The End of the Odyssey
SSD drives and the Samsung Portable T7 SSD
Speed and size is good. Hard drives are a necessary part of video editing. I put hard drives in italics as...
Production During a Pandemic: Working as a COVID 19 Compliance Officer for a Film Production
I’m an impostor. Well . . . in my mind. Frequently. The latest episode began as a result of...
Introducting “Hollywood, How Did You Get Here?”, A New Cinematography Podcast From Filmtools & Tim Smith
Today Filmtools and Tim Smith released a new podcast called “Hollywood, How Did You Get Here?” In this podcast...
Aputure Nova P300c LED Panel // Tool Talk
Aputure has just relased one of their more exciting fixtures in a while in the form of their new...
Insights and Advice from a COVID-19 Compliance Officer for Pre-production and Production
While C19CO might sound like the chemical formula for a carbon-based compound, it stands for COVID- 19 Compliance Officer...
ZCam and Atomos ProRes Raw: A Look At The Combo
We are witnessing a race of sorts. The race to see who can dominate the RAW WAR. Atomos and...
ATEM Streaming Bridge Announced by Blackmagic Design
The new ATEM Streaming Bridge is a new converter that decodes the live stream from any ATEM Mini Pro...
Blackmagic Announces ATEM Mini Pro ISO
The ATEM Mini Pro ISO is a new low-cost live production switcher with a new five stream recording engine...
Is the film industry really ready for 12K? What it takes to create impressive sensors for cinema cameras
Recent insights about the RED Komodo 6K S35 have gotten lots of cinematographers excited, but the new URSA Mini...
First look: Saramonic SoundBird T3 shotgun microphone
I was honored to receive a review sample of Saramonic’s new SoundBird T3 shotgun microphone. Here is a “first...
Sony Alpha 7S III: designed for photo and video journalists
The Sony Alpha 7S III is out and the crowds are about to compare it with the Canon EOS...
Foreign language editing using SRT files
My new film The Right Girls is coming out soon. It is about three transgender women who were part...
TV/Film Production Realities in the Scripted and Unscripted Worlds: Part 5, Pre-Prod and Production
Pre-production! Finally, an area where there are more similarities than differences in the Unscripted and Scripted worlds. Everything depends...
First look: UltraStudio Recorder 3G from Blackmagic
Although the big media hype is about Blackmagic’s new 12K camera with its amazing sensor, the other intriguing new...