Three GoPro Stabilizers for Getting Smoother Professional Shots
As with any other camera system, the best way to make your GoPro images look more professional, steadier and smoother is by using a stabilizer. Due to the small physical …
Tag: filmmaking
ShareGrid Gives Filmmakers the Option to Rent Each Other’s Gear
Owning your gear is great, but there’s always that project that comes along that requires the extra bit of kit you’d have to hire. Some DP’s I know own …
Sony FS7 and Odyssey 7Q DaVinci Resolve Workflow
Besides the numerous onboard recording options and codecs the Sony FS7 provides such as XAVC (up to 4K at 60p), MPEG2 422(HD) and the recently added ProRes HQ & 422 (HD), the camera …
Quality Background Plates for Better Green Screen Compositions From ProPlates
Creating a believable and original interview set up when shooting in front of a green screen can be a challenge, especially if you don’t have access to a quality library …
An Alternative Workflow For Creating a DCP Using SCRATCH
Assimilate’s SCRATCH software is not only a premier DI solution delivering real-time data management of dailies, conforming, editing, advanced colour grading, 3D compositing, finishing and mastering for your projects, but it can also be …
Sony Releases New 4K SxS Memory Card Player
Being one of the first companies that has successfully adopted and implemented 4K acquisition across the board at all budget levels, Sony continue to develop the format by pushing the technology boundaries …
Simple Framing Tips to Take Your Cinematography to the Next Level
There is so much buzz about the various technical aspects of filmmaking these days that we almost forgot the reason we’ve jointed the party in the first place. Having the …
Basics of Shooting Super Slow Motion Video
Shooting a super-slow motion video can be a real fun, especially if you have a chance to play with one of those fancy Phantom cameras that can shoot some impressive 3,000fps. …
A Quick Overview of the Tascam DR-10X Plug-On Linear PCM Recorder
There are so many affordable solutions to record quality audio these days, which there is no reasonable excuse not to capture sound in the best possible way. Here is an interesting …
Packing Your Gear For Air Travel
There is nothing more exciting than the idea of an upcoming trip to a new unexplored destination outside of your country of residence. When you combine this with an …
Capturing 8K Quicklapse Video For a Commercial Project
Back in 2012 when the award-winning filmmaker and co-founder of the small production company Sanchez-Olaso, Miguel de Olaso Macgregor accidently found how he can take the time-lapse photography to a whole new level by …
Using Practical Lights On Set
Lighting a scene using practical lights should be a mandatory skill for every independent filmmaker, especially in the beginning of his/her career. Buying or renting professional lighting kit for a small self-financed …
Some Simple Tips On How to Clean Your Camera Sensor
Shooting with dust and debris on your GH4, A7s or Canon 5D Mark III camera sensor can be quite annoying and frustrating experience, especially when you are working in bright …
Control Your GoPro Hero4 With The REMOVU Live View Remote
If you are a GoPro Hero4 adventure seeker, a remote control can be tricky with the lack of screen behind your GoPro Hero4 Black. That is unless you shell …
“My RØDE Reel” 2015: The World’s Largest Short Film Competition Returns with $200,000+ Worth Of Prizes
There are many short film competitions out there, but none quote like the RODE Reel, which returns for another year, after an extremely successful run in 2014, this time …
A Must Watch “City Destruction” After Effects Tutorial
Special effects and computer generated imagery (CGI) in particular always have been one of the most expensive aspects of every movie production. This is one of the main reasons why …
Tips & Tricks On Shooting A Multicam Production
Spotting more than one production camera on a small movie or music video set is very common nowadays. The access to affordable cameras is going wider constantly as the tools are getting …
Integrating GoPro Shots with Your Main Camera Footage
There are many good reasons why GoPro is one of the most popular cameras in the world today, not only for the majority of extreme sports enthusiasts but also for …
More Panasonic Varicam 35 Test Footage For Your Consideration
With the latest firmware upgrade, that enables Full HD recording in ProRes 422 HQ and 12-bit AVC-Intra 4K 4:4:4 recording, higher variable frame rate support up to 120fps for AVC-Intra 100 and …
Cinemartin Ships a New 4K Recorder in Summer Of 2015
If you are in the market for a new external recorder for your 4K camera, you might be interested in the recent announcement of a first recorder by Cinemartin due to be released this …
