Twitnuuz: HDSLR Cinema

It seems like only yesterday (8 months, actually) that the curated rental website Prescreen appeared as one of the many new startups competing for eyeballs in the growing digital distribution world for independent films. Prescreen (technically still in…

Tweet You may never have seen a test of an HDSLR like this… we’ve shown you them burning before, but those guys went after total destruction. In this “test” (note it is by no way scientific), DigitalRev goes after a 7D to see just…

Tweet I always have a great time talking with Carl Olson and Chris Fenwick on the Digital Convergence Podcast – and this week, Carl had an appointment he had to keep (it was a paying gig – ha!), so Barry Andersson filled in. With the giveaway…

Shane Hurlbut blogs about how to shoot an action sequence for a heating and cooling air conditioner unit. Read Shane Hurlbut’s full write up

See the silly goofs on the set of the 2011’s “The Muppets” in the longest blooper reel ever (at least in Muppet History).

Keith Link runs through the memorable Title Sequences from David Fincher’s films. Filmmaker David Fincher has had a bit of a whirlwind career. From making movies on his super 8 mm as a child to landing a spot at ILM working on features like Star…

The common complaint of the indie filmmaker is the lack of something – but creative filmmaker will turn the tables and dance around the obstacles. or independent filmmakers, having is the rare luxury. Not having is rather the norm. From the required…

Olivia Speranza gives some tips about how to use a slider for creative shooting. For more info check out her write up at Oliviatech.com

The 2013 Sony World Photography Awards are now open for entries, and include categories for 3D and filmmakers. The competition has categories for both amateur and professional photographers and prizes that include both cash and Sony photographic equipment….

I just put up a short video about how to set up the Canon 5D MKII for Video. I’ve put some of this information out before in our book and some other blog posts but this time I go step by step through the menus for capturing video. I do …

Aspiring screenwriters struggle to find ways to get their scripts read by agents and managers. Well, here’s an opportunity for screenwriters to make a donation to fight heart disease and get their screenplays actually read by a manager at Benderspink….

There’s a rumor going around the interwebs that there’s a prequel/not-prequel to Alien coming out soon. Perhaps you’ve heard this rumor, too? Anyway, all this chatter reminded me how difficult it is to create a new world, especially…

This is a guest post by Brian Newman. Freddie Wong (FreddieW). Ryan Higa (NigaHiga). Jenna Marbles. Kevin Wu (KevJumba). These are four names that I can mention in conversation with almost everyone I know in the independent film business and get blank…

As Ryan proffered during its first week of release Microsoft’s Xbox 360 peripheral, the Kinect, was destined to have an effect on how some story tellers would choose to tell and deliver there stories in the future and given its status as the ‘fastest-selling…

Tweet All of us love gear right? This new kickstarter project hopes to fund creation of an interesting new follow focus unit called the SnapFocus. Brandon David Cole is the mastermind behind all this and sent us this info. SnapFocus Kickstarter CULVER…

Tweet For those of you who have DaVinci Resolve, you will be interested in learning more about this new library of coloring grades from Color Grading Central. Luster Power Grades Want to know the secrets to creating that illusive or sophisticated look?…

Tweet Our friends over at Backscatter Underwater Video and Photo have posted one of the first underwaterCanon EOS 5D Mark III videos shot in Cenotes Mexico and it is quite incredible! Note tho Berkley White says about 30% of it is actually Canon EOS 5D…

By site editor Dan Chung: Wandering around the camera market in Beijing last week I was surprised to see that Hoya has finally come out with a variable neutral density filter range. They are the world’s largest optical glass manufacturer and their filters…

Guest post by James Bayliss-Smith: To say that Final Cut Pro X – Apple’s long awaited update to Final Cut Pro 7 – caused a bit of a stir when it was released is a massive understatement. Loyal Apple editors had been brimming over with excitement…

Guest post by Paul Raftery: The Shard film is my first time-lapse project, conceived as a collaboration between myself as an architectural photographer and videographer Dan Lowe over a couple of beers. We picked the UK’s tallest building as a suitably…

Tweet It’s important to realize that you have to spend a lot of money on accessories if you want to make your precious RED camera work. A burden many are willing to take for amazing image quality below $20K. Now would you spend that money on products…

Tweet cinema5D has been the “forum for DSLR filmmakers” for 3 and a half years. There’s no question cinema5D will always be cinema5D, but with so many new “large sensor” cameras that are or aren’t DSLR’s I think…

Go behind the scenes of Hugo and Larry McConkey steadicam work. The Final Shot:

Stéphanie Joalland expands Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Rules and applies them for Screenwriters. Rule #1 – “Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.” I’d admit that’s a very subjective notion…

Rob Mize shows how to create the effect of a sunrise using only After Effects and a background graphic. This project employs techniques using masks, solids, shapes and effects that can be useful for a variety of projects. Whether creating this effect…

Russell Hasenauer does his first “Chopping Block” segment for Indy Mogul, dissecting two movies submitted by viewers to illustrate a few simple tips that can help you improve as an editor: Dialogue Overlap, Cutting the Fat, and “Killing…

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