DaVinci Resolve 9 to the Rescue!
Founded in 1973 by Surf Life Saving Australia, the WWestpac Rescue Helicopter service is the longest serving search and rescue helicopter service in the world. Each year, Westpac saves an average of more than 2,000 lives and has carried out more than 22,000 flights, ranging from medical emergencies to search and rescue missions, during its 39 years in operation. Westpac decided to debut a public service announcement (PSA) about its efforts and called upon well known sponsors Reinhold and Jamie-Lee Habeler from Concept Creative Communications to handle the production. The Habelers then turned to The Film Bakery's Ben Allan and Clara Chong as the cinematographer and director team on the project....Read More »
The Curse
Arguably the most significant film event of the calendar, Cannes is the festival that bought us films such as Pulp Fiction and Brief Encounter. This year, Cannes boasts films in Competition from directors including Wes Anderson, Ken Loach and David Cronenberg. 'The Curse', shot in the desolate Moroccan countryside, the film centres on the struggles of a young woman, Fatine, who is hounded by villagers after she is discovered to have had an affair with an older man. Colorist Jason R Moffat explains how he achieved the films distinct look....Read More »
Q&A with Creative Supervisor of Replacement Animation & Engineering Brian McLean
With ParaNorman, we have made the first stop-motion movie that uses a 3D Color Printer. The technique is similar, but what the 3D Color Printer affords you to do is to build color into the model. ParaNorman is not only a wonderful story but it is the most advanced stop motion film of all time. I think the audience members will ultimately get so involved in the story that the will forget that they are actually watching a hand crafted stop motion movie. Only after the movie is over do they have time to think "whoa how in the world did they do that?" ...Read More »
Q&A with Animation Supervisor Brad Schiff
I have many proud moments from this film. Most of them revolve around the success of the animation team. While it seems like it's all fun and games, what we do is incredibly difficult and taxing...mentally and physically. It takes great skill, concentration and confidence to animate at this level. Witnessing the animators on this film shoot the greatest shots of their careers on ParaNorman has proven to be most rewarding to me. ...Read More »
Q&A with Visual Effects Supervisor Brian Van't Hul
In Part 2 of our PARANORMAN interview series we talk with Brian Van't Hul who works at animation studio LAIKA, and was also the visual effects supervisor on the company's Oscar-nominated 2009 feature "Coraline." His previous stop-motion credits include Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James & the Giant Peach."...Read More »
Dubai Color Artist Gives International Film Festival Favorite, The Intruder!, a Winning Look
Diane Kuo, senior colorist at Dubai's Optix Digital Pictures, is fast becoming one of the top grading artists in the Middle East. Her portfolio boasts a number of 'big brand' commercials, Bollywood feature films and most recently an independent sci-fi film hitting the international film festival circuit called The Intruder!. ...Read More »
Q&A with Director of Photography Tristan Oliver
A cinematographer for over 20 years, Tristan Oliver's stop-motion animation credits as cinematographer include the Academy Award-winning short films "The Wrong Trousers" and "A Close Shave," as well as the features "Chicken Run", Wes Anderson's Academy Award-nominated "Fantastic Mr. Fox," and the Academy Award-winning "Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit."...Read More »
Anyone who has wet a line in Australia has heard of Rex Hunt By David Hague
Anyone who has wet a line in Australia has heard of Rex Hunt. When Rex hung up his rod and reel seven years ago, he introduced us to Paul Worsteling who received an enthusiastic audience response. Worsteling was a natural, had on-camera flair and seemingly boundless energy along with an infectious laugh, and so IFISH with Tackleworld was born. Running on Channels Ten and ONE, with repeats on Foxtel, production company Dreampool shoots 30 half hour shows a year plus ten one hour shows, on location in Australia and around the world, including Denmark, Holland, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Vanuatu, Fiji and the UK....Read More »
My first impressions of the new Canon C300 are simply - wow! By David Hague
The product manager at Canon for Pro video gear, Charles Montesin has sent us a unit to play with, with a 70~300mm EF lens stapled to the front. And this weekend is the Blues Festival in Echuca. A fantastic subject to test it with!...Read More »
David Hague Interviews Anita Jacoby By David Hague
The name firstly; Zapruder was a real live person who has a unique place in history in that the famous footage of President John F Kennedy getting shot was filmed by him. So now we know 'who', the 'what' is the production company run by Anita Jacoby and Andrew Denton, responsible for such TV shows as Enough Rope, The Gruen Transfer and currently airing on ABC1 on Wednesday nights, Randling....Read More »
"Sling Baby" Is A Winner at Super Bowl XLVI
Burbank's Blacklist Productions was a part of the process from beginning to end, providing the rented Red camera "Sling Baby" was shot on, and handling color grading and finishing in house with DaVinci Resolve. The one stop shop, which has essentially grown their entire business around the color correction system they purchased last year, considered Resolve to be the instrumental tool in making "Sling Baby" look like a million bucks....Read More »
Inferno Records Creates Music Videos Just "Like That"
Modern technology has given artists the opportunity to share their talents with the whole world. Pop music singer, songwriter and producer, Killian Wells, made the most of that opportunity when he founded Inferno Records, putting a new spin on the outdated record label business model. Having been heavily involved in all aspects of his career and enjoying the many successes that came as a result, Killian wasn't about to change his winning formula when it came time to produce the music video for his new single, "It's Like That (feat. Nixon)"....Read More »
The Film Bakery Gets Cooking with Blackmagic Design and Qantas
The Film Bakery recently teamed up with Qantas to release an hour long independent documentary, now airing on The History Channel, about Australia's national airline. The purpose of creating "Qantas: From the Outback to the World" was to bring archived material together to tell a cohesive story about the major airline's humble beginnings, while still maintaining the aspect of age. ...Read More »
The Film Bakery Gets Cooking with Blackmagic Design and Qantas
The Film Bakery recently teamed up with Qantas to release an hour long independent documentary, now airing on The History Channel, about Australia's national airline. The purpose of creating "Qantas: From the Outback to the World" was to bring archived material together to tell a cohesive story about the major airline's humble beginnings, while still maintaining the aspect of age. ...Read More »
The Panasonic AC160 By Heath McKnight
The Panasonic AC160 really surprised me, and not because I wasn't expecting such high quality -- I was -- but because for the price point (between $4100 and $4799), I was sort of expecting a small camera, like the Sony NX5U or some of the smaller Canons. This is a larger, but not heavy, handheld camera that's about the same size as the Panasonic HPX250. Images are crisp in full HD 1080p, the controls are simple to use and it does well in low light with its 1/3-inch 3-MOS sensors, and you easily can customize looks. The multiple frame rate and recording options are also superb, helping make this a quality camera for shooters involved with film, run-and-gun video, documentaries and more....Read More »
Content Insider 228 - NAB Wrap Deux By Miles Weston
The Nvidia GPU Conference gave us yet another peek into why the GPU still matters. Jen-Hsun Huang runs a high tempo aggressive team that is always pushing the envelope and his latest announcement was no exception bringing tears to our son's eyes because he so wanted one of the $1K units but no way! It may be all about gaming power but the pixel processing power took us right back to NAB and how their latest offerings and technology announcements is keeping pace with movie and broadcast producers demands for better quality video and faster encoding. And yes you still have to store it all somewhere!...Read More »
ASSIMILATE Expands Sales and Support for SCRATCH in India with DOTS Techno-Creative Solution
ASSIMLATE announced further expansion of its sales and technical support presence in India with the appointment of reseller DOTS Techno-Creative Solution, nationwide. In response to India's demand for high-quality file-based workflows to support its burgeoning Bollywood and broadcast markets, ASSIMILATE opened a sales and technical support division for its SCRATCH product line in Mumbai in October 2011, and has since built a strong network of knowledgeable resellers and authorized training centers....Read More »
ASSIMILATE Congratulates SCRATCH Artists On Festival de Cannes 2012 Entries
At the 65th Festival de Cannes, May 16 - 27, several films on the competition roster have been created by filmmakers whose post-production companies used ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH DI software in their digital workflows for conform, color grading, and finishing. The Cannes Film Festival is the world's premier showcase for independent and international filmmakers....Read More »
Color Grading 'The Courier' with Louisiana's Films In Motion and Colorist Omar Godinez
Shot and finished in Louisiana, 'The Courier' joined massive features such as 'Battle LA' and the 'Twilight' movies, as well as the host of independent films and television series that have transformed the state into the fastest growing region in the US for feature and television work. So while faced with the need to create a blockbuster look on a tight budget, the producers of the film needed to join forces with local post professionals that had experience handling all levels of production. To finish the film, the filmmakers chose Baton Rouge's Films In Motion....Read More »
DaVinci Resolve 9 to the Rescue!
Founded in 1973 by Surf Life Saving Australia, the WWestpac Rescue Helicopter service is the longest serving search and rescue helicopter service in the world. Each year, Westpac saves an average of more than 2,000 lives and has carried out more than 22,000 flights, ranging from medical emergencies to search and rescue missions, during its 39 years in operation. Westpac decided to debut a public service announcement (PSA) about its efforts and called upon well known sponsors Reinhold and Jamie-Lee Habeler from Concept Creative Communications to handle the production. The Habelers then turned to The Film Bakery's Ben Allan and Clara Chong as the cinematographer and director team on the project.
...Read More »
The Curse
Arguably the most significant film event of the calendar, Cannes is the festival that bought us films such as Pulp Fiction and Brief Encounter. This year, Cannes boasts films in Competition from directors including Wes Anderson, Ken Loach and David Cronenberg. 'The Curse', shot in the desolate Moroccan countryside, the film centres on the struggles of a young woman, Fatine, who is hounded by villagers after she is discovered to have had an affair with an older man. Colorist Jason R Moffat explains how he achieved the films distinct look.
...Read More »
Q&A with Creative Supervisor of Replacement Animation & Engineering Brian McLean
With ParaNorman, we have made the first stop-motion movie that uses a 3D Color Printer. The technique is similar, but what the 3D Color Printer affords you to do is to build color into the model. ParaNorman is not only a wonderful story but it is the most advanced stop motion film of all time. I think the audience members will ultimately get so involved in the story that the will forget that they are actually watching a hand crafted stop motion movie. Only after the movie is over do they have time to think "whoa how in the world did they do that?"
...Read More »
Q&A with Animation Supervisor Brad Schiff
I have many proud moments from this film. Most of them revolve around the success of the animation team. While it seems like it's all fun and games, what we do is incredibly difficult and taxing...mentally and physically. It takes great skill, concentration and confidence to animate at this level. Witnessing the animators on this film shoot the greatest shots of their careers on ParaNorman has proven to be most rewarding to me.
...Read More »
Q&A with Visual Effects Supervisor Brian Van't Hul
In Part 2 of our PARANORMAN interview series we talk with Brian Van't Hul who works at animation studio LAIKA, and was also the visual effects supervisor on the company's Oscar-nominated 2009 feature "Coraline." His previous stop-motion credits include Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James & the Giant Peach."
...Read More »
Dubai Color Artist Gives International Film Festival Favorite, The Intruder!, a Winning Look
Diane Kuo, senior colorist at Dubai's Optix Digital Pictures, is fast becoming one of the top grading artists in the Middle East. Her portfolio boasts a number of 'big brand' commercials, Bollywood feature films and most recently an independent sci-fi film hitting the international film festival circuit called The Intruder!.
...Read More »
Q&A with Director of Photography Tristan Oliver
A cinematographer for over 20 years, Tristan Oliver's stop-motion animation credits as cinematographer include the Academy Award-winning short films "The Wrong Trousers" and "A Close Shave," as well as the features "Chicken Run", Wes Anderson's Academy Award-nominated "Fantastic Mr. Fox," and the Academy Award-winning "Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit."
...Read More »
Anyone who has wet a line in Australia has heard of Rex Hunt
Anyone who has wet a line in Australia has heard of Rex Hunt. When Rex hung up his rod and reel seven years ago, he introduced us to Paul Worsteling who received an enthusiastic audience response. Worsteling was a natural, had on-camera flair and seemingly boundless energy along with an infectious laugh, and so IFISH with Tackleworld was born. Running on Channels Ten and ONE, with repeats on Foxtel, production company Dreampool shoots 30 half hour shows a year plus ten one hour shows, on location in Australia and around the world, including Denmark, Holland, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Vanuatu, Fiji and the UK.
...Read More »
My first impressions of the new Canon C300 are simply - wow!
The product manager at Canon for Pro video gear, Charles Montesin has sent us a unit to play with, with a 70~300mm EF lens stapled to the front. And this weekend is the Blues Festival in Echuca. A fantastic subject to test it with!
...Read More »
David Hague Interviews Anita Jacoby
The name firstly; Zapruder was a real live person who has a unique place in history in that the famous footage of President John F Kennedy getting shot was filmed by him. So now we know 'who', the 'what' is the production company run by Anita Jacoby and Andrew Denton, responsible for such TV shows as Enough Rope, The Gruen Transfer and currently airing on ABC1 on Wednesday nights, Randling.
...Read More »
"Sling Baby" Is A Winner at Super Bowl XLVI
Burbank's Blacklist Productions was a part of the process from beginning to end, providing the rented Red camera "Sling Baby" was shot on, and handling color grading and finishing in house with DaVinci Resolve. The one stop shop, which has essentially grown their entire business around the color correction system they purchased last year, considered Resolve to be the instrumental tool in making "Sling Baby" look like a million bucks.
...Read More »
Inferno Records Creates Music Videos Just "Like That"
Modern technology has given artists the opportunity to share their talents with the whole world. Pop music singer, songwriter and producer, Killian Wells, made the most of that opportunity when he founded Inferno Records, putting a new spin on the outdated record label business model. Having been heavily involved in all aspects of his career and enjoying the many successes that came as a result, Killian wasn't about to change his winning formula when it came time to produce the music video for his new single, "It's Like That (feat. Nixon)".
...Read More »
IdeaRocket Helps Launch Eighth Season of the SHOWTIME Comedy Series "Weeds" with New Show Open
The hit SHOWTIME series "Weeds" is back for its eighth and final season, which called for a new show open to deftly provide the backstory of the entire seven seasons. The show's producers were fascinated by an animation technique they came across called whiteboard and asked IdeaRocket to run with the format.
...Read More »
The Film Bakery Gets Cooking with Blackmagic Design and Qantas
The Film Bakery recently teamed up with Qantas to release an hour long independent documentary, now airing on The History Channel, about Australia's national airline. The purpose of creating "Qantas: From the Outback to the World" was to bring archived material together to tell a cohesive story about the major airline's humble beginnings, while still maintaining the aspect of age.
...Read More »
The Panasonic AC160
The Panasonic AC160 really surprised me, and not because I wasn't expecting such high quality -- I was -- but because for the price point (between $4100 and $4799), I was sort of expecting a small camera, like the Sony NX5U or some of the smaller Canons. This is a larger, but not heavy, handheld camera that's about the same size as the Panasonic HPX250. Images are crisp in full HD 1080p, the controls are simple to use and it does well in low light with its 1/3-inch 3-MOS sensors, and you easily can customize looks. The multiple frame rate and recording options are also superb, helping make this a quality camera for shooters involved with film, run-and-gun video, documentaries and more.
...Read More »
Content Insider 228 - NAB Wrap Deux
The Nvidia GPU Conference gave us yet another peek into why the GPU still matters. Jen-Hsun Huang runs a high tempo aggressive team that is always pushing the envelope and his latest announcement was no exception bringing tears to our son's eyes because he so wanted one of the $1K units but no way! It may be all about gaming power but the pixel processing power took us right back to NAB and how their latest offerings and technology announcements is keeping pace with movie and broadcast producers demands for better quality video and faster encoding. And yes you still have to store it all somewhere!
...Read More »
ASSIMILATE Expands Sales and Support for SCRATCH in India with DOTS Techno-Creative Solution
ASSIMLATE announced further expansion of its sales and technical support presence in India with the appointment of reseller DOTS Techno-Creative Solution, nationwide. In response to India's demand for high-quality file-based workflows to support its burgeoning Bollywood and broadcast markets, ASSIMILATE opened a sales and technical support division for its SCRATCH product line in Mumbai in October 2011, and has since built a strong network of knowledgeable resellers and authorized training centers.
...Read More »
ASSIMILATE Congratulates SCRATCH Artists On Festival de Cannes 2012 Entries
At the 65th Festival de Cannes, May 16 - 27, several films on the competition roster have been created by filmmakers whose post-production companies used ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH DI software in their digital workflows for conform, color grading, and finishing. The Cannes Film Festival is the world's premier showcase for independent and international filmmakers.
...Read More »
Color Grading 'The Courier' with Louisiana's Films In Motion and Colorist Omar Godinez
Shot and finished in Louisiana, 'The Courier' joined massive features such as 'Battle LA' and the 'Twilight' movies, as well as the host of independent films and television series that have transformed the state into the fastest growing region in the US for feature and television work. So while faced with the need to create a blockbuster look on a tight budget, the producers of the film needed to join forces with local post professionals that had experience handling all levels of production. To finish the film, the filmmakers chose Baton Rouge's Films In Motion.
...Read More »
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