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Australian independent movie microphone company MyMyk shows that good things do come in small packages with its MyMyk shotgun microphone and SmartLynk compact integrated audio workstation system.[adrotate group="6"] Last year, photographer/cinematographer Julien Boulanger of Bereflex proved that a small mic package connected to an iPhone can…

Canon Australia recently announced its partnership with the National Geographic’s television arm to deliver stories sharing the talents of some of Australia’s and the world’s best photographers. The six-episode TV series Tales by Light debuts on May 24 on the National Geographic Channel. [adrotate group="6"]…

It seems that the ground-breaking SteadiKid carrier inspired by the motion picture industry has taken a real-life turn for the next revolution in indie filmmaking. MiniMotions is the brainchild of George Miliotis, director of popular movies such as Mad Mel.[adrotate group="6"] In case you haven't…

I recently came across an inspirational promotional short by Screen Australia titled 'Australia’s World Class Talent'. It reminded me of all that Australia has to offer moviemakers everywhere, and that my country has helped shape moviemakers’ vision of the future since the very first full-length…

Photographer and trained stuntman Benjamin von Wong has celebrated everyday heroes by dressing them up in superhero costumes and photographing them posed on the top of a San Francisco skyscraper overlooking Market Street. He shares the results and tells the tale via his SmugMug-hosted website…

FCPX plug-ins maker Pixel Film Studios recently released FCPX Storyboard: Corporate, adding to FCPX’s native storyboarding feature. The plug-in adds storyboarding characters suitable for corporate assignments, more appropriate shot types such as over-the-shoulder as well as indoor and outdoor scene elements.[adrotate group="6"] Storyboards created by…

It took four trips, 840 hours, 28days, 2000km of local travel, 150 time-lapse sequences, 3TB of footage, 380 hours of post-production, 100 kg of equipment, five Canon DLSRs, a collection of Samyang and Canon L lenses, and a DitoGear Evolution slider, for Polish director of photography…

Movie production and post-production software suite maker Red Giant has introduced an attractive and potentially major cost-saving floating volume licensing program for teams of ten or more. The program has the potential to unlock creativity, productivity and flexibility amongst staff at qualifying organizations and that…

Now that Wi-Fi network functionality is finding its way into more stills and video cameras, it is easy to overlook potential network vulnerabilities. An Israeli information security expert discovered a weakness in GoPro’s firmware update mechanism that allowed him to harvest over a thousand user…

Australian-born plug-in developer CoreMelt recently updated what many moviemakers consider to be the best stabilization plug-in, Lock & Load. This latest version is 30 percent faster, up to 3 times speedier than FCPX’s native stabilization and now has rolling shutter presets for 29 cameras.[adrotate group="6"]…