Posts Tagged ‘moviemaking’

The Alexa 65 is something truly fascinating: a 6.5K sensor; claims that it looks better than film; a clean, clean, clean user interface; and a set of repurposed Hasselblad/Fujinon still photography primes as its launch optics package.  [adrotate group="6"] Right.  Let’s get this out of the way immediately: I…

Finally getting back into the swing after spending so much time launching the new planet5D forums, we take a quick first look at the Aviator Travel Jib from Nice Industries. Find out more about them here: http://www.aviatorcameragear.com/ I've tried another 'travel jib' and the Aviator…

Today we've got a special treat - two movies in a submarine! The first one, "Sunk" has been shot with the Canon EOS 7D and the second one to be shot in the same sub is in its funding phase on kickstarter - and if…

If you have a listen to this weeks Digital Convergence Podcast, then you will have heard about this new movie called "Valiant" (and I do urge you to listen to this weeks DCP!) - we talked with Alex MacLean who's been working on this seemingly…

Friend of planet5D, Kevin Otterness, is looking to make a movie to open your eyes on young people who are not only victims, but in fact often hurting or killing each other. As Kevin notes in the pitch video, "Fewer American troops have died in…

As with most (or likely more accurately, all) independent productions we were balancing time, equipment and cost when planning the shoot on Incident on Marmont Avenue (click the link to see the movie and more). Julien Lasseur (IMDB), the director of photography, and I talked…

Many of you have heard about this, so I thought planet5D should provide an update, and here's what we've gotten from Tony Reale from NextWaveDV about the Litepanels budget LED patent infringement lawsuit. They are looking for evidence of LED usage in filmmaking before September…

We got our hands on some great new tape to replace gaffer tape or duct tape called Industry Tape - and we got a bit silly this time (my kids will tell you I'm often like this, but most times I act more 'adult' when…

We love getting a little peek inside a well done HDSLR short and today, we're sharing bits of what went into making this Canon EOS 7D (reviews) short called "Voice Inside." We found this over on the planet5D forums - a great friendly place to…

We spotted this on the first day of this CineSkates Camera Sliders Kickstarter project and were planning on posting because it was an interesting idea - but it is already funded at 380%! I'm sure you can still get in on it if you're interested…