Resources
“Full Frame” Sensors: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
What do people mean when they refer to “full-frame” when speaking about an image sensor for cinematography?
Expertise
How To
Stay Indoors Education: Shane Hurlbut’s (Free!) Lighting Workshop
Hurlbut Academy offers its Illumination Tour Workshop, streamed online for free for the next three months
How To
The Impact of Infrared Imagery
Infrared cinematography, Hurlbut Academy explains in its latest tutorial, “is about finding another way to look at the world, about making viewers reassess their...
How To
Build the Real-Time Remote Editing Suite You Need Today
"As a narrative feature editor, working in real time with the director is an absolute must."
Product News and Reviews
What to Think About When You’re Thinking About a New HDR Monitor
“When picking an HDR monitor, these should be your top considerations.”
Expertise
High Dynamic Range (HDR): Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
De-mystifying this ubiquitous term
Product Reviews
2020 Best of Show Special Edition Awards Open for Nominations
Honoring and helping to promote outstanding new products introduced this spring.
Expertise
Codecs and Compression: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask
Understanding audio and video signals are encoded into digital files using codecs—shorthand for compression/decompression.
How To
“College Behind Bars:” How Filmmakers Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein Gained Unprecedented Access for Their Documentary
Four-part PBS documentary series executive produced by Ken Burns follows prisoners through the Bard Prison Initiative, one of the most rigorous and effective prison...
Expertise
Come Together: How Video Can Keep Us Connected
“These new mediums for creativity and communication can, we hope, keep social distancing from making us truly distant.”
Product News and Reviews
Digital Video and Video Edge 2020 Best of Show Awards at NAB Show: Now Open for Nominations
From now until April 3, exhibitors can nominate new products for awards presented by Future publications including Digital Video and Video Edge
Expertise
Contained Chaos: Analyzing the Cinematography of “Parasite”
“In Parasite, every single shot drives home visually the vital themes of wealth, disparity and the myth of class mobility with every set constructed...
Resources
Watch: Technology Year in Review: Wasn’t the Future Wonderful?
Mark Schubin reviews the advances of 2019 as motion imaging enters its 144th year:
Expertise
“1917” Isn’t the First (Supposedly) One-Shot Film. Here’s a Timeline. (The New York Times)
Here's a history of films that have used long takes to pack a powerful punch.
Resources
HFR: Yes, No, Maybe, Why? “Gemini Man” Technical Supervisor Answers Your Question(s)
“We've found is that the more detail you give to a viewer, the more their eyes like it.”
Expertise
Is Full Frame the Future?
“All the major brands are bringing out professional digital cinema cameras packing full-frame in more affordable packages.”
Expertise
Is Full Frame Cinema the Future?
“All the major brands are bringing out professional digital cinema cameras packing full-frame in more affordable packages.”
Expertise
Video Technology in 2020: What May/Could/Definitely Will Happen, and How It’ll Impact Your Workflow
A series of articles designed to put new and emerging video technologies into perspective
How To
Watch: Introduction to Color Grading in Adobe Premiere Pro
Creating different looks for your videos using the Lumetri Color Panel in Adobe Premiere Pro
Resources
Watch This: The Impact of HDR — On Set, in Post and With Displays
Technologists and creatives address the benefits and the current challenges when working with HDR.
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."
What To Buy
B&H’s Video Gear Gift Guide
With the exception of one product, all products presented are under $300.
How To
Dispelling Three Common Myths About Shooting Raw (Frame.io Insider)
Michael Cioni, Frame.io’s new global SVP of innovation, breaks down three common myths about Raw workflows on the company’s ‘Insider’ blog.
What To Buy
Video Technology 2020 – Cameras
These are the developments to watch in camera technologies during 2020: resolution, raw codecs, and mobile filmmaking.
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.
Product News and Reviews
Three New Cameras We’d Like to See Released in 2020 (PremiumBeat)
The anticipated and rumored releases of three new cameras would usher in a new decade of unprecedented advancement in video capture technology.
Video
Watch: How the “Continuous Shot” Epic “1917” Was Planned and Produced
Inside Roger Deakins and Sam Mendes' cinematic ingenuity
Creative Inspiration
“The Camera Writes:” Cinematographers Discuss the Year’s Biggest Films
Rodrigo Prieto, Roger Deakins, Caleb Deschanel, Robert Richardson, César Charlone and Natasha Braier gather for The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Cinematographer Roundtable.
How To
Learn How To Break the Rules of Filmmaking Like a Pro
Breaking the rules of cinema — with intention — can surprise and engage your audience on an emotional level.
Expertise
A Brief History of “One-Shot” Films (No Film School)
"The one-shot method is arguably at its best when it’s used to immerse viewers in realistic stories with high emotional stakes."
Expertise
The Movie Is Opening Wide. The Screen Is Changing Shape. (The New York Times)
Digital projection has added aspect ratio as another narrative tool in a filmmaker's toolbox.
News and Features
The Future of Natural History is 8K
NHK has teamed up with British production company Icon Films and the Botswana-based Natural History Film Unit (NHFU) to produce Okavango: A Flood of...
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.
Expertise
Video Technology 2020 – The Cloud
Read more from our Video Technology 2020 series: Video Technology 2020 – Apple and the PC Landscape Video Technology 2020 – Editing Software Video...
Expertise
Video Technology 2020 – Sharing Storage
Thanks to advances in networking and Ethernet technology, shared storage is accessible to any user.
How To
Learn the Differences Between ARRI’s HMI and LED Lights
Tungsten, HMI or LEDs? Each one has advantages and disadvantages, as well as specific situations in which they work best. Filmmaker Rubidium Wu breaks...
Mobile Video
Turning Horizontal Content Into Engaging Vertical Videos
Once upon a time, there was a very tried and true cinematic rule that moving images were only meant to be captured and consumed...
Research
“Internet of Senses” To Compete With Screen-Based Experiences by 2030
The survey of 46 million early technology adopters from 15 cities around the world predicted that over the next decade, screen-based experiences will compete...
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...
Resources
Is There a Place for Smartphones in Professional Video Production? (Futuresource Consulting)
“Another year, another iPhone. And with Google’s latest handset, the Pixel 4, unveiled only weeks later, the benchmark for all flagship smartphones has been...
Resources
The 2019 Camera Comparison Chart Is Live
"From the beginning, the chart has been designed around providing a tool for cinematographers to help them educate producers with the incredibly large variety...
Video
Watch: How to Make a Cinematic Vlog
In the below two-part video, photographer/director and 2019 Adobe Creative Resident Tyler Babin describes how to create cinematic vlogs, from pre-production to shooting, editing,...