NAB Show
NAB 2023 – Trends, Gear and Opportunities
Your stalwart narrator normally refuses to attend both NAB and Cine Gear, for the simple reason that getting to...
Production
New year’s definition: Framelines.
New years’ resolutions traditionally involve grand, life-changing pronouncements of such vast scope that even the friendliest onlookers tend to...
Production
Is this a golden age for crew?
Anybody who’s tried to pull a crew together in the last few months will be aware that finding people...
Production
Fashionable kistch
It’s a concomitant of the modern age that some people think a Bolex H16 is heavy. In fact, it...
Post Production
What the People Want
Every so often, it seems like a good idea to step back from the viewfinder, put the test charts...
Production
Why are we still using magtape?
Things used to be so simple. And expensive. And drenched in chemicals. Almost since the dawn of digital cinematography...
Post Production
IBC pushes filmmaking into The Matrix
Going by the organisation’s own press releases, IBC 2022 has been something of a gift for anyone looking to...
Distribution
The BBC isn’t what you think it is
It’s a strange experience for UK natives to spend time in the USA, which has a world-famous media industry,...
Production
Gimbals are wonderful
Gimbals are wonderful. They make everything from a jib on a tracking vehicle to a teenager on a skateboard...
Production
Infinite dynamic range! Zero noise!
There’s a piece of digital cinematography equipment that has infinite dynamic range, imposes zero noise, supports stereo 3D, high...
