Production

On Set with Red: A Weary AC’s Rant

Posted on March 16, 2009

While Red was making new product announcements in November 2008, I was busy AC’ing a 10-day Red One shoot....

News

Conveying Emotion in Cinematography with Color Themes

Posted on March 9, 2009

Outside Hollywood has an excellent post on Color Theory for Cinematographers. In the article, the author breaks down the...

Production

Ted Talks – How Benjamin Button got his face

Posted on March 5, 2009

In this video from TED, Digital Domain effects guru Ed Ulbrich presents on the Oscar-winning technology they built for...

Pro Photo

Whip Your Bokeh Into Shape(s)

Posted on February 19, 2009

Here’s a cool little tutorial that shows you how to make a lens cover that can control the shape...

Production

Zacuto Zwing-away Review

Posted on February 11, 2009

In our coverage of CineGear 2008, FreshDV got a peek at an early mockup of Zacuto’s Zwing-away adapter, a...

Production

Lowel EDU – Free Lighting Tips and Tutorials

Posted on February 10, 2009

On the off-chance that we haven’t mentioned this resource before, you definitely need to check out Lowel EDU. It’s...

Production

FreshDV Reviews the Zacuto follow focus unit

Posted on February 6, 2009

In the fall of 2007, FreshDV released an extensive review series of 5 popular follow focus units. We’ve continued...

Production

The Top Frames of 2008

Posted on February 5, 2009

Here’s a fantastic resource for cinematographers and film buffs alike, In Contention blog has posted their Top 10 iconic...

Production

FreshDV Reviews the ARRI MFF1 and FF4 follow focus units

Posted on February 3, 2009

In the fall of 2007, FreshDV released an extensive review series of 5 popular follow focus units. We’ve continued...

Production

Enterprising coder hacks video capture from Nikon D700 DSLR

Posted on February 1, 2009

Gotta love the DIY spirit! This enterprising coder obtained the Nikon SDK for the D700 DSLR camera, and managed...