Posts Tagged ‘sundance’

Yeah -- story, acting, directing, and editing might have had something to do with it. But it is definitely an inflection point in the evolution of film technology and the film business that TANGERINE was not only shot with three iPhone 5Ss, an anamorphic adapter, an…

When people ask me about what camera to buy I start by asking them what they will be shooting before I can answer the question. I feel there are so many good cameras that one could use and that there are several cameras that would work for any…

Any filmmaker will tell you they want their films "seen." Now with websites like YouTube and Vimeo being seen is not nearly as hard as it used to. So why do the number of submissions to film festivals still grow every year and why are…

Curious about which cameras independent film makers are using these days? Find out in a survey of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival entries. See a complete list of cameras used by the 2014 Sundance Filmmakers in IndieWire's article "How'd They Shoot That? Here's the Cameras…

Some people (camera geeks like me) are often wanting to know what camera or lens a movie or scene was shot on... and come to find out the Indiewire folks also decided to collect that info for films shown at Sundance this year. The good…

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…

"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…

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…

Canon EOS 5D Mark II (reviews) movie "Hell and Back Again" by Danfung Dennis wins Sundance WORLD CINEMA GRAND JURY PRIZE – DOCUMENTARY. The website for the movie and the facebook page for the movie. Here's the tweet with the announcement from @sundacefest WORLD CINEMA…

Canon sent along this PR about the "Beyond the Stills Competition" that was running in 2010 - all of the pieces have been put together and the final chapter was shot (all of the individuals winning each chapter participated in the making of the final…