A poignant comment by El Skid today:
“…if we play our cards right, we will begin to be able to perceive film much more the way we perceive art. The value of the work is directly linked to the value of the artist. Build the concept of director as artist, removed from the [...]
Mac Pro Towers and the Final Cut suite are lagging in development just as more serious alternatives arise.
Ben Hope of the TrulyFreeFilm blog makes this poignant observation that applies not only to film screenings, but also to art exhibitions or any situation in which a creative work is presented to the public…
“…at the Sundance Film Festival every screening feels like an event. People wonder why certain films can pack the house at [...]
With low-light performance becoming increasingly important, two approaches compete [click title for more]
Vincent Laforet posts the most in-depth glimpse I’ve seen online of a hybrid still/motion shoot with HDSLR cameras. It’s quite revealing and a must read. And the images in the sideshow he put together below depict some of the most innovative and elaborate rigs you’ve ever seen attached to a still camera to adapt it [...]
Something great is coming soon from Zeiss [click on title for more]
A quick but substantial update to the earlier post about the 5-camera Canon 5D Mark II rig used for the TV show “24″. Here, DP Rodney Charters and Sam Nicholson (from Stargate) go into much greater detail and show the rig in action.
They see these cameras playing increasingly significant roles on high-end productions. They [...]
An indie film dominates Hulu.com and details on the $30m deal for the YouTube short film [click on title for more]
Below is a clip showing a creative setup that DP Rodney Charters and team created for the TV show “24″. Pretty cool rigging, nice View Factor cage and 9″ Ikan monitor too.
The show “24″ has been famously resistant to digital shooting, with Keifer Sutherland himself wanting film and having made statements that he can’t deliver [...]
The old model collapses as a new one is on the verge of rising [click title for more]
I’ve recently been digging deeper into color grading and this means shooting footage that will give the most creative freedom in post. One limitation of the HDSLR cameras vs. the Red cameras is that they shoot in a highly compressed file format (really designed for output on the web, not original capture material). As a [...]
The killer app for new video cameras will be low light performance and high ISO capability. [click title for more]
The democratization of technology is opening the doors to engaging film projects made entirely by one person. Here’s a great example by rock climber Renen Ozturk – he not only stars in it, but is the DP, Director, and entire crew. The power of a lightweight, versatile HDSLR (Lumix GH1 in this case) enables a [...]
Quentin Tarantino, James Cameron, Jason Reitman, Kathryn Bigalow, and Lee Daniels discuss the moment that made them a director — when they faced a pivotal challenge and fought for their film. Via The Los Angeles Times‘ “The Envelope”
Ted “the voice of Red” walks through a preview of the Red Scarlet at CES via Engadget.
I’m loving the built-in wireless remote and the modular expandability, and I really respect how these guys set out to create an entirely new approach to digital capture rather than building incrementally on what has always been out there. [...]
