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NISI Cinema Filters: Scratch Resistant, Water & Oil Resistant

Duration: 03:51 - Added: 18/12/2016

Interview with Steve Johnson, Director/Producer, Futuristfilm Ltd., about working with NISI filters. These are unique - nano coating provides a surface which is both resistant to scratching, water,and oil. This is demonstrated in this video. NiSi IR ND filters use exclusive dual-side...

Blackmagic Design: Latest developments with URSA Mini

Plays: 3177 - Duration: 09:38 - Added: 13/06/2016

Interview with Tim Siddons, Director of Channel Sales at Blackmagic Design UK. Tim discusses URSA Mini in-depth, the new OS, working with URSA Mini in a studio configuration, and other new developments and workflow methods. URSA Mini is now shipping and there are plenty examples onlin...

Shooting with Steadicam Solo

Plays: 349 - Duration: 09:02 - Added: 26/05/2016

This report was filmed with Steadicam Solo and shows many of the bigger Steadicam's in action, combined with an interview with long-term Steadicam operator/expert, Jerry Holway. Jerry Holway has been a Steadicam operator for 30 years, with many feature film credits including Donnie B...

Walter Murch 2015: before & after Apocalypse Now

Duration: 04:18 - Added: 27/12/2015

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. Wa...

Walter Murch 2015: film to digital

Duration: 07:34 - Added: 13/12/2015

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 fil...

Walter Murch 2015: 4K technology and beyond

Plays: 2303 - Duration: 12:32 - Added: 21/10/2015

In this, the second part of the 2015 interview with Walter Murch, Walter talks about the technological changes we have seen over many decades, and how these have affected the filmmaking process. Walter comments on 4K, now widely available to both professionals and consumers, and how t...

Walter Murch 2015: FCPX, Avid, Premiere Pro

Plays: 12543 - Duration: 24:09 - Added: 12/10/2015

Walter Murch speaks openly about the state of play of the major editing systems in use in 2015. In the aftermath of the end-of-life of the original Final Cut Pro, there are 3 main systems used by professionals: Abobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer. Walter p...

Sony PXW-FS5, in-depth interview: Tom Crocker, Sony, Europe

Plays: 1170 - Duration: 19:26 - Added: 27/09/2015

The Sony PXW-FS5 drew tremendous attention over the 5 days of IBC 2015. This incredibly lightweight camcorder breaks down to an astonishingly small size once handle, side-grip and lens have been removed; with all accessories attached this is a powerful, full featured Super 35mm camcor...

Lessons in Lighting: portrait and interview lighting using tungsten and LED lighting

Duration: 04:12 - Added: 24/07/2015

Lighting 2 persons sitting in an interview type situation is something which is often called on. Using key and fill lighting, in combination with backlighting on the subject and also the background, can produce pleasing and sophisticated results. This video piece compares the result,...

Overview of Sony PXW-200 replacement for PMW-200

Plays: 1514 - Duration: 07:56 - Added: 16/12/2014

Interview with Bill Drummond, Strategic Marketing Manager at Sony Professional, about the Sony PXW-200, the replacement for the highly successful PMW-200, As the successor of PMW-200, the PXW-X200 has a lot of attractive features, including dual SxS memory card slots for simultaneous...

Rodney Charters: BM Pocket Camera, 4K acquisition & Alexa

Plays: 1398 - Duration: 12:27 - Added: 25/11/2014

Rodney Charters, highly regarded director and cinematographer, talks about using the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera side-by-side with an Alexa, what 4K acquisition means in "his" world as a high-end cinematographer, and his love for the Alexa, and what it makes this camera special. ...

MARYANN BRANDON & MARY JO MARKEY - STAR WARS: EPISODE VII EDITORS (PART 2)

Duration: 11:24 - Added: 09/11/2014

Watch part 1 of the interview with Maryann Brandon & Mary Jo Markey: http://tinyurl.com/q6zfs9k Recorded at IBC 2014, this interview with the 2 editors of Star Wars: Episode VII, provides a revealing insight into what goes on inside the cutting room of feature film blockbusters at t...

Maryann Brandon & Mary Jo Markey - Star Wars: Episode VII editors (Part 1)

Duration: 13:48 - Added: 02/11/2014

Watch part 2 of the interview with Maryann Brandon & Mary Jo Markey: http://tinyurl.com/l4bdmxj Recorded at IBC 2014, this interview with the 2 editors of Star Wars: Episode VII, provides a revealing insight into what goes on inside the cutting room of feature film blockbusters at t...

mTape by mLogic: LTO6 Archiving & Backup solution

Plays: 341 - Duration: 08:06 - Added: 24/10/2014

mTape is the world's first Thunderbolt LTO6 drive, enabling users to cost-effectively back up vast amounts of data for archivel purposes. In this interview, Roger Mabon, mCEO of mLogic, explains the relevance of this technology to video editors. Typically most editors and many produc...

Atomos: Ninja Star and Shogun

Plays: 695 - Duration: 07:24 - Added: 17/10/2014

Interview with Jeromy Young, CEO of Atomos. Jeromy talks about the amazing Ninja Star - the world's smallest and most affordable ProRes recorder; and the soon-to-be-released Shogun 4K ProRes and Cinema DNG recorder. **Ninja Star** The Ninja Star is the world’s smallest, lightest Ap...

Zeiss: Photographic and Cinema Lenses

Plays: 742 - Duration: 06:14 - Added: 02/10/2014

Zeiss is known in the world of photography and cinematography for producing absolutely first-class lenses. In this interview with Paul Longley, National Sales Manager, UK, for Carl Zeiss Ltd, we specifically focus on what it is which separates the photographic lens from the cinema le...

Interview with Frieder Hochheim - President of of Kino Flo Lighting Systems

Duration: 10:34 - Added: 22/03/2014

The Kino Flo lighting system is highly regarded for providing beautiful fluorescent light, perfectly accurate colour temperature,and a unique softness and quality to light. Developed in 1987, the Kino Flo lighting system has rocketed in popularity to become one of the leading lighting...

Den Lennie - on location with the Sony PMW-F5

Plays: 797 - Duration: 06:46 - Added: 18/11/2013

A preview of the Den Lennie's Cinema Presentation to be shown at the Movie Machine Digital Cinema Festival, Dec 4, at the Prince Charles Cinema, Leicester Square, London. Register to attend at: http://www.moviemachine.tv/digital-cinema-festival/ Shooting S-Log 2 to SxS 2 cards, rec...

Comments on 4K: Jon Thorn, AJA Video Systems

Plays: 321 - Duration: 21:25 - Added: 02/11/2013

Interview with Jon Thorn, Senior Product Manager at AJA Video Systems. When Jon Thorn speaks we listen. He is one of those guys that understands the production process and is deeply knowledgable about producing content to the highest levels. In this interview, Jon speaks about the im...

Cinema Cameras: Sony PMW-F55 & PMW-F5

Plays: 335 - Duration: 04:00 - Added: 03/08/2013

What is a cinema camera today? The PMW-F55 has been described as a cinema camera, though not quite to the level of the high-end F65 by Sony. And the F5 can be used for cinema work, if you wish, though it was also designed with other purposes in mind. In this interview, Sony Product S...

New York City: Night and Day. Filmed with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera

Plays: 7245 - Duration: 12:10 - Added: 19/07/2013

I land in New York 4 hours late. Weather held up flights across the US and we were sitting on the tarmac for hours unsure whether we were going to be able to fly or not. The dreaded words that the flight may have to be cancelled had been mentioned. However, luck was with us, and even ...

Marco Solorio talks about the Blackmagic Cinema Camera (part 2)

Plays: 1531 - Duration: 08:35 - Added: 30/06/2013

Marco Solorio, Filmmaker, Director of Photography, OneRiver Media, talks about his experiences with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. Marco was one of the first people in the world to shoot with this camera and has built a workflow around several key accessories, and understanding the hu...

Marco Solorio talks about the Blackmagic Cinema Camera (part 1)

Plays: 1227 - Duration: 08:38 - Added: 17/06/2013

Marco Solorio, Filmmaker, Director of Photography, OneRiver Media, talks about his experiences with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera. Marco was one of the first people in the world to shoot with this camera and has built a workflow around several key accessories, and understanding the hu...

The State of the VFX Industry and where do we go from here

Plays: 28701 - Duration: 39:08 - Added: 19/05/2013

Presentation by Scott Ross and Scott Squires live at the NAB SuperMeet, April 9, 2013 This is an important presentation - for those who don't know, the VFX industry is in crisis with many facilities either struggling to make a living or going bankrupt. This is a world-wide industry p...

Grant Petty on DaVinci Resolve 10: NAB interview part 2

Plays: 1346 - Duration: 07:07 - Added: 11/05/2013

Recorded at NAB 2013 - part 2 of the Grant Petty Interview. Grant Petty, CEO Blackmagic Design, talks about DaVinci Resolve 10. This represents a major upgrade to what has been described as “the world’s most advanced color correction system.” Now featuring an online editor, Da...

Grant Petty Interview NAB 2013 (Part 1)

Plays: 5278 - Duration: 13:52 - Added: 25/04/2013

Grant Petty, CEO of Blackmagic Design, talks about the introduction of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and the Blackmagic Production Camera. One year after the announcement of the Blackmagic Cinema Camera (EF), Blackmagic once again has stunned the world with the announcement of t...

IBC 2012: Blackmagic Cinema Camera MFT announced

Duration: 08:32 - Added: 14/09/2012

Interview with Peter Barber, Co-founder Blackmagic Design Recorded at IBC, Amsterdam, September 2012. In this interview Peter explains the important of having produced a camera with a wide dynamic range, capable of filming 2.5K RAW images. It is this feature, largely, which distingu...

Grant Petty - The Blackmagic Cinema Camera (P3)

Plays: 4992 - Duration: 13:09 - Added: 31/08/2012

Part 3 of 3 - Recorded at Blackmagic Magic Design headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. Grant Petty, CEO Blackmagic Design, talks in-depth about the Blackmagic Cinema camera. The thoughts behind building a camera from scratch; what distinguishes this camera from others on the market,...

Grant Petty - The Blackmagic Cinema Camera (P2)

Plays: 2412 - Duration: 11:51 - Added: 31/08/2012

Part 2 of 3 - Recorded at Blackmagic Magic Design headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. Grant Petty, CEO Blackmagic Design, talks in-depth about the Blackmagic Cinema camera. The thoughts behind building a camera from scratch; what distinguishes this camera from others on the market,...

Grant Petty - The Blackmagic Cinema Camera (P1)

Plays: 4694 - Duration: 11:14 - Added: 27/08/2012

Part 1 of 3 - Recorded at Blackmagic Magic Design headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. Grant Petty, CEO Blackmagic Design, talks in-depth about the Blackmagic Cinema camera. The thoughts behind building a camera from scratch; what distinguishes this camera from others on the market,...

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