FreshDV NAB 2011 Video Coverage

Welcome to FreshDV’s coverage of NAB 2011! The FreshDV crew is in Vegas for NAB week, bringing you video coverage from the show floor. If you can’t be on-site at NAB, we are the resource to watch. Watch our coverage of the show in the playlist below. If you’ve enjoyed it, drop us a line on Twitter @FreshDV. Watch below…

PMW-F3 Dynamic Range Test

Abel Cine has been doing a short series of tests on the new PMW-F3 camera from Sony, and the latest episode is a very thorough dynamic range test. In it, they chart the F3 at a solid 12-stops of dynamic range, and then go on to show how the various Cine Gamma modes affect the way information the camera is capturing. It’s a very well done test video, watch below…

NFL Behind the Scenes DSLR POV

Stillmotion has posted a very cool behind-the-scenes video that shows their helmet-cam in use for NFL Films, used to tell the story of new players going through training. It’s a great application of compact DSLRs as POV tech, and they did a nice job creating a custom helmet-cam unit that appears to work beautifully. If you want to see more pictures of the helmetcam, head on over to Stillmotion’s website. And check out the behind the scenes video below.

Editors: Quietly Making You Look Better Since 1903

Here’s a short excerpt from the 2005 DVD ’The Work of Director Mark Romanek’ that talks about the making of the Johnny Cash music video for “Hurt.” Romanek discusses how he initially conceived and shot a very straightforward performance music video in the home of Cash. It wasn’t until the edit that they decided to add some archival footage, to add more emotional depth to the video…

NEX FS-100 Overview and First footage

Den from F-Stop Academy was lucky enough to be one of the first shooters to get his hands on the new NEX FS-100 camera from Sony, the little brother to the PMW-F3 camera (they reportedly share the same sensor). He’s posted an incredible 18-minute camera system walkthrough, behind the scenes footage, and a completed music video shot with the camera. Watch below.

Your Daily Motion Graphics Inspiration

We’ve all seen these fantastic “dynamic text” videos, that use animated text, generally cleanly laid out on a simple background, to convey information-dense concepts. For corporate video producers, it’s a good way to deal with the common situation when a client essentially requests what I call Video Powerpoint…that is, when the client demands a lot of text on screen, and isn’t creative enough to explore telling the story in other ways.

PMW-F3 vs AG-AF100 vs 5D MKII

Here’s a quick side-by-side candle-lit comparison of the Sony PMW-F3, Panasonic AG-AF100, and the venerable Canon 5D MKII DSLR. The test footage was shot by Dennis Ersöz. This video clip very neatly shows how the native sensitivity of each camera compares, and also how clean the gain/ISO is at high levels. Watch below.

The subtle VFX work in Black Swan

The filmmakers of Black Swan have been discussed for the choice to shoot much of the film on 16mm stock, as well as some coverage being shot on the Canon 5D and 7D DSLRs (see IMDB tech specs). But I’ve seen very little coverage of the visual effects in the film, which you may be surprised to learn are rather extensive, including full-head replacements for a number of Natalie Portman dancing shots. They are also very subtly and tactfully executed. Here’s a behind the scenes video that shows clean plates, followed by composite and VFX plates…

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