Invictus: “The Largest Rotoscoping Job of All Time”
Original plate of stadium (top of page). Stadium filled with synthetic crowd (bottom of page).Photos courtesy of Warner Bros....
How the BBC made one of those amazing plant growing shots
For those that aren’t on Twitter I wanted to post this amazing video that shows how the BBC series...
Review: Panasonic AG-HMC40 1/4″ 3-CMOS HD Camcorder
Two kilobucks, two pounds, and two megapixels: the Panasonic AG-HMC40 sits squarely in the gap between palm-sized consumer camcorders...
Filmmaker posts $500 short on Youtube, nets film deal worth millions
Move over, Robert Rodriguez. It’s the stuff of independent filmmaker legend…a virtually unknown director posts a short film clip...
Camera Blocking – A Case Study
Last year I had the opportunity to worked as Director of Photography with Tim Zwica on his new project...
On Artbeats.com: Blending Ideas
In our previous article on vignettes on Artbeats.com, we discussed ways to mask or matte a black layer to...
Strange mix of high & low tech in The Mill’s “Apples”
Since the iPhone 3GS came out with video recording features, a small subset of people have been pushing the...
DeckLink HD Extreme Review
My wife will tell you that I am a creature of habit. That definitely can be said about the...
AJA KiPro: More Than Just a Field Recorder
The AJA KiPro (pronounced “kee-PRO”) is a very nicely designed unit that I believe will become more and more...
On Artbeats.com: Vignettes
Often associated with very old footage where the brightness falls off as you near the corners of the frame,...
