Thursday, February 26, 2009

Timeslice Multicam Frozen Moment


Time Slice - Multicam - Frozen Moment effect created with 60 camera array and shot on Red One for Barona Casino television campaign.

"It's That Simple" Wins Wichita Addy Gold


Hustler Turf - TV Spot and Campaign wins multiple gold at the Wichita Kansas Addy Awards.
Hustler Turf

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Brianna Adam's short film "Making It" wins at Best Fest


"Making It" a musical written and directed by Brianna Adams, produced by Kendra Menard and DP'd by Jameson DeSantis takes the Audience Choice Award at Best Fest.

FCP QuickTime for Flash


Eric Bucchare of Indigo Post http://www.indigo-post.com/
suggests these settings for exporting HD progressive footage to QuickTime for use in Flash compression.

In Final Cut Pro

>>Export “QuickTime Movie” – settings “Custom”
>>Frame Size – 640x360 (custom setting)
>>Pixel Aspect Ratio – Square (w/ ‘Anamorphic 16:9’ NOT checked)
>>Field Dominance – None
>>Editing Timebase – same FPS used on the timeline
>>Compressor (codec) – Animation
>>Audio – 44kHz, 16bit, Stereo

Note: a rough estimate for uncompressed standard definition video is 1 gig per minute.

4 Minutes til Noon wins Director's Choice Award


Jonathan Taylor's short film "4 Minutes til Noon" a classic spaghetti-o western takes the Director's Choice prize at the Sacramento Film and Music Festival. The film was produced by Theresa Hoey and DP'd by Nick Ouellette who chose to skip bleach a positive print then telecine to HD to create the look of the film.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Camera Obscura Demonstration

Camera Obscura is latin for "Dark Chamber" The earliest mention of this principal was by Mo-Ti, a Chinese philosopher in the 5th Century BC - and later described by Aristotle and DaVinci.

In the 1500s a convex glass disc was used in place of the open hole in the camera obscura. It's said that the Italian glass discs resembled the brown lentils used to make soup and that the name "lens" came from the latin word for lentil.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Qualcomm Launches WirelessLife.Com


WirelessLife.com goes on-line. See the WirelessLife trilogy @ http://www.wirelesslife.com/working.php
Actress Suthi Picotte knocks em out in the second vignette.

Friday, March 28, 2008

Legaspi wins Short Shorts Film Festival


The 3rd Annual Short Shorts Film Festival hosted by the Play Ground in downtown Duluth awards filmmaker Mark Legaspi 1st place for his 522 film "Paquet a Hong Kong".

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

International Cinematographers Guild Magazine Reviews Birdcage Lantern


With a 500W bulb, the Birdcage puts out a lot of light. In a recent test with an EI of 500, I got a reading of
f/2.05 at 10 feet.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Zerb Reviews Roll !


"The scene-sets are beautifully written, creating a mental picture worthy of some of the best novelists."
- Dudley Darby, Zerb Magazine, UK

The complete review @: http://www.filmspot.tv/zerb.html

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Rich Underwood directs Qualcomm WirelessLife.Com Trilogy


Qualcomm's "Wireless Life" trilogy is set to premier on-line in April 2008. On location at the San Diego Children's Museum. Production Designer Jeff Gonka (VanMark Scenic) set the stage to look like an international airport terminal. I'm making a point about something, it seems to be important.

Friday, December 7, 2007

Richard Crudo, ASC Reviews Roll!

© American Cinematographer
Richard Crudo, ASC Cinematographer, Past President of the ASC

"Rich Underwood’s book is the first comprehensive study of a subject that has been shrouded in mystery for too long. I’ve always felt there’s a real art to shooting news and documentary-style productions; finally someone has come along and proven it. Practical advice and insights from working professionals are mixed with technical information in an easily readable style. I highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in the subject, even if they’re only shooting home movies!"