Christina Ava

Well, I do with stills but just for personal use, and I develop my own E-6 and scan it, it's just a hobby. Cibachrome is dead now, the chemicals are too old, even if you can find them, so that's another issue with the end chemical printing format dying. Deluxe closed it's Hollywood lab in March of this year, and although people can still make prints, that's a clear sign of things to come. Avatar effectively killed film projection when all the theaters had to upgrade to digital to show 3D (Even the historic local theaters like the "Bruin" in Westwood are proudly digital now). But TV shows like American Horror Story are still shot on film - mastered to 2k and you can still benefit from the look of film, even seeing it through a digital medium, that doesn't exactly convert it to be the same as digital native. 
 
There is a tribe of younger cult-movie vegans in Los Angeles that are desperately trying to find

I'm with you on that.. I miss working with Cineon scans, it was well documented, standardized, looked great even at 2k. You should read this:
 
http://jamesriverfilm.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/the-true-cost-of-filmmaking-in-the-21st-century/
 
I'm watching on an Epson HD projector a Jean Rollin film, with horrible effects.. bad acting, gratuitous nudity, of course it looks awesome. It was shot on location somewhere in the french countryside, early 70's. Could I watch a movie this bad if it was shot on a GH4? I probably would have stopped after around 15-30 seconds. (He's got serious focus pulling issues btw, but it makes no difference)
 
The other issue is digital projection. If you love film, you're going to have a hard time finding a theater that will project light through it. We're basically watching high quality TV in theaters now.
 
From the article:
 
“Here’s a surprising fact that independent producers may want to consider before they write off film as “too expensiveâ€: There were 120 films in competition at Sundance this year. Based on our research and conversations with Kodak and Fuji only 5% were shot on film… and yet that small minority took 100% of the most coveted Jury and Grand Jury prizes in the US and World Dramatic competitions, as well as winning the Excellence in Cinematography Award in the US Dramatic category.  It’s true that producers of sub-$1M independent film need to watch the bottom line… but isn’t the ultimate goal to win awards and thereby sell the movie?â€
 
Maybe at some point in the future though, someone will invent an affordable chip with a 3-layer process, flaws and all, with natural grain.. then this argument will probably be over. 

innovation? i just shot a wedding in film, an old rolleiflex and a leica, saw some of the photos and in terms of quality and beauty there is nothing that will ever overshadow film photography.
mirrorless photography is a step back in photo-quality. dslrs are not that good, m43 are mediocre to say the least.
i think we have forgotten what quality in photography actually is.
check this guys film wedding photography, 
http://www.parispetridis.com/photo.php?m=b&id=p5&p=p5p2
no amount of filters and photoshop will ever reach the feeling of film, digital photography will always hit a ceiling, as it lacks the organic.

innovation? i just shot a wedding in film, an old rolleiflex and a leica, saw some of the photos and in terms of quality and beauty there is nothing that will ever overshadow film photography.
mirrorless photography is a step back in photo-quality. dslrs are not that good, m43 are mediocre to say the least.
i think we have forgotten what quality in photography actually is.
check this guys film wedding photography, 
http://www.parispetridis.com/photo.php?m=b&id=p5&p=p5p2
no amount of filters and photoshop will ever reach the feeling of film, digital photography will always hit a ceiling, as it lacks the organic.

http://www.back-bone.ca/
 
Save this link for when the new models do arrive! 

The 3+ was announced in October last year, so not surprised they'll do it again this year. I agree the timing could be better...

Indeed.  I just finished a production for a client who entertained the notion that his quad flying shots were appropriate for his film.  It was incredibly difficult to diplomatically try to inform him how to fly his toy.
 
Ultimately, he just liked to fly the damn thing high to the point where the landscape basically looked nondescript/static and then he would just pan and tilt the camera around randomly.  Augh.  
 
Some people would rather hang a painting of Kincaid in the house than a Wyeth.
 
I just had to accept it.  Lots of folks just don't get it.  Their subjectivity skews toward tacky.  With flying shots it's typically low, slow, and in a straight line.  It's really that simple.

Dear fellows,
 
i have been holding on from buying the gopro hero 3+ because there has been this rumour that a gopro4 with improved 4k in terms of fps and other tweeks would come out in summer 2014.
 
where is it? you think they will release it in september? i mean this is the perfect summer sports/vacation camera,
why delay it..
by the way just watched the bloom new drone+gorpo 3 film.... perfect combo, and look at the use of the low flying drone..much more dramatic than the high altitude shots that i personaly find boring.http://vimeo.com/99762227
 
 
and just found the perfect accesory for those of you that have kids! 
http://www.fotomarket.gr/gopro-junior-chesty-chest-harness.html
 
im getting one for sure !!

Some nice looking ML raw lowlight from the 5 years old MKII to remind some of us that we might not need the a7s :P
 

View the price drop on the C300 at B&H here
View the price drop on the 1D C at B&H here

C300 and 1D C drop $2000

This is an interesting move by Canon. The 1D C I expected really to drop further in price because of intense competition from Panasonic and Sony at much lower prices. The C300 however has been selling very well but now apparently Canon want to shift stock faster. Is this to make way for a replacement? Based on specs alone it is certainly due one. Based on the real world and how this camera has been accepted by videographers and filmmakers, people seem pretty happy with what they have!

Read the full article here

I have a feeling they'll do what they always do. Wait about a year or two on everyone else... then make the best one ;)

Here is a movie done with the SLR Magic Anamorphot 50, a 1.33X anamorphic lens.
All the details are subtitled in the movie, here are the material :
SLR Magic Anamorphot 50, 1.33X anamorphic lens
1-On Sony A7 with Konica Hexanon 40mm f1.8 pancake lens
2-On Olympus OM-D E-M5 with Nikon E Serie 50mm f1.8 pancake lens and Lumix 20mm pancake lens
Some of the shots done with the focal reducer TurboLens, a cheaper version of the SpeedBooster
Some of the shot done with SLR Magic achromatic diopters (0.33X and 1.3X) and Tokina 0.5X diopter
ND variable filter
No color correction
 

The data behind Derek Weston's post.  Like he said, if you're shooting people the 5Ds are fine.  But if you want to extract every last piece of usable DR then Nikons deliver.  If anyone on this forum thinks Nikon full-frame cameras are bad cameras because they stink at video they are very mistaken ;)
 
http://home.comcast.net/~NikonD70/Charts/PDR_Landscape_scatter.htm

Went out to play with the Trump before sending it off for a few weeks. Tom was nice enough to demonstrate balancing these Rocks by the beach. Nice guy and I got to shoot into the sun for a bit.
 
Nikon D800
DSO Trump 58 with 2X Oval Anamorphic aperture
DSO TERRY NORTON’S FLARESEX MODULE  

Shot this a couple of weeks ago at Teufelsberg in Berlin with the tried and trusted 5D MkIII - no RAW. Any thoughts welcome! 
 



I was running and gunning it, although in retrospect I wish I'd brought along a tripod. I've had problems with crushed skies with the CineStyle image profile before but this time I made sure to (mostly) expose for skies and they look much better.

And then there's detail. Videos like this make me wish for the GH4. RAW just isn't an option for me at the moment thanks to the cost of the cards, hard drives, and as I'm a Mac Air user, a new computer.

I'm working with two musicians, Hauptman & Friendly in Berlin. They are composing sound tracks for filmmakers which you can license for your own work and avoid the dreaded Copyright Match on Vimeo.

Pricing will start at just $19.99. The cinematography reel I have edited above showcases some of my cinematography along with the score "Chains" written by Ofer Hauptman.

This is in the early stages... I'd love to hear your feedback about what you'd like to get from EOSHD Filmic Compositions and how you'd want to use it. We won't be going for quantity, but quality.Read the full article here

This will be THE video camera for doing sex tapes :)

you choose the 60p footage on the library then go modify footage>interpret footage and change the 60p frames numbers by hand to 25
 
step by step here:
 
In the Project panel, right-click the desired clip.
Select Modify > Interpret Footage, and do one of the following:
Select Use Frame Rate From File,
Select Assume This Frame Rate, and type the number of frames per second.
Click OK.
 
then drag the clip to your timeline and its in slowmotion
 
ths is the most seamless way to do it

The best way to learn filmmaking is to watch and observe films, develop a taste, then experiment and eventually arrive at your own techniques. It worked for Quentin Tarantino, and it will work for you.

you choose the 60p footage on the library then go modify footage>interpret footage and change the 60p frames numbers by hand to 25
 
step by step here:
 
In the Project panel, right-click the desired clip.
Select Modify > Interpret Footage, and do one of the following:
Select Use Frame Rate From File,
Select Assume This Frame Rate, and type the number of frames per second.
Click OK.
 
then drag the clip to your timeline and its in slowmotion
 
ths is the most seamless way to do it

listening to music through youtube is like eating the best french cuisine from a dumpster.
 
youtube was quite fun 10 years ago,before the ads, the wait till i load crap, the killing of anonimity, blackmailing you to sign up for that google+, keeping histories of what you browsed 
plus the bad sound-image quality lag and sea of trolls trolling trolls.
 
i dont think i have uploaded any videos there, and although i lose clients, i prefer to re-direct them to vimeo. 
 
check this about google blackmail: http://digg.com/video/google-is-going-to-blackmail-you
 
p.s check this interesting chart about the % of indy music 
 
 from phonofile.com/

playing the devils advocate google-youtube could say that the costs of maintaining servers and giving access to millions of people worldwide to your music is a highly valued service...bs

i have quit using youtube a long time ago as a medium, one of the courses i studied was internet privacy, google is the original robocop company of a dystopian future. all engrossing monopoly
all seeing eye, panopticon.

i think we as users should kill it. log off go for the wild horse..

playing the devils advocate google-youtube could say that the costs of maintaining servers and giving access to millions of people worldwide to your music is a highly valued service...bs

i have quit using youtube a long time ago as a medium, one of the courses i studied was internet privacy, google is the original robocop company of a dystopian future. all engrossing monopoly
all seeing eye, panopticon.

i think we as users should kill it. log off go for the wild horse..

they must be the ones that shot the winnebago man... now this is a major client, 
 

listening to music through youtube is like eating the best french cuisine from a dumpster.
 
youtube was quite fun 10 years ago,before the ads, the wait till i load crap, the killing of anonimity, blackmailing you to sign up for that google+, keeping histories of what you browsed 
plus the bad sound-image quality lag and sea of trolls trolling trolls.
 
i dont think i have uploaded any videos there, and although i lose clients, i prefer to re-direct them to vimeo. 
 
check this about google blackmail: http://digg.com/video/google-is-going-to-blackmail-you
 
p.s check this interesting chart about the % of indy music 
 
 from phonofile.com/