Video: 2 min recap of Ultra Natural 2013. Check out the full episode here In February, I was in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, coordinating the post production for Red Bull’s Ultra Natural event. We set up a 4 bay post facility in a hotel in Nelson; ingesting, organizing and editing footage from roughly 20 cameras. […]
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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 […]
Read More ac3, aja, bd, Blackmagic, blu-ray, DCP, Dolby, dts, dts-hd, hyperdeck, ki pro, makemkv, mkv, parkland, prores, redray, rip, rush, screening, skip, skipping, truehd, tv live, tv live hub, wd, western digitalAfter seeing Instagram pictures of me grading, a lot of readers have been asking about my personal Resolve setup. Well, I’m in the middle of redesigning my living room so I can put most of my equipment in a closet, out of view. So no pictures. But here is the configuration “on paper” if you […]
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Blackmagic Hyperdeck Shuttle Review: Review – Oliver Peters, DV/Creative Planet/digitalfilms.com Matrox MXO2 Mini MAX Offered at a New Low Price of $599 (press release) I’ve been a fan of the MXO2 Mini MAX for years now. I use it for all my H.264 encodes and take it into the field pretty often. Recently, Matrox released a […]
Read More Blackmagic, bmd, hyperdeck, matrox, max, mxo2, shuttleApple Quality but Not the Premium? $400 Gets You the Same 27-Inch Panel Used in Their Displays (No Film School) There’s actually fewer LCD panel manufacturers than there are brands. LG makes all of Apple’s displays, along with Dell, NEC, etc. My preferred panels are Dell Ultrasharps as they use high-end LG panels and have […]
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Here’s a list of what’s new at NAB 2012 and links to articles, product pages, press releases, etc. I will be updating this as often as I can. The 3G here in Vegas is awful. 1 Beyond Wrangler LTO-5 NetDrive This is an interesting little contraption. 1 Beyond has combined an LTO-5 deck with ethernet […]
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