Monday, June 22, 2009
Magic Lantern extends the Canon 5D's video capabilities
The Canon 5D mk2 already has some very tempting features for film making. Trammel Hudson has written a firmware hack that unlocks some of the audio capabilities and adds useful onscreen guides for framing and metering. More here.
To be honest, if I was film making with a high end SLR I'd probably invest in a good portable sound recording rig unless I was planning to record in some very contained spaces.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 5:02 PM
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Magic Lantern firmware introduction from Trammell Hudson on Vimeo.
The Canon 5D mk2 already has some very tempting features for film making. Trammel Hudson has written a firmware hack that unlocks some of the audio capabilities and adds useful onscreen guides for framing and metering. More here.
To be honest, if I was film making with a high end SLR I'd probably invest in a good portable sound recording rig unless I was planning to record in some very contained spaces.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 5:02 PM
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Friday, August 08, 2008
Getting the film look with digital video
This tutorial is for Adobe After Effects, something I don't have access to at the moment, but I'm sure a lot of it can be reproduced in other programs. Plus, the information on camera settings was really useful.
via 1000 Dollar Film
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 10:46 AM
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This tutorial is for Adobe After Effects, something I don't have access to at the moment, but I'm sure a lot of it can be reproduced in other programs. Plus, the information on camera settings was really useful.
via 1000 Dollar Film
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 10:46 AM
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Friday, July 25, 2008
Be your own ILM
1000 Dollar film has found a video showing some of the tricks software can pull to improve footage with information from still photos. Wow.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 12:34 PM
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1000 Dollar film has found a video showing some of the tricks software can pull to improve footage with information from still photos. Wow.
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Labels: Effects, Filming, photo, SFX, video
posted by Ian Pattinson at 12:34 PM
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Friday, January 11, 2008
Venn - Episode 0
This is the teaser episode for the upcoming series from Spinneyhead Presents. I'm working on a business plan to film at least one episode a month and back them up with workshop and "how to" pieces.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 4:47 PM
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This is the teaser episode for the upcoming series from Spinneyhead Presents. I'm working on a business plan to film at least one episode a month and back them up with workshop and "how to" pieces.
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Labels: Revver, Short Tales, Venn, video
posted by Ian Pattinson at 4:47 PM
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Monday, December 10, 2007
Subscribe to the Spinneyhead podcast
You can now get a RSS feed of Spinneyhead's videos on Revver, so that you don't miss new ones when I add them.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 9:57 AM
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You can now get a RSS feed of Spinneyhead's videos on Revver, so that you don't miss new ones when I add them.
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Spinneyhead studios shopping list
I plan to put some applications in for funding, effectively requests for an equipment budget for Spinneyhead Presents. It's always good in those situations to know what you're asking for the money for, so it's time to draw up a shopping list. I've asked Alan to look into sound equipment, so I'll consider some video and software requirements.
We really need a better camera. A good high definition camera like the Canon XH A1, for example. I read a neat suggestion in a review about shooting footage in high definition and using the larger image to simulate pans and close ups in the editing for standard definition output.
To get the steady shots necessary to take advantage of HD in this way we'll need a solid tripod. I'd need to do some more research, but Manfrotto is a name that came up in an initial search.
EBay may be a good place to go for lighting equipment. But I'll look into some of the options suggested in this article first.
Software wise I'd like the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro, or, even better, the full CS3 production bundle.
I shall expand on this list as I think of new stuff I need.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 10:19 PM
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I plan to put some applications in for funding, effectively requests for an equipment budget for Spinneyhead Presents. It's always good in those situations to know what you're asking for the money for, so it's time to draw up a shopping list. I've asked Alan to look into sound equipment, so I'll consider some video and software requirements.
We really need a better camera. A good high definition camera like the Canon XH A1, for example. I read a neat suggestion in a review about shooting footage in high definition and using the larger image to simulate pans and close ups in the editing for standard definition output.
To get the steady shots necessary to take advantage of HD in this way we'll need a solid tripod. I'd need to do some more research, but Manfrotto is a name that came up in an initial search.
EBay may be a good place to go for lighting equipment. But I'll look into some of the options suggested in this article first.
Software wise I'd like the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro, or, even better, the full CS3 production bundle.
I shall expand on this list as I think of new stuff I need.
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Labels: Equipment, Lighting, Software, video
posted by Ian Pattinson at 10:19 PM
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Open Source video editing alternatives
I'm going to try to do the next Presents project on open source software as far as possible. Here's a list of open source video editors that could be useful.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 11:35 AM
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I'm going to try to do the next Presents project on open source software as far as possible. Here's a list of open source video editors that could be useful.
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Labels: video
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Thursday, September 06, 2007
Backyard FX - Stunt fighting
Indymogul does a regular vidcast on low budget film making. This week- stunt fighting.
Where did I put my nunchuks?
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 11:11 AM
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Indymogul does a regular vidcast on low budget film making. This week- stunt fighting.
Where did I put my nunchuks?
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 11:11 AM
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Bluescreen
Today, I noticed some YouTube videos on Chromakey (Blue / Green Screen)
The tutorial can be found Here
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posted by Tim at 12:01 PM
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Today, I noticed some YouTube videos on Chromakey (Blue / Green Screen)
The tutorial can be found Here
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Labels: editing, Effects, video
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Friday, July 27, 2007
Memory - Part 5
The finale. Hannah learns the truth about her father's death, and is faced with a terrible choice.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 7:14 PM
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The finale. Hannah learns the truth about her father's death, and is faced with a terrible choice.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 7:14 PM
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Monday, July 23, 2007
Memory - Part 4
Delayed due to my being away from the relevant pc over the weekend. Episode 4 of Memory.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 5:11 PM
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Delayed due to my being away from the relevant pc over the weekend. Episode 4 of Memory.
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Friday, July 20, 2007
Memory- Episode 4 delayed
Episode 4 of Memory will be uploaded on Monday or Tuesday of next week. I apologise for this, but I am away from the computer holding all the necessary files for a few days.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 1:51 PM
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Episode 4 of Memory will be uploaded on Monday or Tuesday of next week. I apologise for this, but I am away from the computer holding all the necessary files for a few days.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 1:51 PM
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Friday, July 13, 2007
Memory - Part 3
Part 3 of Memory is now online.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 8:17 AM
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Part 3 of Memory is now online.
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Friday, July 06, 2007
Episode 2 of Memory is now online. Hannah brings her friend George in to do some research, and more secrets are revealed.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 1:40 PM
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
The trailer for Memory is now online
From Spinneyhead Presents-
Memory
Original music by Alan Ward.
Featuring Mary Hooton, Kate Ambrose and David Robertson.
Thanks also to Clare who helped with the initial edit that I've tweaked to come up with this version.
It's permalinked here if the embedded Flash version isn't working for you.
We should be filming the last of the footage we need in the next week or so, and then I'll get down to editing it all together. After that there'll still need to be a last session recording voiceovers for the stuff we shot in Salford Quays because all you can hear is wind noise..
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 10:47 PM
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From Spinneyhead Presents-
Memory
Original music by Alan Ward.
Featuring Mary Hooton, Kate Ambrose and David Robertson.
Thanks also to Clare who helped with the initial edit that I've tweaked to come up with this version.
It's permalinked here if the embedded Flash version isn't working for you.
We should be filming the last of the footage we need in the next week or so, and then I'll get down to editing it all together. After that there'll still need to be a last session recording voiceovers for the stuff we shot in Salford Quays because all you can hear is wind noise..
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Labels: Memory, Revver, trailer, video
posted by Ian Pattinson at 10:47 PM
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Saturday, February 10, 2007
Revenue
A list of websites that pay for video content, either through charging for downloads or advertising schemes.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 6:29 PM
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A list of websites that pay for video content, either through charging for downloads or advertising schemes.
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posted by Ian Pattinson at 6:29 PM
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