Filmtools Filmmaker Friday featuring Filmmaker EJ Horstman
With hundreds of careers and opportunities, the Filmmaking industry can be a unique experience for a Filmmaker. Options include pitching...
The film look: what is it, and why are there two of them?
The film look is an elusive thing. Everyone has their favorite flavor, but there are two basic, yet opposite,...
Alexa 65 shows that large format TV makes a difference in “Altered Carbon”
I’m eight episodes in to Netflix’s Altered Carbon, and I’ve officially become a believer in large format TV cinematography....
Your camera MAY have a color gamut: further musings on camera color pipelines
My last article resulted in some new input on color gamuts. Here’s what I think I know now. Before...
Your camera does not have a color gamut
Yes, it’s true: your camera has no color gamut. Don’t believe me? Good, ’cause I’m going to try to...
Split SDI ports, or: how to hack an Arri Mini
“My assistant says it’s impossible,” said the Steadicam operator over coffee at Arri headquarters in Burbank. “The DIT wants...
The Sony 6K VENICE Menu Simulator Online Now
Camera Assistants, Owner – Operators, and DPs the Sony VENICE Menu Simulator is online and waiting for you and...
Nashville Filmmaker’s Guild Finds A Way To Give Back With StoryGive
As creatives, we have chosen a career path to inform and entertain through the arts. We talk cameras, lighting,...
Alpha Channels: The good, the bad & the ugly
Alpha channels are the basis of digital compositing, but there are two different types – straight and premultiplied. Understanding...
The Blackmagic Design URSA Broadcast Camera
In their new camera announcement, Blackmagic Design dropped the “Mini” in the URSA Broadcast camera name. Read into it...