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Stay Indoors Inspiration: GoPro Launches Daily Video Competition
“Each day GoPro will pick five of its favorite entries from around the world and give the winners their choice of a Hero 8...
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The “Cold, Foreboding” (But Cinematic) Look for “Life Below Zero”
"This is not a vacation spot – this is the tundra of Alaska."
News and Features
‘Face2Face’ and the Case for GoPro Filmmaking
The production "devised specialized rigs for the GoPro cameras that the actors could operate themselves during filming."
2017
‘Carpool Karaoke’ Upgrades to 4K with AJA
The original "Carpool Karaoke" segments were shot in HD using GoPro cameras and ran five to 10 minutes. Jason Liquori's first task was to...
2017
The Running, Ducking and Praying Like Hell Film (Or, That Was the Month That Was)
The month starts with an up/down one-day trip to Seattle to visit wonder kid Adam and my new 3D 4K P2.
2017
The Innovative Underwater Production of ‘Chasing Coral’
The film started with the idea of showing changes taking place in the world's oceans.
News
Taking a Grueling Trip Down ‘Blood Road’
In "Blood Road," ultra-endurance mountain biker Rebecca Rusch embarks on an emotional ride down the 1,200-mile Ho Chi Minh trail that runs through Vietnam,...
2017
Diary of a Madman, Part 3: Tra La, My Ship Is Being Launched
Two days before the launch and the Bigge crew has taken over. All the volunteers are told to get off the ship and keep...
News
VR Vantages and Views: Production Scales Summit of Mount Everest
Because it is one of the most difficult treks on the planet, few are willing to climb to Mount Everest’s summit. Fortunately, thanks to...
News
This Charming 4-Minute VR Musical Lets You Choose Which of 36 Characters to Follow
"Say It With Music" was created by students across 17 different programs at The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).
News
ARRI Alexa and GoPros Capture Interactive Footage of National Parks
Google’s The Hidden World of the National Parks is an interactive site that combines 2D footage, 360-degree video, aerial photography and more to take...
2016
‘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...
News
VR for News Reporting: ‘Frontline’ Transports Audiences to a Crisis in Sudan
"This was the first time using VR for a documentary for all of us. The learning curve was very steep," says writer/director Marcelle Hopkins.
News
Watch Matt and Kim Turn Swinging GoPro Into the World’s Best Block Party
Indie rock duo Matt and Kim turn a swinging GoPro on a coat hanger into an infectiously fun music video as they capture themselves exploring...
News
Drone Captures Italy from Above
Lukas Kusstatscher won a GoPro Award with his 4K video of Italy captured from above with a drone. Check it out below.
2016
Mount Kilimanjaro Expedition Develops Efficient Workflow
When Marcus Skogstrom set out on a recent trek to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, his goal wasn’t simply to make it...
News
First-Person Action Film ‘Hardcore Henry’ Is “Utterly Fantastical”
Hardcore Henry is the first feature-length film to be told entirely from a first-person POV. It’s also a high-octane action film with stunts galore,...
News
Watch Test Footage from GoPro’s Upcoming Drone
Last year, GoPro announced that it is making its own drone with a built-in 4K camera and now it has released the first test...
News
Small Cameras Do Big Work on Slew of Recent Films
Variety‘s David Heuring reports on the recent trend of small cameras doing big work on productions like Mission: Impossible–Rogue Nation, The Green Inferno, and...
2015
GoPro Goes to Mars
Director Ridley Scott and his production crew installed GoPros on spacesuits and in the Mars habitat set of The Martian, using the miniature cameras...
News
Hula Hoops and GoPros Make for a Fun, Immersive Fashion Film
Filmmaking duo Lernert & Sander take a 360-degree approach to Swedish fashion brand COS’ Autumn/Winter 2015 collection thanks to hula hoops and GoPros. As...
News
DeLorean and Tesla Race in ‘Back to the Future’ VR Experience
Celebrating the exact date that Marty McFly lands in the future in Back to the Future Part II, design agency Positron has released a...
News
Lost and Found: A GoPro Travels in Space, Crashes to Earth and Footage is Recovered Two Years Later
What happens when your GoPro goes on an epic space journey without you? A pretty cool video
News
Foals Releases 360-Degree VR Music Video for ‘Mountain at My Gates’
Collaborating with the band Foals, director Nabil created a 360-degree video for “Mountain at My Gates.” The music video was captured with GoPro’s spherical...
Expertise
GoPro and iPhones Herald a New Generation of Low-Budget Filmmakers
MelroseMAC Blog takes a look at the availability of cheap cameras like a GoPro or an iPhone as it lowers the barrier for new...
News
‘Living with Nomads’ Takes Strategic Approach to Its Camera Kit
Director/producer Alexis Giradet writes for Televisual about his strategic camera kit for shooting BBC Two’s Kate Humble: Living with Nomads. Traveling to very remote...
News
GoPro Announces It Will Be Making Its Own Drone
At the Re/code Code Conference this week, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman announced that the camera company will be rolling out its own drone quadcopter....
2015
Snorri Bros. Record Campaign with 360-Degree Camera
Directing team the Snorri Bros. created the “Your World” campaign for Texas Health Resources by combining a 360-degree camera—one rig housing 10 GoPro cameras—with...
News
John Lasseter Thinks iPhones and GoPros Will Create a New Film Grammar
Disney president John Lasseter spoke at a panel at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences were he said he firmly believed iPhones...
2015
If You Can’t See It: It’s Somewhere Down There
“Alan, are you afraid of death?” asks the Buddhist monk at Odiyan Retreat Center. Alan is the founder and guiding light of the tall...
News
Go Behind-the-Scenes of Some of the ‘Furious 7’ Stunts
This behind-the-scenes video from GoPro showcases how the filmmakers of Furious 7 pulled off some of the new film’s most intense and mind-boggling car...
2015
Holding Steady with Steadicam Curve and GoPro
I began my career as a director and cinematographer shooting film. Since those days, camera equipment and technology have changed dramatically, and we’ve all...
News
GoPro Captures Fashion Week Chaos from the Perspective of the Runway Models
This compilation of GoPro footage shot by nine of the models who walked Victoria Beckham’s Autum Winter 2015 runway during New York Fashion Week...
News
What’s the Best Action Cam?
Shelly Palmer compares the GoPro vs. the Polaroid Cube vs. the SJCAM SJ4000 vs. the Garmin Virb Elite Action Cam vs. the Ghost Drift-S...
News
Red Bull Releases Interactive Wind Surfing Video
Red Bull has created a 360-degree interactive wind surfing video using four GoPros that were attached to a pole that was then attached to...
News
Beyoncé’s New Music Video Will Make Your Loungewear Look Far Less Glamorous
Beyoncé doesn’t have an entire surprise album to drop this year, but she’s still adding two songs to the platinum release of her self-titled...
News
Which New GoPro Is Right For You?
The Re/code team extensively tests out the three new GoPros (the $130 GoPro Hero, $400 GoPro Hero4 Silver, and the $500 GoPro Hero4 Black)...
News
Watch Athletes Defy Gravity in Slow-Motion and Bullet Time
Marc Donahue used a RED Epic and 20 GoPros arranged into an array to capture “Breaking Gravity.” The short film depicts breakdancers, gymnasts, and...
News
Drone Captures Erupting Volcano
Here’s a perfect example of drone cinematography being able to handily capture something that would have previously been almost impossible (or, at the very...
News
The Story of GoPro
The New Yorker‘s Nick Paumgarten tells the story of GoPro, from a surfer’s idea for shooting shots of himself on the waves to a...
News
Aaron Brown Uses GoPro Array to Capture Dreamy Feel for Music Video
Aaron Brown’s music video for Wild Child’s “Rillo Talk” uses a 360-degree GoPro rig to match the song’s dreamy, psychedelic feel. It’s the thoughtful,...