Entertainment, Media, Art and Intergalactic Space Travel
The next Sacramento VIP (a Final Cut Pro User Group) meeting is Wednesday May 26th at Peppers.TV. The topics are Web Compression with Wil Wells, DVD Authoring, with Rich Beckermeyer, and Vendors Corner with Jim Tierney, from Digital Anarchy. Every person who attends will get a free cd download from royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com.
A little late to this, but due to popular demand, Canon is adding 24p to the 5D. via ProLost. And in related news, until the end of March, you can get one from Amazon with 0% interest, if you pay it off in 12 months (monthly payments required). See their site for the small print.
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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.
Weighing in at less than a pound, with a bulb life of over 10,ooo hours, this mini pocket projector has Dumbworld written over it. I wonder how movies look on it. Note to Dell: Let your trusted Dumbworld blogger take this projector for a spin.
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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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