Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Advice to a Camera Trainee

Art Adams | 08/13- 08:55 PM

What I’d tell someone who starts a job as a camera PA--tomorrow!

A film student, who I’ve been mentoring, landed a job on a low-budget RED project as camera PA. He sent me an email saying he’s starting the job tomorrow, and what should he know? Here’s the email I sent him to prep him for his first real camera department job:

Thursday, August 07, 2008

The Fine Art of Negotiating

Art Adams | 08/07- 07:09 PM

I should learn how to do it sometime.

I received a cryptic email the other day: “A director we’ve hired asked for you. Please tell us your rates and fees for a one day corporate project.”

Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Review: Panasonic BT-LH1760 17” LCD Monitor

Adam Wilt | 08/06- 12:56 PM

The highly capable 1760 is a worthy upgrade from the 1700W.

Panasonic BT-LH1760, showing cross hatch, WFM, VITC, audio meters at the top, and 90% safe area marker with half-shaded background.

The $4500 Panasonic BT-LH1760 is a 17 inch, 1280x768 video monitor with multiple analog and digital inputs and a 100/120 Hz refresh rate for crisp motion rendering. It displays NTSC, PAL, 720p, and 1080i/p signals in both analog and digital, and offers a high-resolution waveform monitor for all video inputs, as well as a vectorscope, timecode, and audio level monitors for SDI inputs. It also has a wide selection of aspect ratio and safe-area markers available.

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Make the Entrance Pupil Your Friend

Art Adams | 08/05- 09:47 AM

Eliminate parallax errors on pans and tilts (for fun and profit)

I’m helping a friend build a three RED camera panoramic camera system that will shoot a 180 image, combining three 60 degree images in post. One of the more important things to consider when doing this kind of work is finding, and aligning, the “pivot point” of each lens to eliminate parallax errors that can occur during panning and tilting.

Saturday, August 02, 2008

Tip from the Trenches

Art Adams | 08/02- 05:28 PM

Learn from the mistakes of others: White Balancing

I hate white balancing, and I try never to do it. If you must, here’s when and where to do it.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Go craaaaazy: fill from the key side!

Art Adams | 07/28- 05:27 PM

Lighting isn’t a formula--unless you find one that works. Like this one.

In a recent article I wrote about how I like to fill from the key side, and I’ve since received a couple of requests for an explanation of what I’m talking about.

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