Art vs Advertising: The reality behind my first rejection

Art vs Advertising: The reality behind my first rejection 1

20 years ago this week I answered the phone – and this is what I learned. Recently, Richard Harrington published an article titled “Why film and video have lost their value, and what this means for innovation”. It’s a thought provoking post that’s prompted much discussion amongst the ProVideo Coalition authors. I don’t have any […]

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Let’s Edit with Media Composer – ADVANCED – Custom Transitions

Let's Edit with Media Composer - ADVANCED - Custom Transitions 2

In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how to create a custom transition to work with in your Avid Media Composer project.    Not only can you create your own transitions quickly and easily, but you can also save them to bins, to apply to other transitions in your current project, or add that […]

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Millennium DXL at Cine Gear Expo 2016

Panavision Millennium DXL

The Millennium DXL Camera will be rented exclusively through Panavision and will be available in early 2017. Working prototypes and a demo reel will be on display at the Panavision and Light Iron booth at Cine Gear Expo, June 2-4 in Hollywood. The new large-format camera from Panavision, DXL, is, according to the company, a […]

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See Adam Wilt and I at CineGear

See Adam Wilt and I at CineGear 3

DSC Laboratories, makers of the finest camera and color calibration charts in the world, has hired fellow PVC writer Adam Wilt and I to demonstrate their wares at CineGear 2016. This will be roughly the same presentation we give at NAB each year, although specifically tailored to the film-style production audience. In particular we’ll be showing […]

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Remote Broadcasts: Television’s Traveling Roadshow

Remote Broadcasts: Television's Traveling Roadshow 4

As television struggles to re-invent itself to stay relevant in a world increasingly getting their video fix from so-called “second screens” (tablets, laptops, smart phones or something not invented yet), one last bastion of broadcast television superiority is the live coverage of events. And nowadays, even that is being challenged by the online world. Even […]

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How I Learned Composition at 12 Years of Age

How I Learned Composition at 12 Years of Age 5

At 12 years old I knew I wanted to look through cameras for a living. Thanks to Youtube, I’ve been able to take a look back at what I was picking up on as a very, very young DP. It surprises me that I saw so much so early. When asked their inspiration for becoming […]

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