An interview with “This is America” editor Ernie Gilbert
Recently, the music video for Childish Gambino’s This is America won one of two Grand Prix prizes in the Entertainment for Music category at Cannes. Jury president Paulette Long…
Nanguang 4′ Pavolite Tubes // Tool Talk
This article marks the beginning of a venture between PVC and Filmtools, a series I’m calling Tool Talk. In it I will spend a few minutes talking about a…
Don’t get the Mac Pro, Get a Puget System
There are going to be, roughly, two types of people reading this: pros and builders. As detailed in my colleague Damian’s article, the Pros are people who just…
Exploring Ultrawide Workspaces – A Review of the Samsung CJ791
For editing, the size and layout of your workspace is nontrivial. Most would argue doing so on a 17” laptop is an enormous pain and having an external monitor is…
Zeiss opens a new space in Sherman Oaks
Like Sigma and Canon before them, Zeiss has opened up a showroom/workshop hybrid space, this one located in Sherman Oaks, chosen for its central location for the majority of…
Are Canon Cinema Cameras the Ultimate Documentary Solution?
This year all 5 documentaries nominated for an Oscar were shot on Canon cameras. To further discuss this accomplishment, Canon gave me the chance to interview Tim Smith, Canon’…
After Effects wins an Academy Sci-Tech Award
David Simons is a 28-year fellow at Adobe, if you count the first three years at CoSA where he created After Effects. His creation has dominated the post-production…
Out in the Field with the GoPro HERO7 Black
Recently, I was sent a GoPro HERO7 Black to take out with me on a two-week trip to Colorado where I was filming for a ski tour company called…
Review: BenQ PD2700U Monitor
I’ve been working on a lot of coloring projects recently, and at Adobe MAX the subject came up when I was talking to the people at BenQ. After some…
Hands-on with the Canon C200
I was sent the Canon C200 to review, and while there are a handful of pretty comprehensive reviews from a more clinical perspective, in an effort to shed light on…
