPRO on NASDAQ in due course. There's no shortage of financial types digging through the document as we type (bits to note: the company managed to turn a pretty profit last year, and it shipped a net total of nearly 4 million cameras in 2013), bu...

Craig Newman is trying to decide between the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and the Pansonic GH4: The battle of the compact cameras: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera vs Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 | Entendre In this year’s equipment budget, after all the other necessary upgrades / purchases, there is enough to get one of these two cameras. I have been switching between the two on a daily basis and… I really don’t know. If I needed a production camera, the Panasonic would win hands down, but that’s not my need. Are Passion Projects a Waste?: 6 Filmmakers’ Perspectives | The Music Bed A recurring topic in our conversations with independent filmmakers is how personal/passion projects have either launched, sustained, or saved their careers. For some people, like Hunter Hampton, personal projects have kept them from jumping off a creative cliff. For others, like Khalid Mohtaseb, passion projects have become a surprisingly effective marketing strategy. Free Forms and Legal Resources...

B & H PhotoVideo is offering a free webcast on the Panasonic GH4 next week: Panasonic GH4 Live Webcast Discussion: Professional 4K in the Palm of Your Hand | B & H Tuesday, May 27, 2014 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Live from the B&H Studio in New York, B&H hosts a panel discussion with special guests Eduardo Angel, David Flores, and Mathew Frazer who will explore and discuss the new 4K Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4. Dan Chung of News Shooter offers thoughts on the Panasonic GH4 vs the Sony NEX-FS100 (the latter is,as he notes, an HD camcorder.) @sammorganmoore In terms of sharpness yes. The GH4 4K -> HD is sharper than FS100 HD. As a functioning tool the FS100 has better controls. — Dan Chung (@DSLRinformer) May 19, 2014 EDITING A DOCUMENTARY IN FCP X PART 01 | FCP X Berlin User Group The job at hand is to edit a 60 minute documentary, colour correct the footage, perform a sound mix, add music and insert some motion graphics. At first glance things look relat...

Chicago Art & Architecture | Breaking in the Panasonic GH4 from H. Paul Moon on Vimeo . Paul Moon has posted the above test of the Panasonic GH4 : Challenges that I posed this time around included rolling shutter, which you'll see in those lateral shots from the L train; pointing at the sun for black holes or blooming sensor; playing with depth of field for focus isolation; and aliased patterns which barely appear because there is no de-bayering from the sensor in UHD mode. Highlight protection and color depth is fair but not great: the GH4 still can't beat the Blackmagic Cinema Cameras that have more dynamic range, and record internally to 10-bit 4:2:2 at a much higher bitrate. The ultimate explorer's camera? A review of the Panasonic GH4 | Story & Heart Blog Regarding resolution, the Panasonic GH4 performs exceptionally. The footage, frankly, looks beautiful.Having 4k internally means that when you’re stuck—physically, by a barrier or a body of water...