The New Year is traditionally a time for lists, and as many of the articles I published during 2014 reflected on the last 20 years of desktop video, I thought I’d wrap up the year with a list of films that have made a significant impact on motion graphics during that time. Motion graphics is […]
Read More… from Motion Graphics for Business – Part 1: Inspirational Films
My friend Gary Yost has been enjoying learning Resolve. He recently graded a short project I directed, shot, and edited for the Delfina Restaurant Group in San Francisco. Then, he made this great comparision video that shows the original shots next to the graded shots. I thought you might enjoy seeing the difference a good […]
In this week's Media Composer 101 tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe will show you how to create SD screening DVD's from HD, 2K, 4K and UHD projects. If you don't think through what you're doing, you could run into trouble quicker than you think. As much as some companies would like us to believe, DVD's and […]
Read More… from Media Composer 101 – Advanced – Creating SD DVD’s from HD, 2K & 4K Projects part 1
Last August I had the opportunity to DP a documentary feature film directed by my good friend Kendal Miller. The story followed two friends as they traveled across the US to the Oregon coast on a motorcycle and sidecar. Much of the film was to be shot handheld, and we planned to intersperse short cut-scenes […]
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Prisoners was a tense, dramatic movie. I remember being almost exhausted after watching the film for the first time. But as I mulled it over in the following days, I was struck by how subtly powerful the cinematography was. Never did it call attention to itself, but almost every frame was polished and cleanly executed. […]
