Whilst we’re all waiting for a Canon 5D Mark III / Nikon D4 / Nikon D800, it seems that Guardian photographer and DSLR News Shooter, Dan Chung, has found something potentially even better…a 5 grand Alexa! Continue reading “To Kinefinity and Beyond…”
Category: Filmmaking
More Victims
It seems that my friend Chris Carr just can’t stay away from award nominations. Not content with the two Webbys we almost won for The Toadlickers, his latest production Victims has just been nominated for Film London’s Best of Boroughs Awards 2011. Continue reading “More Victims”
Magic Bullet Suite 11
Having used Magic Bullet Suite 10 to colour The Toadlickers (the double Webby Award nominated music video I directed & produced for Thomas Dolby) I was eager to test the new Magic Bullet Suite 11, which Red Giant Software sent me recently. It boasts version 2 of Looks, Version 1.5 of Grinder and ‘Cosmo’, a brand new ‘cosmetic cleanup tool’ that enhances skin and eats out of your fridge. Continue reading “Magic Bullet Suite 11”
Sex & Docs & Rock ‘n’ Roll
With a lineup boasting Albert Maysles, Nick Broomfield, Morgan Spurlock, Molly Dineen, Bruce Parry, Adam Curtis, Danfung Dennis and more commissioners, exec producers and distributors than you could shake a begging bowl at, it’s easy to see why this year’s Sheffield Documentary Festival (which took place earlier this month) attracted over 2000 delegates from across the globe. Staged at venues across Sheffield’s city centre, it was a heady mix of film festival, programme market, seminars, masterclasses, roundtable discussions, pitching sessions and educational opportunities, that offered something to everyone who is or aspires to be part of the documentary world. Continue reading “Sex & Docs & Rock ‘n’ Roll”
The Great Camera Shootout 2011
Last month, Zacuto invited me to the London Screening of their Single Chip Camera Evaluation, in which Robert Primes ASC put 12 cameras through 15 tests. The results were shown to industry audiences around the world and the discussions that followed were filmed, edited and combined with Primes’ test footage, to create ‘The Great Camera Shootout 2011’. Like the 2010 Shootout, this latest documentary is being released in three monthly instalments, the first of which is available now on Zacuto’s web site. Continue reading “The Great Camera Shootout 2011”