Dec 8, 2010 | News & Events
The last year has seen an explosion of indie filmmaking on new hybrid cameras that bring HD (1080p) video to the digital SLR still camera. DSLRs have significantly larger image sensors than most pro-sumer video cameras and already work with a wide-range of lenses that bring the cinematic quality of shallow depth of field and low-light shooting to a growing number of HDSLR professional and aspiring filmmakers.
Vincent Laforet is photographer and commercial director out of LA who has produced some exciting work on Canon’s 7D and 5DmkII. Nocturne and Reverie were two early films that set off much of this early excitement.
A clear example of how much this community has grown in the last year is The Story Beyond the Still contest, hosted by Canon and Vimeo. Laforet was commissioned to shoot the first short film (2-4 minutes) entirely on HDSLR cameras telling the first chapter in a story that would then be continued over several months by other filmmakers. The Cabbie was Laforet’s prologue. The contest page below links to the winners and finalists of each of the following weeks.
For more information, here are a couple pages on getting into HDSLR filmmaking.
Nov 18, 2010 | Gallery, News & Events
You’ve got to see this to believe this. Imagine what would happen if you combined Google’s streetview car with live video recording. Imagine that the entire world was a single high-rise building. The ultimate media macrocosm. Enjoy.
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Feb 5, 2010 | Gear, News & Events
A few days ago in the Media Lab we received a new piece of gear for aspiring mobile filmmakers: the OWLE Bubo. It’s a combination camera mount and lens adapter to enhance video recorded on an iPhone 3GS. The oversize aluminum housing protects the phone and helps to stabilize your shots so everything doesn’t look like a Blair Witch remake. The mount includes tripod connections, a cold shoe notch and a front-facing mic that plugs into the headphone jack to help you pick up better audio. Here is a review of the whole system from a Hollywood film producer:
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One more thing
An essential companion for video editing on your iPhone 3GS is the ReelDirector app. Combine clips and photos from your library with smooth transitions, titles, and credits. Really an impressive editing interface for making short films quickly and then sharing them by email. (Given 3GS limits on video email, ReelDirector is also a work around for sharing longer student films.)
If you are interested in more ways to record and produce video, drop by and see us sometime Monday-Thursday from 1-7 pm in the DMC downstairs in the library.
