Notes On Video

Last night was the latest Boston Creative Pro User's Group meeting, featured  Aharon Rabinowitz , Director of Communities for Red Giant, talking about their latest short film Spy Vs Guy , and Adobe Certified Master Trainer and Apple Certified Master Trainer  Simon Walker talking about Red Giant's latest application: BulletProof . Now I could talk at some length about Spy Vs Guy , or you could just watch it (it's 16 min. long.) I could also talk at some length about how it was made, or you could just watch the Behind the Scenes: BulletProof is described by Red Giant as "a complete offload, prep and delivery solution." I could also tell you a bit about what I saw at the demo of  BulletProof , or - if you have a Mac - you could just go and download the free public Beta and try it out yourself. [ I just want to point out that it's very hot here in Boston at the moment... ] Well, if you really want to know a little more: For those not intimatel

It's Thursday here in Boston, and it's been a hot couple of days, with no relief in sight! I hope it's cool where you are. If you are stuck in Boston tonight, come to the BOSCPUG meeting with Red Giant , who will talk about BulletProof and stuff. A couple of days ago I erroneously stated that Blackmagic had said their new pocket cinema camera would ship on time. ahhhh...that wasn't really true, so I'm hesitant to post this, but a British distributor is evidently a big disturbed about whether the camera (and the 4K camera) will arrive on schedule. Of course, they are in Europe... Interested in the  MōVI ? Alex Buono (DP from Saturday Night Live's Film Unit) has posted a cool demo of the unit made at his Visual Storytelling Tour event (the tour is going on through out the country, and there are still a few dates left .) For actors and filmmakers, some casting directors wrote an article about 5 Things You Need To Know About Your Agent and Manager . N

The Daily Show almost goes Dark The third segment of Monday night's episode of The Daily Show was taped using "consumer cameras" after a power failure occured. It's not clear what cameras were actually used (someone tweeted that they were consumer cameras), though it looked like they really needed to do a white balance, and at the end of the segment a microphone boom could be seen! This is not the first time an evening show has been recorded under "difficult" circumstances, or with consumer cameras. The Craig Ferguson Show has had problems with the lighting system and resorted to flash lights, and Jimmy Kimmel taped an episode of his show using a laptop webcam. The show shot with consumer cameras Apple releases Logic Pro X Apple released a new version of Logic Pro X , and while it's too soon to be certain, it looks like the initial reactions are more positive than Final Cut Pro X received. It's just $199, AND it can connect to Fi

Vincent Laforet has posted the latest news on the  MōVI M10s - it will ship in 30 days, and the  MōVI M5 will be available in October-December, and cost $4,995. Meanwhile everyone seems to be creating camera cages for the GoPro as Cinescopophilia highlights the cage from CineShark and two from Lensse . Tech News has a piece about using an octocopter to shoot some Gettysburg battlefield footage, 4/3 Rumors reports that John Brawley of Blackmagic tweeted the Blackmagic Pocket CInema Camera will ship on July 25th. [ Oops, no he didn't. He tweeted that the firmware now includes new features: Auto-focus & battery percent remaining - see comment below - Ed] (You can pre-order at B&H for $995 ) Over on YouTube,  The Basic Filmmaker offers some basic tips on lens buying (buy the best you can, lenses are more important than cameras, etc..) and if you're looking for a good podcast, the latest NeedCreative Podcast features Cinematographer Will Barratt  dis

PMW-F5 WILL get 240fps and Anamorphic De-Squeeze!! New Firmware Timeline | Alister Chapman | XDCAM User The F5 will get the ability to record 2K raw at 240fps (with the R5). In addition it will also get 1.3x Anamorphic De-Sqeeze. Sony have just released an updated firmware timeline. There are no major changes to the timing of the already announced features, but now we can see that in the July release the cameras will get Reel Number and Camera ID for SxS recordings. NEW Firmware Timeline Charts - July 2013 | Sony Highlighting the big update this month is the HD - 10 bit SR Codec, (SR File). This codec has been strongly requested for episodic television and feature film work; since it’s an extremely robust algorithm that is visually lossless (areas of every frame are uncompressed). Also, 220Mbps 4:2:2 and 440Mbps (both 4:2:2 and RGB) result in very manageable file sizes and very easy to decode. Final Cut Pro X Audio Filter Tips | Mac Pro Video When dealing with Audio in

Cinemek's Storyboard Composer HD app for the iPhone/iPad is now 99 cents. As a simple storyboarding tool it's quite cool; you can simply take photos of locations, add figure shapes to indicate your actors, and then add camera moves. I wrote a review of the original iPhone app here:  Hitchcock - iPhone Storyboard App NOTE: The sale ENDS TODAY!