How To
How To: Recreate the Look of “The Lighthouse”
Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke crafted a distinctive look and feel for “The Lighthouse” that was achieved with a painstaking blend of old and new... so...
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Video
Watch This: “HDR Video: From Cameras to Post Production”
“Good HDR starts with capture. Great HDR thinks HDR throughout the process.”
Research
What You Need to Know About Color Spaces
“Why has ‘color space’ become so prevalent on set and in our post pipelines?”
Creative Inspiration
Hope is the Thing With Feathers: The Inspired Visuals of “Dickinson”
“The choice to make a period show was a way of writing a stylized version of the present.”
How To
Editor Jennifer Lame on Managing the Many Layers of “Marriage Story”
As Noah Baumbach’s longtime editor, Jennifer Lame started working on the Netflix feature well before principal photography, spending hours with the director breaking down...
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“Togo” Creators Tapped Century-Old Process For Film’s Unique Look (Forbes)
Company 3 colorist Siggy Ferstl spent a whole year refining a specific look for the Disney+ period piece.
Creative Inspiration
The “Cold, Foreboding” (But Cinematic) Look for “Life Below Zero”
"This is not a vacation spot – this is the tundra of Alaska."
How To
“Parasite” Editor Jinmo Yang Teaches Us How to Edit Without Coverage (No Film School)
"Parasite" editor Jinmo Yang talks intertwining the story of three different families, effectively conveying the film's twists, and maximizing the story's tension in the...
Product News and Reviews
Every NLE Is a Database (digitalfilms)
"The bottom line is that under the hood, all NLEs are still very much the same."
Expertise
Video Technology 2020 – Sharing Storage
Thanks to advances in networking and Ethernet technology, shared storage is accessible to any user.
How To
Color Correction for Beginners Using DaVinci Resolve 16
For total color correction newbies, colorist Casey Faris provides a good, quick, basic overview of how to begin using DaVinci Resolve 16.
Expertise
Video Technology 2020 – Apple and the PC Landscape
Going into 2020, Apple is offering a better line-up of professional Mac products than it has in years.
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“Queen & Slim” Editor Pete Beaudreau on How He Managed the Film’s Workflow
"You don’t have a second opportunity to show the film to the director for the first time," he says. "It can be crushing."
Product Reviews
Review: Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 16 and Editor Keyboard (Definition Magazine)
DaVinci Resolve 16's new Cut page and the company's Editor Keyboard are both designed to optimize speed for creators who need to get content...
Expertise
Download a Free Beginner’s Guide to DaVinci Resolve 16
The in-depth 400+-page PDF goes over everything from picture editing, audio work in Fairlight, creating special effects in Fusion, and—of course—color correction.
Expertise
What Is Color Gamut?
"The word gamut means essentially 'everything' or 'all of.' So the gamut of a camera is everything that the camera can see or everything...
Expertise
Video Technology 2020 – Editing Software
Four editing applications dominate the professional market: Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer, and Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve. Established...
How To
Recreate the Look of “Joker” with These Two Free LUTs
Colorist Factory is giving away two free LUTs (Bellart LUT and Blakehope LUT) that can be used to recreate the look of "Joker."
How To
How “Terminator: Dark Fate” Made Adobe Premiere Pro Into a Better Multi-Editor Program
"Whenever you set out to use a new workflow — not to say Premiere is new because it's been around a long time and...
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Top Ten Lessons Taken From the World’s Best Editors
In this video, Steven Hullfish discusses the top ten lessons he's taken away from interviewing top film editors
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The Seven Commandments of Becoming a Better Editor
His first rule: Watch every frame of raw footage twice.
News and Features
How “Honey Boy” Was Rewritten in the Edit Room
"When we started to blend the two it felt like the past and the present were in dialogue together, the way it feels like...
PR Wire
Company 3, Subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services, Acquires Sixteen19
This strategic acquisition expands editorial, VFX and mobile dailies services
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Blackmagic Releases Pocket Cinema Camera 6K
In a livestream announcement on Thursday, Aug. 8, Blackmagic Design highlighted a trio of newly updated and released products for production and post applications.