Jon Roemer tipped me to this amazing documentary just released about the first 36 hours of news coverage by one team from PIX11 about Hurricane Sandy that was shot on a Canon EOS 7D. The documentary was shot "on a Canon 7D... that was it.…
I can't imagine being homeless - homelessness is an incredibly griping and difficult subject - and yet, Mike Staniforth has used his HDSLR to make a very human documentary on a small group of the homeless in Manchester UK. We watch something like this and…
If you're a documentary maker or a reality filmmaker the Westdoc 2012 conference is the place you should be - plus you can get a planet5D discount! Hailed as the “go-to” conference for the Documentary and Reality communities, WESTDOC offers unparalleled access to Senior Network…
You guys all know by now how much I love what Patrick Moreau and his @stillmotion team are doing - good golly I talk about them a lot - but this latest project grabbed my heart and I had to share it with you. Especially…
UPDATE: There's also this documentary short! "Oscar nominated doc shot with Canon 5D Mark II Film chronicles Japanese quake" - the short is called "The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom" This morning we've seen several tweets and the official announcement from Danfung himself that his…
Those of you following planet5D for a while know we love to show off what Patrick Moreau and his team at @stillmotion are doing - and you'll be blown away by this behind the scenes look at their upcoming Showtime feature "Game of Honor". Mostly…
"Hell and Back Again" by Danfung Dennis is a Canon EOS 5D Mark II documentary about war - we've posted about it before, ""Hell and Back Again" by Danfung Dennis wins Sundance WORLD CINEMA GRAND JURY PRIZE – DOCUMENTARY" and now the movie is premiering…
I found this a few weeks ago and thought it was interesting on many levels... but mainly, it is just a good little documentary and I thought you might like to see it. The original post is: Colosseo: Reimagining the Roman Coliseum with type (Canon…
Paul Antico (@IAmNeedCreative) has sent us info about his new project "The Visualmakers" - a new documentary about filmmakers who were at NAB 2011. It isn't really about NAB - but everyone happened to be there, so Paul and his crew were able to get…
"The Edge of the Earth" is an incredible HDSLR documentary about 2 brothers who took a 2 week journey alone in the Alaskan wilderness - and I mean wilderness - no roads, no cars, no trails, no people, no buildings, nothing - and they used…
