Let's be honest. Making films is hard. Really hard. Even short ones. It's takes a sustained effort from a group of people even to make a mediocre film. This video is complete honesty from me about the mistakes I made making Evenfall, our Perth and South West...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ2dXt8h8B0 A man squares off against a demonic entity in regional Western Australia. Following official selections at some of the United States biggest genre film festivals in the Telluride Horror Show and New York City Horror Film...
https://youtu.be/HZW4UO6qTPA 5 Reasons You DON’T need a “FULL FRAME” Cinema Camera The Sony Fx9, Fx6, F3, A7s3… 3 of which have the same sensor… The c500mkii, The Panasonic S1H, The Alexa LF, The Red Monstro and now Raptor, the Kinefinity Mavo Edge… You get the point....
https://youtu.be/9YKEr4igw5k Does 4k even matter? We fairly recently acquired an Arri Alexa Classic which shoots 2k prores internally or 2.8k raw externally. It gave me the inspiration to look at what would be the best method of upscaling this footage to 4k. In this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PRoxAVCbro A widower with supernatural abilities helps a local detective save her daughter from dark forces. Our Proof-of-concept short film 'Evenfall' has officially finished it's festival run and is now streaming for free on Alter...
https://youtu.be/fwIz0WC6mBk Two years ago we sold our beloved Red Scarlet-w and Red Scarlet-MX and purchased the Blackmagic Design Ursa Mini Pro G2 and the BMPCC 6k. This is a very raw (barely edited) reflection on that decision and how I feel about it after two...
https://youtu.be/tkVuiHFWH6k We purchased a used Arri Alexa Classic in 2021 instead of buying a new 4k cinema camera like the c300 mkiii, Sony FX9 Why did we buy a ten year old camera that can only record 2k internally in 2021? No ibis, No autofocus, pretty much no...
An inside look at the impact that shooting too much 100 - 120fps highspeed B-roll has had on a “cinematographer” and his brother. Shot on the Blackmagic Design Ursa Mini Pro G2 and the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6k. Shot and cut by Dean Butler Featuring: James...
Solid build quality The Proaim Flycam Flowline Master Professional... Shall we call it PFFMP for short? Proaim Flycam Flowline Master Professional + Placid We purchased Proaim's Flycam Flowline Master Professional Support for Camera & Gimbals (4-12kg/9-27lb). It's...
Human beings have been around for 200,000 years (as we are today). Social media, not so long. Perhaps we should think long and hard about how we use it, and, the affect it has on who we are or who we change into. Looking back on my own previous posts on our social...
In part 2 of this 3 part look at Blackmagic raw, we're pitting BRAW against the longstanding Industry standard and widely accepted and requested ProResHQ. Does shooting raw really make THAT much of a difference? What about when matching different Blackmagic Design...
A in depth video examining blackmagic raw on the Ursa Mini Pro G2 and the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6k. What's "better"Constant Quality or constant bitrate? Can you see a visible difference on YouTube? https://youtu.be/ffGPCPD8cN8