If you are an avid reader of my blog, you probably already heard about the TENTACLE SYNC system. If not, watch this first. So, now that you are up to speed, let’s talk about syncing external audio and why it is a pain in the butt. First of all, why do you want external audio…
SNOW WARS SONDERAUFFÜHRUNG mit Zusatzprogramm im EDEN PALAST AACHEN Preisgekrönte Dokumentation des Aachener Regisseurs Frank Mirbach (Mineworks Film) Erstmalig auf grosser Leinwand ! Mit anschliessender Diashow und Gesprächsrunde mit der Filmcrew im Eden Palast, Franzstraße 45, 52064 Aachen Ticketvorverkauf ab sofort über Cineplex, Aachen http://www.cineplex.de/aachen/aktionen/detail/4265/ Der Norden und Osten der kanadischen Provinz British Columbia wird von…
Just some grabs and BTS of the opening film of the StarWarsCon I shot. As always: Doubleclick for full size.
Since I just received the brand new Samyang 50mm T1.5, I was curious, how it compares to my other 50mm lenses, so I did a little shootout. Meet the roaring 50s: 1.Nikon f1.4 – I used this lens on many cameras over the years as my standard 50mm. 2. The new Samyang 50mm T1.5 cinema version 3.…
Yeah, I could have had a Dragon, Leica lenses and all the lights I want – so it was definitely not a budget thing. Though I opted for BMCs, Samyang and Dedolights. I must be out of my mind – right? No, I did what any responsible DP should do, choosing the right tool for…
Addendum zum Artikel, erschinen in der Ausgabe 06-07/14 der PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION Nach der Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera (HD) und der Cinema Camera (2.5K) ist seit Kurzem die Production Camera (4K) erhältlich – welche der drei ist die richtige für mich und mein Projekt? Kameramann Frank Glencairn hat zusammen mit Lukas Schuler die drei…
If you ever paid more (out of your own pocket) than you make in two months, just because you cheapskated on acquisition media, lost all of your data and now re-shoot a whole day, maybe it’s time to think about the quality and reliability of SSD drives. And don’t ask me how I know that. …
A Chinese s35 raw camera – really? Despite the fact that about every electronic gear and gadget – from iPhoes to SSD – is made in China these days – I was skeptical. Reading the specs like, 4k s35 chip, uncompressed CinemaDNG and CineformRaw on top of it, 13 stops of DR, andwhatnot – sounds too…
Our documentary “Snow Wars”, that I shot together with Frank Mirbach of Mineworks Film, just got nominated for a REMI-Award at the Worldfest in Huston/Texas. And we actually won the REMI GOLD AWARD Our shortfilm “Omul” just got awarded with the prestigous “Prädikat besonders wertvoll”, and was accepted at Raindance and Hofer Filmtage.
The shortfilm OMUL, I shot for writer/director Brigitte Drodtloff last year in Bucharest, just got officially recognized as “Prädikat besonders wertvoll” (Highly recommended) by the FBW (Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung), which is one of the most prestigious awards in Germany. And on top of that, it is accepted at Raindance and Hofer Filmtage Yeeehaw!
A friend of mine, Gustav Widegren of Widegren’s Speedshop (the guy from “Men of Steel), finally finished his 1930s aluminum racer. So he asked me, if I can bring my camera, for the maiden ride. Here is what we shot on that afternoon.
Many moons ago, I made a Profile for the FS100, that mimics (as good as possible) the look of vintage Kodachrome film. Now I made a LUT that does the same. I kind of “re-engineered” the KODACHROME 828, daylight & Type A material, that was made from 1936 to 1962. This is the film that came out before the K-11 processing. It has a very nice “Vintage-Sweet-Home-Alabama-Look” to it, and gives you some very special red, yellow and blue tones. It also has a certain elegance and poetry to it that I really love. The K-TONE is a 3D cube LUT that plays nice wit most NLEs and color grading programs. The K-Tone LUT is expecting Log footage as input.
When you flick through the forums and boards, you can see a lots of posts from folks, that are about dropped frames in camera, even if the card is more than sufficient on paper or validated by the camera manufacturer. This happens not only for SD cards, but also SSDs and practically every flash memory…
Last week, I stumbled over VisionColor’s new set of OSIRIS LUTs. A grab bag of high quality Film emulations that gives you a great starting point for your grading. Similar to FilmConvert they provide a range of film stock looks, albeit without the grain function that FilmConvert features. But instead of just emulating film stock, they…
2 Weeks ago Lukas Schuler of AB-GEDREHT asked me, if I would like to DP a short film for him, on his BM Pocket camera. He got his hands on one of the first devices, and want to do a test shot, but something different than flowers and dogs in the backyard. It was a bad…
