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The first-ever Musicbed Challenge is on and you have until July 9th to submit a short film for a chance to win a ton of gear and grants worth about $80K! The prize pool is split in about $30K/$50+K in grants/gear from sponsors such as Wooden Camera, GoPro,
Perrault Pictures were recently commissioned by Canon to shoot a short sports-based film on their new Canon Sumire Cine Primes. The short film tells the inspirational story of kickboxer Jemyma Betrian. For those, who might have missed the Sumire announcement from a NAB 2019, here is a
There are tools that allow us filmmakers to convey emotion and energy through otherwise dull and boring shots. It may be a crane, a steadycam, a dolly, or for those who can’t afford a set of tracks or a Jimmy Jib, usually it’s a slider. Sliders are
Well, here it is! The biggest video industry education event of the year is now LIVE! For those of you who still might not be aware, the 2019 Complete Video Creators Bundle is an exclusive collection of top video tools and resources put together by some of
The Canon C200 is a great camera and I particularly like it for doc style shooting. It has a beautiful image and a great feature set in a form factor that some love and some hate, but I am in the former group. Dynamic range is one
The BMPCC 4K is a great video camera, with fantastic picture quality and some really nice features. But what if you want to level up and go full beast mode? Well, then you are talking about rigging and all that entails. From monitoring to power, external SSD’s
Wires are a pain. One of my big hopes for the future is to film without any wires whatsoever and honestly, we are pretty close. The new Rode Wireless Go kit might be perhaps the very first truly wireless system with a built-in microphone in the tiny
Surely, we have all experienced this one! Having a shot ruined by one annoying lamppost, a passing car or piece of gear left in the wrong place. It can be anything from a minor nuisance to a major problem. Perhaps there is no way to recreate that
Are Nikon back in the video shooting game? No, not really but the Z6 has been around for some time now and it is finding a niche. If you have Nikon glass or just fancy being a bit different then watch and read on to find out
The Tokina Vista Primes are beautiful looking lenses. They are high quality, fully metal, cine-style lenses and they have some impressive specs and features. Filming with Cine Primes comes with a lot of considerations, so let’s have a look at what we are getting into with Greg
I love shooting handheld and so does Caleb Pike from DSLR Video Shooter! Sometimes it just feels good to hold a small camera or to have a real run-and-gun mentality. It can also be cost-effective to shoot with smaller cameras and rig them up to get the
The brand new Sharp 8K camera has set the filmmaking community buzzing with questions like – how detailed does the 8K really look? How is the dynamic range? What are the other important specs? Does Sharp still make cameras? As the camera makes its way into the
Premiere Pro lives in the Adobe Creative Cloud so of course, it is full of great creative features to help you realise your video making potential. It is always fun to look beyond the basic tools and find new and interesting ways to work, so let’s have
The Osmo Pocket, like its bigger Osmo brothers and many other gimbals, offers excellent 3-axis stabilisation. One axis that isn’t stabilised is the up-and-down or Z-axis and this can result in footage with a noticeable bounce when walking. Adding a Z-axis, a spring-based system can smooth this
Australian audio maker RODE Microphones announced the 2019 edition of their “My RODE Reel” short film competition. Back for its 6th season, My Rode Reel will have more films and more prizes than ever before with over $1-million worth of goodies to be won, more surprises, and
Litepanels just launched a new, smaller version of their Gemini RGBWW Soft Panel LED. The new Litepanels Gemini 1×1 is about half the weight and half the size of the original 2×1, but it does not sacrifice light quality, performance, or durability. The Gemini 1×1 produces lovely
UK production company Wise Guys recently teamed up with Atomos and Panasonic for a short film, shot on-location in just two and a half days with minimal cast and crew. “Tuning” was shot on the Panasonic S1 in Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) profile in 4K 10bit 4K
The Z Cam E2 – a 4K camera with interchangeable, high frame rate recording, 10-bit, modular design with ProRes inside. Sounds good, so why have we never heard of it? Z Cam are a Chinese VR company who launched the Z Cam E1 in 2015 and again,
Tom Antos is one of my favourite YouTube’ing filmmakers. Maybe it is the accent? He is also a Blackmagic fan and since he shoots with various different Blackmagic cameras he will regularly have to match the footage between them. Even though the process may initially seem simple
We all love to argue about cameras and obsess over comparison footage on YouTube, it’s become almost as popular a pass-time as actually using the cameras themselves. In my opinion, the comparisons of cameras fall broadly into two categories – the images you can create and how
