The advantages of soft lights for are huge. - the advantage of Rifas is convenience: they set up in seconds - pop open like an umbrella - and you can carry 2 or 3 (with stands) under one arm.
We are not seeing the work of a cinematographer in full control of their craft, Mario Andretti doing his best with front-wheel drive and an automatic transmission
Many aspects of the new media aesthetic are derived from economic and technological circumstance…50 years ago those same principles were being advanced by the French new wave as the aesthetic imperatives of “auteur theory”.
If there were ever a search for the historical prototypes of modern videojournalism then surely Michael Apted’s 7-UP series would figure large. A brief description from MA of his epiphany with regard to video and objectivity: “…it occurred to me that maybe what I was doing was something quite different from what I thought I was doing…”
I’ve owned Nikon SLRs for many years. Canon HDV is my camera of choice today but I still favor Nikon for stills, and like all Nikon gearheads I read kenrockwell.com.
Was Rockwell really serious when he wrote his much travelled “Why the camera doesn’t matter”?
- Yes, he was indeed, but he slid in several important caveats, that might just lead you to follow his example, rather than his advice, and stick with the fancicams.
It’s not about pixels - it’s about control.
Faced with the continued threat of rock stars using video camera lenses as ash-trays, the techs at Nikon and Canon have both hit on the same solution - have the DSLR handle the video for you. Today Canon announced the 21 MP 5D MKII following Nikon’s introduction last month of the D90, both capable of [...]
Several years back the Center for Social Media published “Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use“. They have now followed up with a similar guide to fair use with regard to online video — via videomaker.com
Fair use is an “equitable remedy”, and as such is designed to protect the public from the [...]
Most everyone knows they have a dominant arm/hand. Snowboarders, soccer players, gymnasts quickly learn that they also have a dominant leg/foot. Increasingly golfers, archers, hunters, baseball players are becoming aware that they also have a dominant eye. Professional baseball players who are cross dominant (left-eye/right hand) are significantly more successful than their conventionally wired peers.
Short TriSpread - the spreader acts as a hi-hat
Standard Tripod
Monopod
HiPod - for high angle shots.
Looks good so far?
Supports a maximum of 13.2 pounds - Retail $2490 or $3750 with an FSB 6 head.
Still look good? No I didn’t think so.
via creativecow
Warm colors appear closer than cool colors. Human faces have a warm reddish hue. Using a cool background will enhance the appearance of depth in the frame.
from Color Correction for DV - preview on googlereader
