Helpful Ways for Cinematographers to Get a Grip on Lighting

Helpful Ways for Cinematographers to Get a Grip on Lighting 1

I spent the 1st half of this year releasing two films, a feature length documentary and a short film narrative (Becoming Fools and Fruitcake respectively). Through this process I’ve attended screenings and festivals of our own films and for others. I’ve also sat through several Q&A’s with independent filmmakers and although I love hearing how […]

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Relatively Speaking, Absolutely!

Relatively Speaking, Absolutely! 2

Absolute or Relative? It's up to you, as you'll discover in this week's episode of MacBreak Studio, in which Steve and Mark from Ripple Training continue their exploration of the feature enhancements in the 10.1.2 update to Final Cut Pro X. It's a common task to animate audio levels to change over time – […]

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The dawn of CFast video recording

The dawn of CFast video recording 3

The first CFast devices were shown at CES in 2009, but NAB 2014 was the first time I saw professional video products using it. CFast is a derivative format of CompactFlash which offers the very high bit rates required by virtually lossless intraframe 10-bit 4:2:2 códecs like ProRes 422 and DNxHD for HD, and even […]

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