Please label tapes and disks: An open letter to DPs, camera ops, DITs
Man, there are a lot of high definition formats out in the world today. Just to spell them out...
Black Glimmerglass and Hollywood Black Magic Filter Tests
World-class camera assistant Mako Koiwai recently shot a camera test with two new sets of diffusion filters: Black Glimmerglass...
It’s the End of the World as We Know It…
I posted a fun little video about creating a shoulder mount rig for the iPhone 3G S on Friday....
The iPhone 3G S can’t really EDIT video!
Okay, let’s get one thing straight about the new Apple iPhone 3G S … it can’t edit the video...
FreshDV Video Coverage of Cine Gear 2009
A few weeks ago the FreshDV crew captured interviews and coverage from the Cine Gear Expo held on the...
JJ Abrams is a fan of the 5D MKII
On the tail end of this interview with filmmaker JJ Abrams is an awesome little outtake where he discusses...
Cinematographer Gordon Willis talks The Godfather
In this short video, the cinematographer of the Godfather explains his creative and technical choices in the film. He...
Diffusion Confusion
Digital filters are awesome for post image manipulation if you have enough bits to throw away. Glass filters, though,...
Web video: The Top-Ten Things I Wish I Knew About Final Cut Pro…Ten Years Ago.
I don’t know how I missed this video when it was posted back in March at the great editing...
Using the ND .90 Filter as a Preproduction Tool
During my last round of far red filter testing with the Sony F35/EX1/EX3, director of photography and testing cohort...
