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Tuesday, May 06, 2014

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Vincent Laforet on Directing, Cinematography and Knowing Your Craft | Filmmaker Magazine
Laforet is currently undertaking a US workshop tour with the Directing Motion workshop, which will visit 32 cities over the next ten weeks. “I knew that there was a hunger for learning about the craft of filmmaking, and I thought this would be the natural next step,” says Laforet. “It’s a look back at everything that I’ve learned and applied, from both my work and working with other directors and cinematographers, and trying to condense that into how it relates to moving the camera and what’s in front of it.”


Red Wants to Make the Dragon a Live 4K Studio Camera | Studio Daily
Red is working to get as many Dragon cameras and sensors out the door as possible, but it did have some new tricks up its sleeve this year, including the Red 4K Broadcast Module ($6950), which adds an uncompressed YCbCr 4:2:2 video feed to the Red Dragon.


5D Mark III raw versus Panasonic GH4 | EOSHD
The GH4 is much closer than I thought it would be to the 5D Mark III in terms of colour, considering the compressed 8bit codec vs mighty 14bit raw. Dynamic range appears to be about the same too from my real-world tests, though these were not scientific.


THE MAKING OF THAMES TOWN: D J CLARK SHOWS HOW HE SHOOTS A TYPICAL MULTIMEDIA ASSIGNMENT FOR THE ECONOMIST | News Shooter
Over the past five years I have seen my freelance photography work transition slowly into a specialism in multimedia – predominantly photography plus video. For many editorial publications, offering video as well as pictures is an attractive proposition and can stretch a single day assignment into two or three. Yes it is true it is not possible to shoot stills and video at the same time and get great results, but for feature stories, particularly those that involve a lot of travel, spending extra time to produce a video for online often makes sense for both me and the publication.


D|FOCUS FILTER ADAPTER FOR PANASONIC LUMIX 7-14 F4.0 – DESIGNED FOR BLACKMAGIC POCKET CINEMA CAMERA USERS | News Shooter
Enter Dave Aldrich at D|Focus Systems. From his California machine shop he has created a great little filter thread adapter that simply slides onto the front of the lens and allows you to mount 77m filters. It is constructed of delrin and is secured to the lens using a push-on fit. This means you can mount fixed or variable ND filters quickly and easily.


Random GH4 4K Footage ISO 1600 – ISO 3200 Monterey Bay Aquarium | CheesyCam
My first time taking the GH4 out for a 4K test drive. I decided to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium again, and shoot everything under low lighting conditions. The thick glass made it hard to focus and images are not at it’s sharpest. Don’t take this as a good example of GH4 4K video samples. Now I know what not to do, I think i’ll get better footage the next time out.


The 12 principles of animation | Kottke
During the 1930s, animators at Walk Disney Studios developed a list of 12 basic principles of animation through which to achieve character and personality through movement. These principles were laid out in The Illusion of Life by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. #6 is "slow-out and slow-in"


Hot Docs: Advice from the Masters on Finding Your Documentary Voice | IndieWire
"I do films because it's love and I believe in people so much. Sometimes people are stereotyped or put into certain boxes and for me, when I see somebody stand up - whether it's in Eastern Kentucky or anywhere - and take charge of their lives, I feel so happy. I like to do films that allow the characters to bloom and to go places they've never gone. I feel so privileged to go with them," said Kopple


Big League Cine Summit
This free online workshop runs today and tomorrow.
Never worry about disappointing footage again. Because we’ve gathered 9 Top Cinematographers and Film Makers for an online cinematography summit called Big League CineSummit – on May 6th & 7th. And you can register today, for FREE.





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