ART OF THE CUT WITH Martin Bernfeld, editor of “Hellboy”

ART OF THE CUT WITH Martin Bernfeld, editor of "Hellboy" 1

Martin Bernfeld has been editing features for 15 years, including Project Almanac, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Power Rangers, The Babysitter, and Bent. For this interview, I talked with Martin about his latest film, Hellboy. (This interview was transcribed with SpeedScriber. Thanks to Martin Baker at Digital Heaven) HULLFISH: What was post-production schedule like? When did they […]

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Midtown Video post NAB 2019 live event covers NewTek + LiveU

Midtown Video post NAB 2019 live event covers NewTek + LiveU 9

Earlier this week, Miami-based leading pro video dealer and rental house, Midtown Video, hosted a live event, in person and on the Internet, for instant global consumption. The 43-minute, multi-camera event focused on —and employed— some new technologies released at NAB 2019 from LiveU (streaming encoders, now featuring H.265/HEVC) and NewTek, including two I had […]

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NAB 2019: Things ‘n’ Stuff

Colorful LEDs

In recent NABs, the back end of Central Hall was filled with LED luminaires from a vast number of companies, all showing various interpretations of “daylight” or “tungsten” light (some of them more impressionistic than others). This year, the emphasis was more on colored light in all its variations… Lenses with “Character” Cinema glass continues […]

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NAB 2019: Transparent OLED Display

LG Transparent OLED display

OK, it’s not something you’ll need every day, but it is cool: a semitransparent OLED monitor, made by striping OLED pixels on a glass substrate with about a 50% fill factor. LG displayed it in the North Hall, showing posh-watch videos in front of an array of posh watches… Disclosure: there is no material connection […]

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RED and NVIDIA: real-time 8K video editing and color grading now!

RED and NVIDIA: real-time 8K video editing and color grading now!

The new generation of graphics cards has enough power to allow real-time playback, edit and color grade of 8K footage, making it easier for filmmakers to use even higher resolutions. Earlier in 2018 NVIDIA and RED Digital Cinema announced they had solved the 8K bottleneck. Last December both companies showed in Hollywood how new processors […]

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