Category Archives: Filmmaking

Vote For The Toadlickers

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Paul D

The ‘Toadlickers’ video that I Directed & Produced for Thomas Dolby, is in The Sony PROduction Awards and is open to a public vote. If you would like to vote for Toadlickers to win, you can do so by clicking [...]

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Canon EOS 5D Mark III Clean HDMI Out Firmware Announced!

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Paul D

Nine months ago, in a piece about the just announced Nikon D4, I wrote “Chief amongst these features is a clean, uncompressed 4:2:2 HDMI feed with simultaneous output to the D4′s rear monitor…a clean uncompressed 1080p output…[is] MAJOR news, both [...]

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Sony PMW-200

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Paul D

When the Sony EX1 was released, five years ago, it was an incredibly important camera, for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it was the only handheld full HD camera on the block. Secondly, it had three half inch [...]

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Kinefinity KineRaw S35 Raw Digital Cinema Camera

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Paul D

Last year I posted about the KineRAW S35, a Chinese Alexa that Guardian photographer and DSLR News Shooter, Dan Chung, had discovered at the BIRTV trade show in Beijing.
At the time it was, essentially, vapourware, but now it seems [...]

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Paul D Interviewed by SoSoActive.com

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Paul D

Last week I was interviewed by Kelland Drumgool of ‘social music and mobile music technology’ site SoSoActive.com. You can read the piece here
Do you think I mentioned The Toadlickers enough?

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Paul D’s Filmmaking Daily

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Paul D

Today I am officially launching Paul D’s Filmmaking Daily.
Published daily at 4PM GMT / 11AM EST / 8AM PST, the magazine scours the web for all the latest news, reviews and features for filmmakers, so that you don’t have to. [...]

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Music Tech Fest

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Paul D

Last Saturday I gave a talk, at Music Tech Fest, about the making of The Toadlickers. I explained how we achieved things with the Canon 5D Mark II that are supposedly impossible, such as green screen and perfect focus whilst [...]

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