I attended a recent lecture by Alan Ross at the G2 Gallery in Venice that was presented in conjunction with the Ansel Adams Exhibit: Open to the Public. The show consists of 22 national parks images which includes the iconic Mount Williamson photo. I have always been interested in that …
This video I found last week really grabbed me. It’s a fantastic example of the right visuals with the right music at the right length. The caption on the Vimeo page mentioned something about this being a school project, so I reached out to filmmaker Lewis Rennison to get the …
Zack Whittaker reports that a German court ruled that Google is responsible for the content that the users upload.
There was an opportunity to have a life sized starship Enterprise from Star Trek in heart of downtown Las Vegas as a destination attraction. From the mayor of Las Vegas to the head of licensing at Paramount pictures, everyone was in love with idea. Everyone except one Hollywood pantywaist named …
I came across this site called ServoCity after following a link to a PT785-S pan and tilt servo head. This looks like a very cool and affordable solution at $350 for the arm mechanism with plug and play wired remotes starting at $50 and a wireless controller for $80.
This precision, closed-loop system is designed to manipulate cameras/devices up to 6 lbs even though the entire head only weighs a super-light 1.8 lbs. Each axis can operate up to 400° of … Continue Reading
Back in September we featured an interview with dancer Marquese Scott who told us about his all night adventure to shoot a video of himself dancing. His video went viral and turned Mr. Scott into an overnight internet sensation.
I’m always very thankful to the people who submit their shorts, music videos and movies to us here at PhotoCine News. Short documentaries like ink and paper and features like Bad is Bad are being sent to us almost daily. Trying keep up with watching all this quality content I have noticed that I’ve been watching less and less cable TV. And why not, with few exceptions cable TV is losing luster when compared to the indie content that we’re seeing here at PCN.
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.
