I saw this link the other day from one of my indie filmmaker friends about Black Magic’s new 2.5k cinema camera. I recommend reading the article for anyone interested from a professional standpoint, but the reason I cite it here, as I continue to focus on digital cinema, is the headline: 7 Reasons Why Black Magic Rules — and DSLR ...
I have many friends in the filmed entertainment industry working at all levels of production and in just about every department. Some of them follow my blogs with interest, others just to be nice, and others I suspect wonder why I bother at all. There are many reasons why I choose to focus on matters related to the digital age, ...
While it’s true that affordable digital cameras and editing software have put impressive means of production into the hands any boot-strapping filmmaker with a dream, digital filmmaking at the highest end of TV and motion pictures is actually more complex and more expensive than the days of celluloid-only production. As part of my focus on digital cinema, I interviewed cinematographer ...
Anyone who follows the ongoing tug-of-war between Hollywood and Silicon Valley will inevitably encounter variations on two cherished themes of the Web-centric: 1) that Hollywood is corrupt, monopolistic, and greedy; and 2) that Hollywood is incapable of embracing technology. If we are to believe that either or both of these generalizations are fair, then what are we to make of ...
During the squabble over SOPA and PIPA, one of the underlying (and possibly just lying) PR bullets coming out of Silicon Valley was that the actions called for in the bills would “break the Internet.” And when that wasn’t the claim, the most consistent complaint was that the bills would chill free speech. But in the wake of violent protests ...
