Day 4 was our second day at Camp Pendleton. We started the day at one of the training areas for urban combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. For this commercial, we wanted to simulate what a typical training day is like for a Marine. So we made heavy use of the in-helmet POV camera we built […]
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Day 3 was our first day at Camp Pendleton, a sprawling base used exclusively by the Marine Corps outside of Carlsbad, CA. One of the Marines joked with me that Pendleton is basically a wildlife preserve with some barracks on it. He said that there’s certain places they can’t go during certain times of year […]
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From the producers of That’s It, That’s All comes a new breed of snowboarding entertainment exceeding all expectations: The Art of FLIGHT follows Travis Rice, John Jackson, Mark Landvik, Scotty Lago, Jake Blauvelt, Nicolas Müller, Gigi Rüf, DCP and Pat Moore as they dream up new global adventures and progress the sport to unimaginable levels. Brain Farm has […]
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Military Rider – produced by One Eyed Bird, in conjunction with Brain Farm Digital Cinema A few years ago I worked on a project called Semper Ride, a motorcycle safety film for the Marines. The number one killer of off-duty Marines is sport bikes, so we created a short video and a series of PSAs […]
Read MoreSometimes having choices sucks. My brother and his wife are looking to step up to digital SLRs and they asked for my advice. I told them about a few different cameras to look at, and some lenses to think about now and down the road. They were quickly overwhelmed by the options and of course, […]
Read MoreI’ve written in other posts that I don’t like to concentrate on vaporware like the RED Scarlet. But I think rumors can be fun and give an interesting glimpse towards the possible future. Even if the products never appear, it’s cool to see what some companies are thinking. There’s a post on CanonRumors.com about Canon’s […]
Read More“Hey Eric, I’m buying a 7D. What other equipment should I get? What lenses? What’s the best tripod? How do I record audio?” That’s a pretty regular set of questions I get. It’s the main reason I started the Current Recommendations page. I then counter with “Why are you buying a 7D?” and I get […]
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I’ve delivered tapes to many broadcasters and producers including NBC, National Geographic, Red Bull, etc. Their requirements are pretty similar, so it’s fairly easy to just use a generic template for all your tape prints. This is one I’ve been using for awhile. I will eventually add more templates for different uses, but this is […]
Read More apple, beta, beta sp, broadcast, D5, Final Cut Pro, HDCAM, HDCAM SR, print, slate, tape, titleI just got done reading a new blog post by Baker on Man vs. Debt – 11 Reasons to Ditch Your Television. Baker brings up some really great points. I particularlly like number 10 – Prevent Zombie Kids. Whenever I’m at friend’s houses with multiple kids running around, it amazes me what happens when the […]
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A Bit of History and The “New” MacBook Air This week saw the release of Apple’s new MacBook Air. Spec-wise, it’s not really all that advanced compared to the Apple laptops that preceded it. It has a 1.4GHz or 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo processor for the 11 inch model (1.86GHz and 2.13GHz for the […]
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