Matthew Jeppsen
Matthew Jeppsen is the founder of FreshDV and a digital video shooter and editor. By most reports he is powered entirely by coffee.
Kendal Miller
Kendal Miller has over 10 years experience in the production industry. Currently he is working as Director of Photography in Chicago, IL where he resides with his wife Kendra.
He works on a wide variety of projects
ranging from commercial to independent film projects, working on one of
the first commercial Red projects in the midwest area. When he's not shooting
film or video he enjoys still photography as a hobby.
An original part of the
FreshDV team and contributing author to such magazines as DV and others
Kendal enjoys providing industry training and education for others, and feels
he often learns through the writing process as well.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
Matt Jeppsen | 01/30
Why you probably don’t need a 4K TV in your living room
There’s a nice, ranty article over at CNET entitled “Why 4K TVs are stupid” that talks about 4K TV’s in the home, and the coming marketing push from TV manufacturers. In the article, they summarize the mathematical reasons why our limited human eyes can’t resolve the 4096x2160 resolution offered by 4K TVs, in average home viewing conditions. It got me looking for more info on this topic…
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
Matt Jeppsen | 01/22
Beautiful stop-motion and shadowplay on this music video
Great stop motion animation on this Fleet Foxes music video. I especially love how they’ve added depth by using the shadows as well. Simple concept, beautiful execution. Watch below…
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Monday, January 16, 2012
Matt Jeppsen | 01/16
Rodney Charters, Drew Gardner and Lan Bui discuss the Canon C300
What happens when you get three working professionals together late at night with the Canon C300 camera and liquor? They shoot camera tests. And that’s exactly what happened when Rodney Charters, Drew Gardner and Lan Bui got together on New Years Eve. To test the C300’s 20,000 ISO capability, they shot a quick low-light test using an iPad for the key light. They also spent quite a bit of time discussing the camera in general; one theme they spent some time on is the effect low-light performance is having on film lighting…
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
Matt Jeppsen | 01/12
Light Field Camera for Stills, Video and 3D Applications
If you aren’t familiar with Lytro, they are an innovative company that is very close to releasing a Light-Field Camera. This affordable consumer stills camera has the unique ability to calculate the angle of light hitting the sensor, and store that data along with the image data. Later, in post, you can refocus the image however you wish. It’s amazing technology, and there’s literally nothing like it in the consumer market. After watching an interview with Lytro’s CEO, it really got me thinking about the future possibilities of this technology as a creative tool for professionals…
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Sunday, January 08, 2012
Matt Jeppsen | 01/08
An animated short with a creative twist
Here’s a short, inspirational piece I spotted on Vimeo, entitled “Operation White Widow.” Hopefully this will stimulate your creativity. Watch below…
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Sunday, January 01, 2012
Matt Jeppsen | 01/01
Do you really need that new camera? An intervention.
I got a question on Twitter recently regarding the pros and cons of purchasing a Red Scarlet camera. After responding, I decided to expand my replies into this blog post in hopes that someone else may find it useful. Some of this stuff seems elementary, and I apologize if that’s the case for you. But I do think that there are many out there who will benefit from this discussion about new camera purchasing in general.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Matt Jeppsen | 11/10
Imagineer mocha tracking for Editors webinar, today at 10am PDT
This is last-minute notice, but there is a free mocha webinar today at 10am PDT. It’s a 90-minute webinar that will cover mocha tracking for editors. You can register free here.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Matt Jeppsen | 10/31
An inspirational pick-me-up for when you’re stuck in a creative rut
Stuck in a funk, creatively speaking? Here’s some ideas to break out of the old. Watch below…
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Marc-Andre Ferguson
Allan Tépper
A first look at Avid Studio for iPad, and an extrapolation as to what it can mean for pro video editors in the short and longer term.
Clint Milby
Grade 1 Monitor Delivers Extreme Color Accuracy On Set
Clint Milby
SNL Veteran, Talks About Using the C300 For Network Television…
Scott Simmons
A big update adds multicam, manual relinking, broadcast monitoring and the ability to move a project over from FCP7
Allan Tépper
Why are William Riker and Leo Laporte involved in a Pegasus cover-up?
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