http://provideocoalition.com/index.php en ericme@mac.com Copyright 2012 2012-03-16T21:35:07+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/eescobar/story/my_adventure_in_indie_vfx_a_review_of_cinema_4d_r13/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/eescobar/story/my_adventure_in_indie_vfx_a_review_of_cinema_4d_r13/#When:21:35:07Z Maxon released it’s latest version of the Cinema 4D (C4D) late in 2011. The R13 Studio version is their flagship product and it’s loaded with a ton of new stuff. C4D has been a popular platform for Motion Graphics artists for a while now, probably due to it’s ease-of-use, plug-and-play capabilities. Motion Graphics folks could install the app in the morning and by the end of the day be knocking out elements for use in their existing After Effects-centric workflows. C4D was really the non-3D artists 3D program and that’s why I was so inspired to go ahead and give it a spin for a few weeks. GentryMedia Sister Sites, ProVideo Coalition 2012-03-16T21:35:07+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/eescobar/story/the_indie_economics_of_slog_and_the_sony_pmwf3._is_it_worth_it/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/eescobar/story/the_indie_economics_of_slog_and_the_sony_pmwf3._is_it_worth_it/#When:00:10:17Z As a recovering technoholic-cameraphile, I am desperately trying to make my way out of the addiction cycle of endless camera tests and back toward the rest of humanity. I want to be a part of the species that just wants to viscerally respond to a beautiful, spirit-moving image of light, shadow and color. I want to be thrilled by beauty, not sourly deconstructing the failings of this week’s latest offering from the constellation of video camera vendors. GentryMedia Sister Sites, ProVideo Coalition 2011-07-12T00:10:17+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/eescobar/story/the_cinematic_soul_of_the_arri_alexa_and_how_it_will_end_camera_test_videos/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/eescobar/story/the_cinematic_soul_of_the_arri_alexa_and_how_it_will_end_camera_test_videos/#When:05:04:37Z Here is my decidedly non-technical perspective on shooting with the Arri Alexa. I shot in Rec 709, not even Log C and I don’t care, it was so pretty. I didn’t measure latitude, and I didn’t have a chip chart either. I just pointed the Alexa and stuff and fell in love with the amazing image it made. The biggest thing the Alexa has done is freed me from the idea of needing to do endless camera tests to determine under what conditions my cinematic image will break down and show it’s harsh little DV roots. With the Alexa you just shoot, there is nothing to test, and nothing to hide. 2011-01-09T05:04:37+00:00 http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/eescobar/story/advice_to_my_friends_with_100_grand/ http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/eescobar/story/advice_to_my_friends_with_100_grand/#When:00:39:52Z 100 thousand U.S. dollars is, objectively speaking, a lot of money. Its enough money for a single person to live, comfortably, albeit modestly, in a major US urban center for half a decade without having to work. And every year, untold hundreds of people will blow that amount of money making a low budget feature film that never gets past a bunch of festival rejection emails. Here’s what I think you should do instead. 2010-12-23T00:39:52+00:00