ART OF THE CUT with Despicable Me 3 editor, Claire Dodgson

ART OF THE CUT with Despicable Me 3 editor, Claire Dodgson 1

Claire Dodgson has been working on animated films since starting as 2nd assistant editor on Corpse Bride (2005). She also assisted on Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) as 1st assistant. She was an associate editor on The Tale of Desperaux (2008) and Despicable Me 2 (2013) before working as the editor on both The Lorax (2012) […]

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Earth Live: wildlife live in your living room

Earth Live: wildlife live in your living room

Witness the earth’s greatest wildlife, shot by the world’s greatest wildlife cinematographers, in a live two-hour event Sunday July 9 on National Geographic Channel. Hosted by award-winning actress Jane Lynch and award-winning television personality Phil Keoghan, the live television special “Earth Live” airing on the National Geographic Channel is a unique opportunity to experience wildlife […]

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LEE Filters launches ProGlass IRND filters for photographers

LEE Filters launches ProGlass IRND filters for photographers

Two years in the making, the ProGlass IRND range sets a whole new standard in high quality glass neutral density filters, says LEE Filters. The ProGlass IRND range was initially designed for the movie industry, to meet the exacting requirements of leading cinematographers. Hailed, according to LEE filters, as the the best neutral-density filters on […]

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Which podcast syndication platforms to promote? Which not?

Which podcast syndication platforms to promote? Which not? 15

Wherever you decide to host your subscribable on-demand audio/video online content, be it self-hosted or on a so-called “podcast host” (as I covered in a recent review about Spreaker), it is absolutely desirable to syndicate it via many platforms, known as podcast aggregators. However, even though we may choose to syndicate on many, it really […]

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Filmmaker Friday featuring Filmmaker Tony Reyes

With hundreds of careers and opportunities, the filmmaking industry can be a unique experience for a filmmaker. Filmtools decided to take a deeper look into the world of a Filmmaker. This week, we had the opportunity to speak to Filmmaker Tony Reyes about his work. This is what he said: What is your name, and […]

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HYDROGEN ONE, RED’s holographic smartphone

RED introduces HYDROGEN ONE, an holographic smartphone

RED enters the universe of smartphones, but does it in their own style. The RED HYDROGEN ONE smartphone includes additional features that shatter the mold of conventional thinking. We’re not there yet, if you thought RED was introducing Star Trek’s Holodeck, but the HYDROGEN ONE might be the machine that takes us closer to that […]

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Music Maker: free DAW reaches 100,000 downloads

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Music Maker is not the most complete digital audio workstation or DAW, but it allows anyone to get started in digital music production for free. Audio is an important part of movie making, but for someone starting to explore the potential of animated images with a soundtrack, commercial and professional products may be out of […]

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Shutterstock: 4K submissions are growing

Shutterstock: 4K submissions are growing

The market for 4K video is growing and Shutterstock rapidly adapted to the needs of creators and clients. The agency is also looking at the potential of 360 video and other formats available today. The interview with Alex Renaud, Shutterstock’s General Manager of eCommerce Motion started as a conversation about the 4K market. The theme […]

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Adobe Premiere Pro: The Add Edit – Step Through technique for multicam editing

Adobe Premiere Pro: The Add Edit - Step Through technique for multicam editing 22

I’ve written about multi-camera editing in Adobe Premiere Pro a number of times over the years. The last time I wrote a big article on PPro multicam (back in CS6 days) there was a crucial feature that was missing in PPro’s multicam editing functionality: the ability to switch or step between camera angles with a […]

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Recording audio in Luc Besson’s Valerian

Recording audio in Luc Besson’s Valerian

In space no one can hear you scream… unless you’ve a microphone inside your spacesuit. That’s how the sound for the film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was captured. The whole story revealed now. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, the Sci-Fi blockbuster based on the French comics from 1967 […]

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