How I shot a feature film with 3 Dedo Lights, a China ball and 7 shower curtains

Josefina Vilsmaier, Mirijam Verena Jeremic, Salber Williams, Silke Popp, Valentina Sauca, Ute Bronder Let it snow The film takes place in an apartment, during a blizzard. So my first challenge was to create a frosty white-out, despite the fact that in front of the windows where still trees with green leaves in the warm autumn...

Nobody needs 12K – Blackmagic’s new Ursa, and why you actually want 12K

So Blackmagic announced the new Ursa 12K - and folks went totally mental. "Nobody asked for 12K" and "I wanted a flip screen, and all I got is 12K" - comments all over the web. Only a few people seem to get, what this new RGBW sensor actually means, and why it is not about...

Stick of Light – a closer look at the Nanlite PavoTube II 6C

After watching a ton of glowing (pun intended) YouTube clips and reviews of Nanlite's Pavotube II 6C, I caved in and bought one (despite the fact, that I'm still not the biggest fan of LED lights). So after unboxing and playing around a bit with it, I have to say, it's pretty impressive. They packed...

FineCut – why you should give the Davinci Resolve Cut page a try, even as a seasoned editor.

As Blackmagic introduced the new Cut page, I was really like - WTF?Why an other editing page? We already have one that works just fine - and on top of that (at least at first glance) a totally dumbed down version of an editing page? Seriously? I switched to Resolve as my main NLE since...

Behind the Scenes of “Infernal Paradise”

Some BTS of shooting the last part of the Arte mini series "Infernal Paradise", for Mineworks Film in Africa (Capo Verde), on RED and the Blackmagic Pocket 4K. Breathtaking landscape, wonderful people, great BBQ and an amazing crew.

Behind the Scenes of shooting “South of Hopestreet”

A feature film I shot, featuring: Michael Madsen, Billy Baldwin, Judd Nelson, Tanna Frederick, Gianin Loffler, Craig Conway, Elena Krausz, Jack McEvoy, Barry O'Rourke, Asser Yassin, Meredith Ostrom, Matthew Marcy

“THE LAST HOUR” WWII documentary teaser

Germany 1945 - US troops entering Germany. What was ist like? What was the experience of German civilians and soldiers on both sides, the last hour before the war finally ended? https://youtu.be/A8-B2hUUBps

6K in your pocket. Blackmagic’s release of the new Pocket Camera

Today Blackmagic Design released the updated Version of the Pocket Cinema Camera. It comes with a larger Sensor, an EF mount and with 6K resolution. The sensor is aS35 (23.10mm x 12.99) in size and sports a resolution of 6144 x 3456 pixels. The price is $2495 US and - the best thing - it's...

The new MacPro – we need to talk.

So Apple announced the new MacPro yesterday. At a first glance, I have to admit, I was impressed. After all these years, where Apple seems to have abandoned the pro community, they finally listened, got their shit together and provided something, that seems to check all the boxes of the wish list. But on a...

No more CDNG on Blackmagic cameras, and why it doesn’t matter at all.

A few days ago, Blackmagic announced (among other things) the new firmware for the Pocket 4K. It features a long awaited option: Blackmagic's own flavor of raw, called BRAW. A lot of folks where very happy, when they heard that - well, not for long. In the next sentence, they learned that CDNG is gone...