Pre-production is a busy time for a filmmaker. Meeting and hiring cast and crew, securing locations, making budgets, contracts and deals, writing final script tweaks and a thousand other things will occupy all of the available time. One of the main things that typically falls by the wayside is properly preparing to capture the best […]
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The Winter Games are a chance for us to witness magic moments of incredibly artistry and athleticism performed by the amazing athletes competing there. But in order for us to do so, broadcasters around the world spent months preparing for that short period of intense coverage. For Swiss Radio and Television (SRF), a publicly funded […]
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Back in 2012, I wrote about many editors’ frustration about iPad video editing apps that (back then) unfortunately did not respect alpha channel in logos they imported, to allow for translucency. Most producer/editors I know who edit 1080p video capsules for the web demand this capability, especially for their lower thirds. For many, this issue […]
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“The Only Choice” was written and directed by Christopher Califano. A short film that was shot in three days, it tells the story of a woman who seems to have only one choice left with her boyfriend, and details how she comes to that decision. Califano shot with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera and the Blackmagic […]
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In this tutorial, exclusive to PVC, I'm going to answer a question about recording scratch VO's for your projects. It's quick, simple, and will have you cutting your edits to time, in no time flat! Kevin P McAuliffe is a Senior Editor at Extreme Reach MIJO, in Toronto. You can send him an e-mail at […]
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As I type this I like to check and read what I write on my mobile at the same time. To see how it looks, flows, feels. Smartphones and tablets are great devices. You know from looking at the research that the audience loves them too – so portable and so personal. As I write […]
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Stacking is used to create sophisticated images with detail from front to back. It is used by many photographers in macro photography, but the process sounds so complex that some people never try it. But stacking can be used for other subjects than macro, and it offers a neat way to gain extra depth of […]
