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It’s that time of year again for the VIC A.C.S. Time to vote in your new Executive and General Committee members. Time: 7pm sharp Date: Friday August 8th 2014 Location: LEMAC Melbourne, Griffiths St Richmond VIC
Blackmagic Design’s excellent colour grading and edit software has hit final release. The Lite version is free to all. Go get it. Resolve 11
One of my favourite cinematographers, Gordon Willis has passed on, aged 82. Watch the video at the end of the article to see why he was so good at his job. Gordon Willis dies aged 82.
A veritable Cambrian explosion of equipment at NAB 2014. A new production camera from Black Magic Design, the URSA. 4K, though only 12 stops, but the sensor block is user upgradeable which will make for interesting times. Nice concept with functionality, and once the sensor and colour science catches the higher end competition… The latest...
New lenses everywhere. Canon 17-120mm PL and EF mount Zoom Fujinon 25mm-300mm Premier Zoom Along with rumours of 32 new Hawk Anamorphic primes. There is also a very interesting new automatic follow focus system based on motion captures tracking technology previewed here on News Shooter. Andra Motion Focus system from Cinema Control Laboratories Much more...
ALEXA XT B+W is the latest iteration of the ARRI Alexa. No Bayer mask, optical low pass filter or IR block filter.
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The latest iteration of Blackmagic Design’s grading software Resolve 10.1 is available for download. Download
First time Directors and their story boards are soon parted. This great article mirrors my experiences. Dramatic scenes always work best when you capture what an actor actually does, without trying to constrain them within a story board created months earlier on your laptop. Blocking Before Coffee
A great set of cinematographer quotes collated on The Black and Blue. Eightyeight Cinematographers
Resolve 10 is out of Beta and available for download. Outstanding colour correction software. DaVinci Resolve