Director Adrian Moat sits down with SourceEcreative to discuss the “Scorpion” commercial he directed for RSA Films last year, for which I was DIT/Media Manager (and did a bit of gear rental coordination too). Working with Adrian, Camp4Collective and the rest of the crew was an amazing experience. Adrian has an excitement and lust for […]
Read More adrian moat, arctic, baffin island, camp4collective, DIT, jimmy chin, optimo, pirelli, production, Red, rsa filmsColor Grading: Eric Hansen Adobe Premiere CS6, Davinci Resolve, Twixtor, Dolby PRM-4200 monitor, Avid Artist Color control surface You may notice frame rate issues with this video. All the action and day-of stuff was shot at 60i so it looked live. Progressive cameras such as the RED Epic and GoPro Hero 3 cameras were set […]
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A few years ago, a local members-only golf club here in Jackson, WY started having occasional movie screenings followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. This started because one of the members, a film producer specializing in documentaries, approached the club owners with the idea. It’s been a hit with the club’s patrons and last […]
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There’s been surprisingly few detailed rumors about a new Mac Pro compared to Apple’s other products. Over the past few years there’s been speculation about a Mac Mini Pro or xMac, which is basically a beefy Mac Mini with a user-replaceable GPU and not much else. I would post a link, but there’s as many descriptions […]
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One of the things that lured me to Creative Cloud was the initial pricing: $30/mo for one year when upgrading from an existing Creative Suite product. So I jumped on it. My thought at the time, and I still think this, is that so many people will complain about the eventual $50/mo pricing, that Adobe will lower […]
Read More adobe, cc, cloud, creative cloud, creative suite, cs, cs6, subscriptionA lot has been made recently of Adobe’s announcement that all their software will be switching to Creative Cloud subscriptions, abandoning the software-in-a-box model. Even Hitler has weighed in. I’ve been using Creative Cloud personally for over 6 months, and most of my clients have made the switch, so I thought I would throw my […]
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Links to this TV have been floating around Twitter and my email Inbox. Here’s the link to TigerDirect. $1500 for a 50″ 4k TV! A little digging also finds that this same company, Seiki, sells a 40″ 1080p TV for $320. $320! How awesome can a $320 1080p TV look? Keep that in mind before […]
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I’m in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada this week, coordinating the on-site post for Red Bull Ultra Natural. We built a 4 bay post facility in a hotel room, and turned around 2 cuts less than 24 hours after the event. The “Action Edit” is above. Stay tuned for a full recap on the portable SAN […]
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I recently purchased an iTunes season pass for Archer, one of the funniest shows currently on TV, and one of the only shows I’ll buy season passes for. I get most of my content from Netflix and Hulu, and I have no problem waiting a few months for some shows to become available. But I […]
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The Art of Flight Panel from Dolby Laboratories on Vimeo. On Tuesday, November 1, 2011, Dolby Laboratories, Red Bull Media House and Brain Farm Digital Cinema hosted a media screening of the The Art of FLIGHT, exclusively in Dolby Surround 7.1. The filmmakers were also on hand to talk about the cutting edge innovations used […]
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