THE AMAZING FILMMAKING OF NGUYEN-ANH NGUYEN

Filmed at the IBC Amsterdam SuperMeet, Sept. 13, 2015 This is the amazing story of filmmaker Nguyen-Anh Nguyen, who began his professional life as a dentist - and then decided that filmmaking is his passion and to follow this direction in life. Working with Blackmagic URSA, the Blackmagic Producti......

WALTER MURCH 2015: BEFORE & AFTER APOCALYPSE NOW

This is the final part of the 2015 interview with Walter Murch. The question is asked to Walter what the highlights are of his career, and what stands out. Walter's answer, like so many other subjects, is fascinating and deeply entrenched in film history and technology development. Walter describes ......

WALTER MURCH 2015: FILM TO DIGITAL

In this, Part 3 of the 2015 interview, Walter talks about the impact that digital has had on filmmaking. Not only the change in granular structure, from celluloid to ones and zeros, the impact of digital has changed the filmmaking process in other ways. When everything was shot on film dailies were ......

JVC 4KCAM: GY-HM200 & GY-LS300 ON LOCATION

This report looks at 2 cameras in the JVC 4KCAM range: the GY- LS300 and GY-HM200. These cameras shoot 4K at 150mbps, or HD 4:2:2 at 50mbps. While the GY-LS300 features Super 35mm sensor and interchangeable lenses, the GY-HM200 has a fixed zoom equivalent of 29.5mm to 354mm in 35mm photography terms......

MAKING OF BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY: EDITOR, BARRY STEVENS

Location Hertfordshire, England, November 10, 1975. On this date, the rock band Queen recorded the video for Bohemian Rhapsody, at Elstree Studios, in just under 4 hours. Editor Barry Stevens then spent 5 hours working at the Trilion Studios in Soho, alongside director, Bruce Gowers, to create what......

NIKON D5: FLAGSHIP DSLR FULL-FRAME SENSOR FEATURING 4K UHD VIDEO

Announced at CES is Nikon's flagship model - the D5. This is the first full-frame Nikon DSLR to feature 4K video. Check out movies to see just what the D5 is capable of.

NIKON D500: DX DSLR WITH 4K UHD VIDEO RECORDING

Announced at CES 2016. the Nikon D500 is a DX still camera capable of recording 4K video. The D500 would compliment the more expensive, top of the range, Nikon D5 - also announced this week at CES. The video specs of the two cameras are very similar, one of the main differences being the sensor size.

PANASONIC LAUNCHES LUMIX G 100-400MM TELEPHOTO-ZOOM, LEICA DG VARIO-ELMAR LENS

Small, light and highly durable, the latest addition to Panasonics range of interchangeable lenses is perfectly suited to shooting extreme telephoto, 4K video, in all kinds of environments.

SHOOTING 4K VIDEO WITH THE PANASONIC LUMIX GX8

The Panasonic GX8 is a delightfully small yet powerful camera for both stills and video. This camera is suitable for those who want high quality results using the Micro Four Thirds system. The GX8 shoots 4K video at 100mbps direct to affordable SDXC media. HD can be recorded at 25/50P or 30/60P depending where you purchased your camera. The frame-rate options are regionalised.

BEST OF MOVIE MACHINE 2015 (PART 1)

A look back at the best movies run on Movie Machine throughout 2015. Featuring the JVC GY-HM200, Blackmagic URSA, investigation of the dedolight system, and how to create silky smooth time lapses.

BEST OF MOVIE MACHINE 2015 (PART 2)

A look back at the best movies run on Movie Machine throughout 2015. Featuring: the making of the video of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, Walter Murch on Premiere Pro, the Sony PXW-FS5, Shooting with the JVC GY-LS300, working with Tecpro Felloni LED panels.

STAR WARS: EPISODE VII THE FORCE AWAKENS. INTERVIEW WITH EDITORS - MARYANN BRANDON & MARY JO MARKEY

This interview with the 2 editors of Star Wars: Episode VII, provides a revealing insight into what goes on inside the cutting room of a Hollywood blockbuster at the highest level.

LIGHTING ON LOCATION: EFFECTIVE & SIMPLE LIGHTING TECHNIQUES

The easy way is to bring no lights and work only with natural daylight - however, the easy way is not the best way. By working with the right equipment and using a few simple lighting techniques, you can improve the scene you are filming in a major way. This tutorial shows how quickly and easy it is to get results. Equipment used: Tecpro Felloni, dedolight DLED4.

MEDIA MANAGEMENT IN FINAL CUT PRO X

Media Management in Final Cut Pro is incredibly simple and effective. To back up an entire Library, including all media, is as simple as copying the Library from one location to another. If the media is all contained within the Library, then the backup will be complete. If the media is external to Library you need to use the Consolidate function, this will ensure that all media is then copied within the Library. The video tutorial above shows how this is done.

FINAL CUT PRO X KILLER FEATURES: SETTING BROADCAST LEVELS USING THE WAVEFORM MONITOR

It is very quick and easy to check the levels of luminance of your images using Final Cut Pro X. Simply switch on the waveform monitor, check the black levels are on 0 and make sure the whites don't peak above 100%. You can then set the mids within the parameters of the black and white levels.

LIGHTING TUTORIAL: WORKING WITH LOW LEVELS OF LIGHT; SCULPTING LIGHT PRECISELY WITH DEDOLIGHT

To light effectively you need to know the tools available and how they work. Working with the many lights in the dedolight range, one can achieve effective precision lighting which enables you to direct the lights exactly where you wish it to be.

BLACKMAGIC DESIGN URSA MINI - FOOTAGE FILMED WITH THE 4.6K SENSOR

Footage filmed with URSA Mini with the 4.6K sensor is now appearing online. This highly anticipated cinema camera shoots RAW or ProRes, internal to CFast media, and boasts 15 stops of dynamic range.

Some Cinematic Heresies - distractions to the filmmaking process

Producer/Director David Dore, writes about the distractions which modern technology brings to the filmmaking process. Technology itself will never make a good film - that is the job of the filmmaker, however, if we harness technology to the benefit of the filmmaking process that is when the magic really happens. Now for the Heresies - over to David...

http://www.moviemachine.tv/post/some-cinematic-heresies-distractions-to-the-film/

3 cameras in carry-on. Fine so long as they don't weight the bag!