Cinematographer Ryan E. Walters tests out four sets of ND filters. He writes, "Neutral density (ND) filters are supposed to be devoid of color shift. Ideally they only affect the amount of light entering the lens, not the color balance. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to produce an ND filter that is truly neutral. This is why I set out to...
Colorist Juan Melara has provided the below color grading tutorial for achieving what he calls "the summer blockbuster" look, which predominantly features teals and oranges. Melara uses Davinci Resolve Lite and also provides downloads of the footage and LUTs he used so that you can follow along.
Watch below and read more here on his site...
Scribd has published a case study on Technicolor's dailies workflow for Oblivion, which was shot on then-untested Sony F65.
Says co-producer Steve Gaub, "The F65, at the time, was brand new technology and required proprietary means to get media off the camera, we had to rely, of course, on Sony to map out and fnalize a workflow. But I...
Cinematographer Claudio Miranda talks to Jay Holben of American Cinematographer about being one of the first major productions to use the Sony F65.
He says, "We ended up being some of the first guinea pigs for the F65 in a production scenario,” he continues. “It gives you a fantastic image, but it’s a large camera, and the...
The beautiful black and white Audi commercial found below was recently shot by Bill Bennett with a prototype ARRI Alexa. Explains Momentum Blog that the camera "is only sensitive to light in the infrared part of the spectrum, with wavelengths longer than 800 nanometers."
Read more here and watch the spot below.
The American Society of Cinematographers presents a Q&A with cinematographer M. David Mullen whose work includes Big Love, Twin Falls Idaho and Big Sur (see our article about it here.)
The event is taking place on Tuesday, May 21st from 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM at the ASC Clubhouse located on 1782 North Orange Dr., Hollywood, CA. Tickets are $35...
To shoot the launch film for Rolls Royce Wraith, director Angus Elliott set up a massive camera array with 100 Nikon DSLRs. See the set-up unfold in this behind-the-scenes video.
The final product can be found below. (via PetaPixel)
Michal of motionVFX Team writes: We all know that 4K is the future and while Full HD is still the king, in a few years we will all have to shoot in ultra high resolution. This is why 4K is such an interesting topic and at this year's NAB many filmmakers talked about it, there was also a lot of 4K hardware displayed on the fair. It is hard to...
Cinescopophilia writes: Curt Pair and Band Pro recently caught up with Red co-founder Ted Schilowitz and he shared some insight into the latest offerings from Red Digital Cinema at NAB 2013.
Red Digital Cinema are leaders in the production world. They started their career at NAB, some seven years ago in a little tent. Many laughed at their “...
