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Street Fashion Documentary Gets Support from Miller
Creating a brand film for Bangkok-based fashion company Loco Mosquito Guerrilla Operators, director Roxanne Halley explains she wanted it to feel “authentic, with a...
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‘Hangmen’ Stage Production Captured for Broadcast
NEP Visions recently completed the UHD capture of Martin McDonagh’s play Hangmen from the Wyndham Theatre in London’s West End. The 173-minute production starring...
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Technicolor PostWorks Helps Make ‘Maggie’s Plan’ “Sparkle”
"It’s sweet and romantic, but with a light touch. It’s colorful in just the right way," says colorist Alex Bickel.
News and Features
Toolkit: July 2016
AJA Video Systems HA5-Fiber Mini-Converter The small size of AJA’s HA5-Fiber enables this HDMI to 3G-SDI Mini-Converter to fit onto the back of a...
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Record, Monitor, Repeat: Improved Production with Video Devices’ PIX-E5
Sound Devices has been so successful in its PIX line of on-camera and studio solid-state monitoring/recording devices that the company spun off a separate...
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Made for iPad, Valuable for Production: Cinematic Camera Control with Manfrotto’s Digital Director 2.0
It goes without saying that the DSLR has been a game-changing tool for filmmakers looking to capture “cinematic” images on a budget, but one...
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Research and Development: Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K Proves Worth the Wait
Blackmagic’s URSA Mini 4.6K finally shipped some 11 months after its introduction at the 2015 NAB Show. While Blackmagic has consistently announced ambitious shipping...
Slideshows
Beauty and Insanity: Natasha Braier Brings ‘The Neon Demon’ to Lurid Life
Co-written and directed by Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives), The Neon Demon explores our society’s current obsession with beauty. Read...
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Portable Performance: Is the iPad Pro Viable as a Professional Video Tool?
Mark me down as a happy Apple iPad user. It’s my go-to computer away from home, unless I need to bring my laptop for...
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman: Documenting the Innovation and Influence of Eva Hesse
"Because it’s a film about art and artists, who are very controlled in their work, I wanted the look of the interviews to have...
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Tips to Clip: July 2016
Coffee Cup Collar One of the prime directives backstage at any video shoot is this: No open containers of liquid will be placed on...
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Brush Up Your Shakespeare: Right Back Where I Started From
Yay! I’m back at BBC Ealing. I’m so happy! I run up the stairs to the room with all the FOMs. “Hi Fred, hi...
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‘Difficult People’ Is a Show on the Go: Designing Location & Studio Scenes on a Tight Schedule
“For season 2 we made the conscious decision to mix in a bit of a studio look with the indie look,” says DP Jon...
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The Reality of Producing Virtual Reality
Virtual reality is becoming a vital medium for storytelling, and filmmakers are experimenting with the endless ways that VR can be used to engage...
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Buyer’s Brief: On-Camera Lighting
In this month’s Buyer’s Guide we focus on a number of lighting fixtures that allow you to set up the shot you want, whether...
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Ikan MicroSpot Illuminates Digital Media Curriculum
I needed a reliable and versatile on-camera light for quick shots, and the iLed-MS MicroSpot light from Ikan Corp. was perfectly suitable for me....
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Frezzi EyLight Hits Home Run for WKTV in Utica
When my station, owned by Heartland Media, transitioned to HD and found a need for a reliable portable light source for our mobile media...
Slideshows
Crime, Conflict and Handheld Cameras: Recording the Tense Realism of ‘Animal Kingdom’
Cinematographer Loren Yaconelli, who’s shooting nine episodes of the first season of TNT’s Animal Kingdom, doesn’t have a lot of time. Read our full...
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‘Noma: My Perfect Storm’ Captures Culinary Experimentation (and Excellence)
“I often find it is by observing the body language of my subjects...that I discover...who they really are,” director/DP PierreDeschamps says. “This is why...
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Aardman and Rapt Media Produce Interactive “Dead Lonely”
Rapt Media and Aardman collaborated on a short interactive project called “Dead Lonely.” Part film and part game, it is set in a postapocalyptic...
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Sarofsky Introduces the Violent World of ‘Animal Kingdom’
Erin Sarofsky and her team at Chicago-based design and effects company Sarofsky created the :60 opening title sequence for the TNT series Animal Kingdom....
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Mysteries Revealed: The Final Cut Pro X Post Process for ‘Voice from the Stone’
"As storytellers, we are creatively free to try things very quickly ,” says editor Clayton Condit.