Saturday, November 22, 2008

The 24 fps Prayer

Adam Wilt | 11/22- 05:28 PM

It’s a religious issue…

We at Meets The Eye have been discussing frame rates today, triggered by the article at http://www.projectorcentral.com/judder_24p.htm. We’d like to use frame rate as a creative control, not as overcranking or undercranking, but as a presentation tool to affect mood and perception. None of us are particularly enamored of 24 fps, and Tim Blackmore was feeling frustrated enough by it and its persistence as a baseline for production and distribution that he composed the following:

Our Frame Rate, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy cadence.
Though new display technology come,
thy blur be done,
on LCDs as it is on Plasmas
Give us this day our daily motion sickness.
And forgive us our disgust,
as we forgive those who use slow frame rates to spite us.
And lead us not into 2:3 pulldown,
but deliver unto us both HD and 4K.
For thine is the look, the feel and the tired old standard.
for ever and ever. Amen. 

You might disagree, but then, that often happens with religious issues…

(Oh, and it’s © 2008 by Tim Blackmore. Pass it on, but give the guy credit if you do!)

Friday, November 21, 2008

Lighting Diagrams with Omnigraffle

Richard Harrington | 11/21- 06:48 PM

Making a better lighting plan

Author and video podcaster Richard Harrington as he explains the importance of lighting diagrams and shows you how to make them with Omnigraffle.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

My First Shoot with the Sony F35

Art Adams | 11/16- 06:41 PM

In which a series of tests becomes the fastest spec spot shoot in history

About a week and a half ago I received an email from Leigh Blicher, partner at Videofax in San Francisco. “Just wanted to let you know our F35 has arrived.” My response read something like this: “Ooo! Oh! Oh oh oh! Ooooo oh oh OH! Oh! OHHHHH! Can I come over and PLAY?”

Friday, November 14, 2008

The RED Outdoors

Art Adams | 11/14- 01:44 PM

This spot would have been hell if I hadn’t used the RED

This spot was part of a web campaign for California’s No on Prop 8 campaign. In my previous article I wrote about another No on Prop 8 that we shot in four hours on a Sunday afternoon. This is what we shot in the morning. It’s all one take, which is pretty rare for a spot.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Lighting Simply for the RED

Art Adams | 11/13- 01:23 PM

Two PARs, a couple of bounce cards and some grid cloth make this spot shine

A while back I posted a Quicktime movie of this project, shot for the California “No on Prop 8” campaign. At the time I promised that lighting diagrams would be along shortly. I lied. I just got around to this today.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Review: Hood-Pro Sock-loupe

Adam Wilt | 11/10- 06:54 PM

$80 turns your PMW-EX1’s LCD into a big, beautiful viewfinder.

The Hood-Pro Sock-loupe turns the EX1’s LCD into an EVF.

Lots of people have said, “if only there were a viewfinder lens I could mount on the PMW-EX1‘s LCD, I’d be happy.” Palm Desert shooter Mike Stevens not only said it, he did it: his Hood-Pro hood is a strap-on LCD hood, and the Sock-loupe is, well, a sock with a +7 diopter loupe sewn into the toe. Pull the sock over the hood, and hey presto! You’ve turned the LCD into an eye-level EVF, arguably better than the one on the EX3. The floppy sock squishes up against your face, whether or not you wear glasses, providing a good seal against extraneous light, while the two-element lens provides a close-up, detailed view of the LCD.

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