Tag Archives: hollywood
What It’s Like to be a Hurlbut Visuals Intern? planetMitch tried it for an evening
Posted on 19. Dec, 2011 by planetMitch.
I was thrilled to be invited to the Hurlbut Visuals camp on the evening of November 2nd (I was in LA for the big Canon EOS C300 announcement) to watch the team set up and light a pickup shot to be used in a commercial they were shooting – of course using the Canon EOS [...]
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Free Canon Live Learning on the Canon EOS C300 in new Canon Hollywood Center
Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 by planetMitch.
Canon let us know about two upcoming free Canon Live Learning sessions involving the new Cinema EOS System, announced last week, and we thought you might like to know! The PR NOVEMBER 17, 2011, 7PM – 9PM Special Effects Cinematography with the EOS C300 DANA CHRISTIAANSEN, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JUNC-JIN AHN, CANON USA Dana Christiaansen, [...]
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The Letus / Hurlbut Master Cinema Series debut party
Posted on 17. Oct, 2011 by planetMitch.
Wow, what a fun time we had at the Letus / Hurlbut Master Cinema Series launch party in LA over the weekend! I got to meet so many great people and quite literally talked from 9am until at least midnight – I was exhausted! Tom Guilmette recorded the event for a mini-documentary and we’ll be [...]
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Jonathan Taylor on using Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs for action in Captain America
Posted on 02. Sep, 2011 by planetMitch.
Canon sent an update on how second unit director of photography Jonathan Taylor has integrated the Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) with traditional film in the action scenes for “Captain America: The First Avenger” – we posted the beginning of the story a few weeks ago. second unit director of photography Jonathan Taylor on [...]
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“Captain America: The First Avenger” action shots on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II? Yes!
Posted on 03. Aug, 2011 by planetMitch.
“Captain America: The First Avenger” was released in the USA just a few days ago – and now we find that they’ve used the Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) to shoot the action shots! The majority of the movie was shot on traditional film, but Jonathan Taylor (second unit director/director of photography on the [...]
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Red Giant’s “Plot Device” product demo shows the little guy can do it big
Posted on 29. Jul, 2011 by planetMitch.
This little demo movie from Red Giant is proving to be quite a hit around Hollywood and the HDSLR industry. You think I’m making this up about Hollywood, but look at this story on theHollywoodReporter: “Plot Device is the latest short film to get execs and talent scouters hot and bothered here in Hollywood. The [...]
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Need film distribution? Why not sell it on iTunes? A $200k success story
Posted on 20. Jul, 2011 by planetMitch.
The Polish brothers have sold their HDSLR (shot on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews)) based movie on iTunes and raked in over $200k already! [source: This tweet from lensflare35] The trailer for lovers only… from Polish Brothers on Vimeo. Mark Polish & Stana Katic It is available here on iTunes More on the [...]
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HDSLR Technology via Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs continue excellence in Hollywood
Posted on 08. Jul, 2011 by planetMitch.
In this story on the filmmaker’s notebook, Russell Carpenter & other DPs talk about HDSLR technology and shooting with the Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) [source: this tweet] An excerpt With the cost of cameras continuing to come down and more filmmakers going the DSLR route, it was no surprise that the Small Profile, [...]
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Shane Hurlbut at CineGear 2011
Posted on 21. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
We weren’t able to attend CineGear 2011 (darn family vacation haha), but our friend Tony Reale from NextWaveDV was able to interview Shane Hurlbut and is letting us borrow the discussion. Tony talks with Shane about their newly announced rentals (see also “Shane Hurlbut, ASC is proud to announce the debut of Hurlbut Visuals DSLR [...]
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Shane Hurlbut, ASC is proud to announce the debut of Hurlbut Visuals DSLR Cinema Rentals
Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by planetMitch.
Our friend Shane Hurlbut and his crew at Hurlbut visuals have announced their DSLR Cinema Rentals division. The whole Hurlbut Visuals crew will be at the CineGear show in LA this weekend to tell you all about it if you’re there. They’re also giving away $2000 in rentals at CineGear… read all about it on [...]
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UPDATED: WINNER! Indie movie shot on Canon HDSLR “LIKE CRAZY” sold to Paramount for $4 million
Posted on 30. Jan, 2011 by planetMitch.
UPDATE 1/30/2010 – Sundance gave the U.S. Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize to “Like Crazy” and Special Jury Prize, U.S. Dramatic Competition went to Felicity Jones for her performance in “Like Crazy” From the festival awards blog: Winner of the U.S. Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize: Like Crazy, directed by Drake Doremus. Doremus, out of [...]
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