Today on the Slanted Lens we will discuss how to use umbrellas on set. Umbrellas are a great modifier and the one that most people start with. They’re inexpensive compared to soft boxes and octodomes making them very attractive. They collapse and fold away making them very simple to transport and carry with you. They […]
When you’re a kid, even the most mundane things can spark your curiosity. That’s the premise for Dig, a short film directed by Sundance Film Festival veteran Toby Halbrooks. After successfully producing a string of feature films with his partners, Halbrooks decided to take his turn directing a short film based on a story he’d […]
Teradek Cube Stream Reader Features Telestream Wirecast Pro & NewTek TriCaster Integration Live event broadcasting just got easier. Teradek's Cube H.264 Encoders now include the free Stream Reader plugin for Telestream Wirecast Pro and NewTek TriCaster. This free plug-in allows you to use any one of the Teradek Cube models to import live HD video […]
Mirrorless cameras (the name used here, for simplicity sake, refers to the multiple models of the same family, from different brands) may well be on the rise in Eastern markets, they do not seem to be on the way up on the Western front. The recent numbers from market research firm GfK released by Amateur […]
In the lead up to the Sundance Film Festival we had the good fortune to talk with a number of creative professionals involved in creating some of the great films premiering in Park City. From animated and live action shorts to feature-length documentaries and dramatic premieres, these films display a dizzying range of creativity and […]
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Driving Plates is a Premiere Pro tutorial by Eran Stern that uses Artbeats driving plates as backgrounds for composites of actors driving a car. Driving plates (also known as process plates, car plates, or vehicle plates) are POVs shot simultaneously from multiple angles, and sold as individual clips or as sets. You can avoid […]
Today on the Slanted Lens we are going to break down a fantasy portrait we did of Nadia Dawn in her Day of the Dead make-up. We will look at the crew that was needed and the camera settings, use of smoke machines as well as the location. Then we will move on to the […]
Future Media Concepts, (FMC) the nation’s leading digital media training provider, announced today that William Goldenberg, Oscar-winning editor for Argo, producers of Zero Dark Thirty, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Miami Vice, Seabiscuit, and other well-known films, will be speaking at the upcoming Editor’s Retreat. Now in its seventh year, the Editor’s Retreat offers experienced post-production professionals […]
Award-winning writer-director-producer John Wells will receive the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) 2014 Board of Governors Award. Wells will be honored during the 28th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards gala here on February 1 at the Hollywood & Highland Ray Dolby Ballroom. “John Wells is an extraordinary talent whose long career has exposed the world […]
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Canto, a leading provider of digital asset management software and professional services, today announced the general availability of Cumulus 9.0.2. Cumulus 9.0.2 represents the second incremental release since version 9 debuted in late October 2013 – marking a shift from historically lengthy development cycles to more frequent software releases. Cumulus 9.0.2 extends Canto’s vision of […]
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