Steven Soderbergh featurette on shooting Che with RED
The upcoming Criterion release of Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” has a brilliant little featurette in the disc that talks about...
Low-Budget PSA’s, Shot on RED, Prove that Budget is Not a Barrier to Excellence
“Dad has a barn and mom can sew–let’s put on a show!” Production budgets aren’t what they used to...
FreshDV Reviews the Cinevate Durus Follow Focus
In the fall of 2007, FreshDV released an extensive review series of 5 popular follow focus units. We’ve continued...
Update: the “NXCAM Prime” is the Sony HXR-NX5U
Sony officially rolled out the HXR-NX5U today, which I had been calling the “Prime” in my preview article. Now,...
Deeper Modes of Expression, Part 1: Useful Math Expressions
Many of you are familiar with our book, Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects. As imposing as it may...
Preview: Sony HXR-NX5U 1/3″ 3-CMOS AVCHD Camcorder
Sony’s HXR-NX5U, the first in the “NXCAM” line, is a close cousin of the HDV HVR-Z5U, but it records...
Ethics Statement
Hi, my name is Matt Jeppsen. I am a working Director of Photography, and from time to time I...
Everything is Amazing (and Nobody is Happy)
Over at CanonFilmmakers, I ran across a good post that tries to inject a little perspective in all the...
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...
