On June 17th they are having a free webinar on using a DSLR like a pro (Also, check out their webinar on DSLR post-production workflow):

Peter Cote, host of “The DSLR Show“, will identify the limitations of DSLRs as a filmmaking tool and how to work around them to make your project look and feel like it was produced by Hollywood.

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DSLR Show - Rolling Shutter - Episode 4 from Conscious Minds Productions on Vimeo.

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A handgrip that helps you shoot stable video with your Iphone 3Gs.  Novelty or really good idea?  Unfortunately, I bought my Iphone and a month later, it was obsolete, so it will be some time before I know the joy of shooting video with an Iphone, but I vote for good idea.  A good story is a good story whether you shoot it with the world’s most expensive camera or a camera phone. 

The video above is for their “pro” version, Zgrip Iphone Pro.  Their new ”consumer version” has a cheaper price ($69), Zgrip Iphone Jr. has many of the features of the “pro” version, minus some of the adjustability.  If you pre-order before August 15, it is $59.

Yeah, and you know, we did our time in L.A. [but] we want to live here. So our big dream is to bring a little bit of Hollywood north. So that’s what we’ve been doing. We really want to have a full-blown post-production company cranking out television shows right here in El Dorado County.

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Today’s session will be a quick reference guide for dating..places to go..things to do and say that may lead you to your dates metaphoric and literal door step..These are suggestions, they are in no way a fool proof plan, for the mind of a woman is a complex web of tricky go betweens, swicharoos and back alley sneakiness

Now from my experience i found that if you are taking a woman out to eat dinner or lunch for the first time. You want to make sure that you go to a place that has food that will not drip too easy or make your breath smell like a bag of funoins and saurkraut. If you are planning to spend the whole evening with her (which is the point right) then any food with beans or broccoli is a bad idea due to the fact they both cause gas. (No girl wants to smell your anal sepage and you dont want to be in your hole 13 putt at miniature golf course and leave a cloud of smoke.

Eating food that is high in protein is a good idea to keep a high level of energy and do not, I repeat do not over eat. It makes you look like a pig and its hard to move if you are stuffed like a thanksgiving turkey. Make sure that you eat some kind of bread with dinner as well. It will absorb the alcohol that you will later want  to consume with your date. You want to keep your wits about you and not be a sloppy drunk.

Now is know it sounds a little old fashioned but when you pick her up open her car door for her when you are walking to your car. If your are parked on the street your door is on the other side anyway.

You want to make sure that you have your evening planned ahead of time. Women like men that have a plan of actiion you dont want to be sitting asking “So.. what do you want to do or like to do?” Its a waist of the valuable time that you have to complete your mission. A simple phone conversation prior will give you the oppurtunity to find out what she likes to do. And plan accordingly. Try to involve two aspects to the night. Do not go to the movies. You’re suppose to be quiet at the movies not a good idea if you are trying to get to know the girl.Due to the lack of talking ,the movies are a great third and fourth date idea if you have already been “invited in” .

First date suggestions include:

   Dinner and Dancing (but beware if you are not a good dancer it may take you out of the running for what i refer to as the “Come on in”. As well as dancing requires movement which will lead to a not so fresh feeling, for you and her. Although if you are an experienced man then it will be an oppurtunity for you to try and take a shower with her when and if you get the “Come on in”. But dancing with give you an oppurtunity to see how close you can get to her and where she is willing to let you put your hands. Make sure that its not a busy night club. Go to a smaller bar that has a dance floor. But you do want some people to be dancing so your date is comfortable.

Ice cream and miniture golf. Now if your date is no fun at all, this wont work..The ice cream part only requires a little of your time and make sure no cone for you. Ice cream melts and you dont want it on your shirt or shoes. Miniture golf provides you with the chance to get close if she has never been before. Usually miniture golf places have other things to do as well such as; air hockey, video games and chances to win your date a souviner. Souveniers are great on a date because a woman will usually put it on her dresser or desk when she gets home and if things went well it will be a visual reminder of you and your good qualities. But it can also be the opposite if the date ends poorly.

Now compliments are good. but you dont want to complement her on something that she has no control over. Like her eyes ..yes she may have beautiful eyes but they are god  givin. Now here are some ideas for compliments; Shoes, she picked them out so its a good way to go, her hair is another good one, many woman spend a while looking for that right hair do and love to hear that they picked the right hairstyle.

Now these are just the first round of suggestions. i will return next week with round two but i am goin to leave you with this last tip for this week

The main thing is you want to keep it fun. No one likes to be bored especially woman. Why do you think they like that “Bad Boys”? Its because they dont know whats goin to happen next when they are with him. Spontinaity is the key

Thank you for opening up and letting me in

Handsome Dave

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I would like to introduce myself to all of those who dont yet know who i am or have

not yet felt my presence. My name is Handsome Dave. I am a Sacramento resident and have

spent most of my life here. Its a wonderful city when you know your way around and associate

with its good people.

Some of the things i will be talking about in my blogs are sports,(I am a Oakland Raider as

well as an A’s fan so if i seem bias toward them that you understand), Sacramento life(both

day and night), world events, music and basically anything that i think you may want/need to

know.
Well if you have any questions for me or my staff or if there is something you would like to

read more about drop me a line at handsomedave737@yahoo.com.

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Thanks for reading and Ill have more for you soon.

via Student Filmmakers Magazine at studentfilmmakers.com

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Below is a message from filmmaker Alex Ferrari from numbrobot.com on using the Red Camera.  And see some of the amazing looking images he is getting with the Red and color correction:

I was just at RED headquarters yesterday. As I sit here wearing my RED camera T-shirt I just purchased I have to confess that I have drunk the RED camera Kool-Aid. My company post/vfx company Numb Robot (www.numbrobot.com) has gone full force towards the RED camera workflow and as of today has done over 15 feature, shorts, and television project on the RED. A word of warning to ALL indie filmmakers thinking of using the RED camera, it is not a toy! It’s not a Panasonic DVX or HVX! It is a real motion picture camera and it should be respected as such. You can’t pull it out of the box and shoot with it. You need to have professionals around you who understand it’s workflow and a DP who knows how to shoot it. Just because you might have an experienced editor, post supervisor or DP on your team, it does not mean that they know what to do with the RED. I have seen countless filmmakers come through my doors crying because of all the $$$ they lost in post or on prodution because they didn’t have experienced RED people with them. I write this not to scare you but to warn you. I am an indie filmmaker as well and know the feeling of having your baby hurt by inexperienced people.

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We promised that we would make “Obsolescence Obsolete”. In our minds, when we released the RED ONE, we imagined that we would offer an upgrade for the RED ONE sensor as technology and innovation improved.

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Select a Scarlet or EPIC “brain” and configure your body to anything you want.

Scarlet is a Professional “brain”. EPIC is a Master Professional “brain”.

See the pictures and specs at the reduser.net forums here.  There is also a mention of shooting in 3D.

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And somewhat related, I recently saw a demo of the new Adobe CS4, and Premiere Pro now has speech recognition technology which allows you to search footage by keyword:

Turn spoken dialogue into text-based, timecode-accurate, searchable metadata. Jump to a specific area of a shot by searching for keywords within the dialogue, and then use keywords to quickly locate and display what you’re looking for.

Hey Steve Jobs! Where’s my speech recognition technology for Final Cut Pro???