Category: Filmmaking
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The Great Camera Shootout 2011 – Episode 2: Sensors & Sensitivity
The guys at Zakuto just uploaded the second episode to their “Great Camera Shootout 2011”. It focuses on the sensors and sensitivity of the tested cameras. Yet another excellent episode to watch! Check out Episode 2 at www.zacuto.com/the-great-camera-shootout-2011/episode-two. In case you missed it, Episode 1 can be found here.
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Splitscreen – A Love Story
“Splitscreen – A Love Story” won the Nokia Shorts 2011 competition. It was shot on a Nokia N8 mobile phone. It just shows that you don’t need a giant Hollywood budget to create something beautiful. It all comes down to follow up on that great idea and being creative. I like the music, it sets…
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Plot Device – Showing Off Magic Bullet Suite 11
Director Seth Worley and executive producer Aharon Rabinowitz created a brilliant short film “Plot Device” to show off the new Magic Bullet Suite 11 by Red Giant. They did an excellent job. I really like this film. The script is funny, the acting is good and the visual effects and cinematography really add the the…
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The Great Camera Shootout 2011
Just like last year, Zakuto produced a camera shootout with the currently available digital cinema camera’s. The following camera’s (and 35mm film) where tested in a wide range of situations: 35mm Kodak 5213 Film, 35mm Kodak 5219 Film, Arri Alexa, RED ONE M-X, Weisscam HS-2, Phantom Flex, Sony F-35, Sony F3, Panasonic AG-AF100, Canon 7D,…
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60 Second Landscape
While on the beach last weekend I was watching my wife and daughter walking through the water and suddenly remembered Chase Jarvis’ “60 Second Landscape Challenge“. As I only had my Nikon D300s with me at that time, that’s what I shot this video with. Shot in one take, no editing with only a bit…
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Screenplay for a short movie
I finished a screenplay for a short film I want to make. It’s about a young woman having a strange meeting in a park which makes her think what it is she really wants. The story has a bit of a Twilight Zone atmosphere to it. The screenplay is 10 pages long which translates in…
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Crafting short screenplays that connect
I read an interesting book about writing short screenplays. It’s “Crafting short screenplays that connect – 2nd edition” by Claudia Hunter Johnson. Books about writing screenplays always talk about conflict. There has to be some form of conflict (that may be physical or emotional or any other form of conflict) in a story to be…
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Skate wheel dolly Mk2
I modified my initial skate wheel dolly so it would be *much* lighter and more portable. The old dolly is heavy and takes up quite some space and therefore also needs quite some space to transport and store. I got the idea when reading a blog post by Ryan E. Walters. He also converted a…
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Skatewheel dolly
To be able to move the camera in a professional way I decided to built a track based dolly. After researching a bit I came up with the following design. The track uses 28mm metal pipes. The platform is 80 by 100cm (about 31″ by 43″) and is supported by 16 skate board wheels (hardness…
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An exercise in rotoscoping: My clones and I
Being interested in visual effects I wanted to try out some rotoscoping. Rotoscoping is painting masks to block out parts of a film frame to be able to replace it with something else. The idea was to make a short film where several of my clones and myself walk through the frame. On a sunny…