PHILOSOPHY: What Can a 49-Year-Old Ghost Story Tell Us About Craftsmanship?
Craftsmanship never goes out of style, and the “democratization” of filmmaking is no reason to get sloppy. Here’s a...
CAMERAS: Rough Guide to Color Grading with the DSC Labs OneShot
In the old days we shot an 18% gray card to tell a film dailies timer where we wanted...
Amsterdam SuperMeet videos online
Amsterdam Supermeet 2012 – John Brawly demo’s the new Black Magic Design Cinema Camera and DaVinci Resolve 9 from...
CAMERAS: A New Chart for Film-Style Production–The DSC OneShot
In the old days of video, what we saw was what we got. Now, with log and raw, the...
Easy stock footage search inside of Premiere Pro (and Media Composer)
At some point during a recent edit that is comprised mainly of stock video I came across an incredibly...
CAMERAS: Some More Thoughts on the Zacuto Shootout, as Posted to DVXuser
I learned recently that there was a thread discussing the Zacuto tests on DVXuser and my articles were mentioned....
CAMERAS: The Zacuto Fallout Continues
What’s more important than technical accuracy? Making sure your test speaks for itself. When others speak for you–especially if...
Working with multicam in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
I’ll be the first to admit that while multi-camera editing tools have been available in Adobe Premiere Pro for...
Random tweets from Edit Fest LA 2012
If you weren’t on the west coast this past weekend then you probably didn’t attend Edit Fest LA. In...
LIGHTING: The Most Common Light Leaks, and How to Stop Them
I prefer contrasty soft light for most of my work, and while I’m not averse to hard light accents...
