Is Man on a Ledge Worth Seeing
Our friends at ChickFlix have the review.
The NY Times has an interesting article about how technology is changing the programming content. “Sundance films have roughly had a gestation time of three to five years, chances were high that the cultural moment they were examining had already faded…..That has now changed. Because of advances in digital moviemaking, …
One thing struck me as I watched Kent Lamm’s feature film “Bad is Bad.” It was really, really good. Not good like, “nice effort old darling, isn’t it amazing what you can do with DSLR video,” but, rather, it was better than some of the studio features that made to …
My friend Greg Watermann, a rock and roll photographer who took it upon himself to do one camera music videos, just emailed me the details of the behind the scenes the new Pitbull video that he shot that we teased you with a few weeks ago.
Today Nikon announced their new the D4. A $6000 full sized 16.2 megapixel sensor flagship. It has an expanded ISO range of 100 to 204,800 for low light shooting and allows uncompressed HD output via HDMI. From the Nikon website: Multi-area mode Full HD D-Movie with three image area options. …
On Tuesday, February 7th from 11am to 3pm, Samy’s DV & Edit is proud to welcome our special guest Pulitzer-Prize and Cannes Lion winning photographer / filmmaker Vincent Laforet to help us introduce you to the new game-changing Canon C300 Cinema EOS . Seats are sure to go quickly, reserve your place now!
We’ll fill you in on all the new features and operating specifics of this revolutionary new camera. A full size Super 35mm chip in concert with great design, utilizing Canon’s long history in elite photography, make the C300 the first camera in its class that can get your movie to the big screen with no compromise whatsoever. Choose between your Canon EF lenses or PL Mount glass; either camera will provide stunning Cinema-Quality HD footage.
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The NY Times has an interesting article about how technology is changing the programming content.
“Sundance films have roughly had a gestation time of three to five years, chances were high that the cultural moment they were examining had already faded…..That has now changed. Because of advances in digital moviemaking, a notable number of this year’s selections took less than a year and a half to come together. Some of the entries this year, using the latest gadgets and stripped of studio bureaucracy and complex scheduling requirements, took only four months or so to be made.
An absolutely stunning short about the great boat lift of 9/11.
Tomorrow this site will go dark as an act of solidarity with many other websites that will be doing the same to protest the horrendous anti piracy bills, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), that are currently trying to get passage in congress. Below is an excellent video that highlights the problems with the SOPA and PIPA. We’ll see you again in Thursday.
One thing struck me as I watched Kent Lamm’s feature film “Bad is Bad.” It was really, really good. Not good like, “nice effort old darling, isn’t it amazing what you can do with DSLR video,” but, rather, it was better than some of the studio features that made to the big screen last year. An extraordinary accomplishment for budget of 6,000 dollars.
From setting up your camera, to getting the right gear, to learning to write a treatment, this book is here to demystify DSLR filmmaking.
Includes interviews with Gale Tattersall, Craig Titley and Greg Yaitanes of TV's House MD.
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