A short documentary reflecting the views of a handful of (mostly) british projectionists lamenting the end of 35mm projection and the coming ‘tidal wave’ of digital cinema… One day I’m sure we’ll be paying extra to see a real 35mm print, in the same way that we pay extra for vinyl!
Colorist Ian Vertovec and Light Iron Digital CEO Michael Cioni talk briefly about color grading David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in what is essentially one long advert for Dolby’s new reference monitor (Dolby® PRM-4200 Professional Reference Monitor) But you get a few interesting tid-bits in amongst the overbearing platitudes.
I went to Uganda with my wife a week or so ago to visit a primary school just outside Kampala called Rock of Joy. My wife had previously spent a year living and working at the school when she was 18 and had been back to visit many times over the years so it was great to finally see it all for myself!
Once we got back home to London I decided I needed to do something to support the school, its staff and all the joyful children that we had met. So I’ve decided to try to raise £10,000 to help the school make a strategic purchase that will help unlock so much future potential for growth. Finding 400 friends to give £25 each feels like a simple way to make a big difference that costs us nearly nothing and makes a world of difference for these amazing kids!
Watch the one minute video below then head over to www.sixtysecondstochangetheworld.com to make it happen! After you’ve donated make sure you tweet/blog/email/text and talk your friends and family into getting in on the action too!
Patrick Inhofer from Tao of Color is giving away two complete lessons from his DaVinci Resolve 8 Masterclass series, which are available to download for this week only!
The two lessons that Patrick is giving away cover some of the more confusing and complex parts of DaVinci Resolve’s features.
DaVinci Resolve 8: Specialty Nodes - This 35 minute lesson looks beyond the work-a-day Serial Node and explains the three nodes you may not use very often… but are essential tools in the Resolve arsenal: the Parallel Node, the Layer Mixer Node, the Key Mixer Node. Download the lesson here.
DaVinci Resolve 8: Versions, Sessions, and the Media Pool - This 32 minute lesson ties three discrete DaVinci Resolve concepts and demonstrates how the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Specifically, this lesson shows how these concepts ‘magically’ work together to allow us to automatically inherit grades for the same shot in one timeline into another timeline. And, when necessary, how to disable that feature. Download the lesson here.
Studio Daily has a great interview with Moneyball editor Christopher Tellefesen about his instinctive process of cutting, reliance on Avid Script Sync and combining Oscar nominated performances with those of non-actors.
Tellefesen also features in this 30 minute Q&A from DP/30
Joy Moeller shares what to do and not to do in an edit suite to keep your editor happy. It’s funny because its true!
A short animated film explaining the animation process to new clients and animation students.
If you’ve been an FCP 7 editor for years, getting your head around the new layout, architecture and language of FCP X can be confusing at first. Helpfully Oliver Peters has written a decent explanation of some of the key elements, translating the old fcp method into Apple’s new editing philosophy.
When you are starting out you often have to build your portfolio from scratch; creating own ‘spec’ adverts or short films and doing plenty of gigs for free or as favours for friends.
To me, a logical way to build your portfolio is to enter as many film competitions as you can. Not only might you win something, but you’ll gain exposure and see how your work stands up against the competition. It will also mean you have to network, reach out to collaborators and actually get some stuff done, to a brief and for a deadline.
