VocabControl Identifiers for asset management. I met Rob Wilson of RCWS consulting at the DAM London conference last summer, where he talked about digital identifiers. He has long career working on information architecture for range of organisations and industry standards bodies, including the ultimately doomed e-GMS project, which was an attempt to unify government metadata […]
Day: January 28, 2011
The Power of Brand Storytelling
The Power of Brand Storytelling. Stories are powerful. They are the emotional glue that connects the storyteller with his audience and, more importantly, the audience with the idea the storyteller is trying to convey. Stories tap into not only our minds, but also our hearts. They’re why we cry at movies, even though we know […]
Podcast: The Adventures of Anthony Dod Mantle, part 2
Here’s the second part of my cross-ocean conversation with cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle. After discussing his work on “127 Hours” and his use of the Silicon Imaging 2k camera for Danny Boyle, Anthony explained his current stereoscopic gig on the European film “Dredd” (yes, based on the same source material as Stallone’s “Judge Dredd” but […]
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After Effects Apprentice: The Video(s)
Many After Effects users know us for our books Creating Motion Graphics (CMG) and After Effects Apprentice (AEA). CMG is intended as a deep reference for After Effects, while AEA is structured as a series of lessons to help a beginner or part-time user get up to speed more quickly with the key features of […]
Super 35 size me
Next month marks the debut of Sony’s first handheld Super 35mm model for professionals: the PMW-F3. It’s also Sony’s first such camera with XDCAM EX recording and first with CMOS technology. And the F3 starts at just $16,000 MSRP. The new camera is beginning to make a name for itself after some sweet pre-production tests […]
Ubiquity Broadcasting captures sought-after 3D footage at The Da Hui Backdoor Shootout
Ubiquity Broadcasting Corp. has captured incredible 3D footage, filmed in digital 3D by Ubiquity’s crew led by IMAX 3D filmmaker Mike Prickett, during The Da Hui Backdoor Shootout presented by Sponsor Me. The 3D footage was captured at a famous surfing location, the Banzai Pipeline. Ubiquity plans to distribute the 3D content captured at the […]