2013
‘The Punk Singer’: Tracing the Trajectory of Riot Grrrl Kathleen Hanna
Kathleen Hanna, lead singer of the punk band Bikini Kill and dance-punk trio Le Tigre, rose to national attention as the voice of the...
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2013
Documenting Social Change and Cultural Shifts: Global Production Challenges on MTV World’s ‘Rebel Music’
The mtvU documentary series Rebel Music examines the lives of young people who use art and music to spark change around the world. The...
2014
‘The Source (evolving)’ Celebrates Creative Conversation
Video artist Doug Aitken’s new installation The Source (evolving) offers a series of filmed conversations about creativity. Photo by Charles Coleman “The Source (evolving)...
2014
Toolkit: February 2014
Freefly Systems MoVI M10 A gyro-stabilized three-axis gimbal system, Freefly Systems’ MoVI M10 features proprietary control software/hardware and three-dimensional navigation avionics for smooth stabilization...
2014
The Department Produces Chanel Short Films
French production company Walter Films teamed with The Department to capture the experience of Chanel’s Métiers d’Art runway show. The footage was then used...
2014
‘Anchorman 2’ Gets Retro with PHYX Software
The crew of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues was tasked with building a functioning 1980s-style cable news studio and creating the featured (and background)...
2014
‘From 1994’ Stays in Motion with MoVI
Produced by Seattle-based Mindcastle, the short film “From 1994” was shot entirely using Freefly Systems’ MoVI camera stabilizer and an ARRI Alexa M camera....
2014
Lorde Video Completed with BMD Tools
Santa Monica post facility Prehistoric Digital graded the music video for Lorde’s new single, “Team,” on Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 10. Directed by Young Replicant,...
2014
Effects Filters for Editors: CoreMelt SliceX Extends the Functionality of FCP X
The structure of Apple’s Final Cut Pro X has brought many new and innovative plug-ins to market that extend the power of the application....
2014
Casey Anderson Goes Wild for Nat Geo
Wildlife cinematographer Casey Anderson is constantly challenging himself to capture imagery of the most incredible animals on the planet with a camera arsenal that...
2014
Focus This Fixture: Zylight’s F8 Is a Compact, Controllable LED Fresnel
One of the most important and useful tools in the lighting arsenal is the Fresnel light, a flexible fixture that offers a soft light...
2014
Shooting ‘Slumville Sunrise’: Jake Bugg Music Video Captured with Blackmagic Cameras
Shane Meadows directed Jake Bugg’s latest music video, “Slumville Sunrise,” which was shot by director of photography Laurie Rose with Blackmagic’s Cinema Camera and...
2014
Small Camera, Big Sensor, Simultaneous Recording: Shooting with Canon’s XA25 Camcorder
The Canon XA25 is a compact professional camcorder that features a 1/2.84” 1920 x 1080 CMOS image sensor and records in either AVCHD or...
2014
Production Diary: Nightmare on Blues Point Road: We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Sydney, 1966 Things are going well for me. I live on the 11th floor of Blues Point Tower. My view is the Sydney Harbour...
2014
Adventures in 4K Acquisition: Assembling A Workflow with Canon’s EOS C500 and AJA’s Ki Pro Quad
Though the adoption timeline is debated, 4K is clearly the future (high resolution pun intended). In the next few years we’re going to see...
2014
Tips to Clip: February 2014
32 Years of Tips “Tips to Clip” is the longest-running column in the industry. For 32 years it has been a reader favorite, offering...
2014
Compare, Contrast, Create: Considering Final Cut Pro X, Media Composer and Premiere Pro CC
The editing world includes a number of software options—such as Autodesk Smoke, Grass Valley EDIUS, Lightworks, Media 100, Sony Vegas and Quantel—but the lion’s...
2014
Editor’s View: Creative Continuation
Director Richard Linklater’s epic film Boyhood, which will be released this spring, represents an interesting cinematic experiment: it was shot over the course of...
2014
Summicron-C Lenses Hit Size, Cost and Performance Sweet Spot
Recently Band Pro Film & Digital delivered my new set of Summicron-C lenses. I’d always loved Leica M and R still lenses and was...
2014
‘Much Ado’ Flashbacks Come to Life with Lensbaby
When I shot Much Ado About Nothing for director Joss Whedon, we used the Lensbaby Composer with Double Glass Optic on a Canon EOS...
2014
Production Hero Tries Fujinon Cabrio Cine-Style Lens
Director of photography Jon Nelson, owner of Production Hero in Orange County, Calif., recently acquired a Fujinon PL 19-90 Cabrio (model ZK4.7×19) Premier PL...
2014
‘The Watsons Go to Birmingham’ Comes Into Focus with Canon
Set in 1963, The Watsons Go to Birmingham depicts a fictional family’s road trip as it intersects with a true-life bombing during the turbulent...
2014
ARRI’s Ultra Wide Zoom Lens Goes Into the Field
The ARRI Ultra Wide Zoom (UWZ) is of really stunning quality, with none of the distortion you would expect from such wide focal lengths....
2014
Buyer’s Guide: Lenses
Angenieux Optimo DP 25-250mm Zoom Lens Optimized for today’s large-format digital cameras, Angenieux’s Optimo DP Series 25-250mm 10x zoom lens has been designed with...
2014
Don Burgess Sets the Mood in ’42’ with Tiffen
To create the appropriate feel for the film 42, which follows the story of Jackie Robinson, the first player to break through baseball’s color...
2014
‘Mike & Molly’ Relies on Schneider Optics Filters
Keeping a consistent look on a multicamera shoot is always a challenge. Mike & Molly cinematographer Gary Baum has found that shooting four HD...
2014
‘Pemberley’ Comes to LipSync Post
Postproduction for the BBC1 miniseries Death Comes to Pemberley was handled by LipSync Post in London, with color grading and deliverables completed on one...
2014
Back to School: Capturing the Diverse and Dynamic Visuals of ‘Community’
The return of show creator Dan Harmon as executive producer/showrunner and the exit of actor Chevy Chase are not the only changes on NBC’s...
2014
Pixel Mapping Masterpiece: Ricardo Rivera Directs ‘The Projectionist’
Ricardo Rivera hopes that attendees at this year’s Sundance Film Festival will be transfixed by the elaborate artistic display projected onto the façade of...
2014
Bokelberg Sets the Scene for ‘Scandal’
A dramatic series set in the highest levels of U.S. government, ABC’s Scandal centers on the crisis management firm run by Olivia Pope (Kerry...
2014
Loneliness, Love and Light: How ‘Her’ Conveys a Familiar (But Futuristic) World
Set in the near future, director Spike Jonze’s Her follows a lonely man whose only connection to the world is through his computer. Captured...
2014
Drew Christie Returns to Sundance
Drew Christie is a new kind of multimedia artist, as comfortable with pen and ink as he is with computers and creative software. Allergy...
2013
Miller Compass 12 Solo Offers Flexible Shooting Solution
Because I usually operate as a one-man-band, I was on the lookout for an affordable, dependable, lightweight tripod solution. My search uncovered Miller’s Compass...
2013
Santee Shoot Stays Smooth with Vinten Vision blue5
Shooting in an old box warehouse in Chicago for the Lauren Santee music video “Let Down” provided some challenges for producer/director Kevin Otterness, but...
2013
Davis & Sanford Magnum XG Allows Sturdier Shoots
There are tripods for certain purposes and then there is the Magnum XG, a camera support sturdy and versatile enough to handle anything you...
2013
‘Black Nativity’ Stabilizes with OConnor 2575
Music and dance are a big part of the contemporary adaptation of Langston Hughes’ holiday musical drama Black Nativity. “Practically every dance or song...
2013
Action Sports Covered with Sachtler’s CF 100 L Tripod
Australian-born cameraman/photographer and former professional kayaker Dan Campbell-Lloyd offers a unique perspective on the world of action sports. His visuals can be seen in...
2013
‘Invisible Cities’ Goes Wireless
Last month, Invisible Cities, the world’s first large-scale opera for wireless headphones, completed its limited run of sold-out performances at Los Angeles’ Union Station...
2013
Libec Support Improves Sports Shoots
As an independent photographer providing images to Japanese television stations, I own and am responsible for my camera equipment. In the last few years...
2013
Milk Delivers Effects to ‘Doctor Who’ Special
Milk Visual Effects contributed to BBC’s 3D Doctor Who 50th anniversary episode, “The Day of the Doctor,” creating a series of large-scale CG environments,...
2013
Cinelicious Provides Post for Arcade Fire’s ‘Afterlife’
Directed by Emily Kai Bock and produced by the Creators Project, “Afterlife” is a captivating seven-minute film for the band Arcade Fire. Cinelicious contributed...
2013
Antarctic Expedition Broadcasts Live With TriCaster
As 19-year-old adventurer Parker Liautaud made his way from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole in an attempt to set a world speed...