Category Archives: filmmaking

making of the trainer, canon 5D

Clayton Jacobson’s  insight into using the canon EOS 5D while shooting a short documentary on his father boxing gym – more of a promo piece than a behind the scenes or making of, but its great to see the shots right out of the camera and looking sweet.
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interview with fede alvarez, creator of panic attack

Director’s notes episode 154, delivers an audio interview with Fede Alvarez creator of the short film “panic Attack” that recently turned into a $30m feature deal with Ghost House Pictures, under the mentorship of director Sam Rami.
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rule #4, seatbelts.

A great article on the VFX of zombieland on AWN, interviewing Mark Breakspear, CIS’ visual effects supervisor.
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Skhizein, wonderfully illustrated short

Skhizein from Josef K. on Vimeo. Watch Skhizien, a beautifully illustrated 13 minute french short film directed by Jeremy Clapin. I know that in internet terms 13 minutes may seem long – but seriously, just watch it. I love the look of this short film which seems to be a mix of 2d, 3d, and practical elements, and yet [...]
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ludicrous iso canon 1D Mark IV

Canon recently announced the 1D Mark IV a 16.1 Megapixel, manual exposure control and multiple frame rates 30p, 24p, 25p, 60p, 50p, 60p, 50p, and video can be captured at HD 1920 x 1080 resolution at frame rates of 24 (23.976), 25 or 30 (29.97) frames per second, for up to 4GB per clip.  The [...]
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