The 2015 Saatchi and Saatchi showcase of short films by new directors is out and definitely worth a look. The YouTube channel with all the work is here. You can also read the Fast Company article about this years finalists here.
Robert Hardy over on No Film School (a great site) has a great series of articles on the cinematographer’s process: Part 1 – Breaking down the script There’s also a great recent article and a video by Jim Denault on this topic Part 2 – Defining your camera strategy
Dan McComb over on his blog has published a good series of three articles on data wrangling in FCPX. His focus is documentary film making: Part 1 – Securing your footage (pretty short article) Part 2 – Choosing storage Part 3 – Organising for the edit (pretty long article)
Leonardo Dalessandri’s amazing Watchtower of Turkey is visually stunning. Edited in FCPX it has been a personal inspiration for me on what you can achieve. Watchtower of Turkey from Leonardo Dalessandri on Vimeo. There’s a great article on it on FCP.CO
Our current focus is on improving our skills in colour grading. To this end I thought I would share some links I’m finding useful: General article on colour grading Learn Color Grading .com FxFactory plugin Color Finale plugin for FCPX
Focus is a pretty damn good film and is also the first studio production edited in FCPX. As an FCPX user, I’ve been keen to read how this was done and thought you might be too. So here are some links: FCP.CO article Apple’s article FX Factory with some great videos Creative Planet
Recently we’ve been looking at production tools to make post-production in FCPX easier. One system that looks worthy of further investigation is Lumberjack. Lumberjack is an app system that makes it easy to keyword while shooting that then helps to organise your footage in FCPX ready for editing. Lumberjack seems most suited to documentary film …
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I guess like most of you I am constantly considering what gear I should be using for my film making. The mass of options now for 4k makes this the current big question. I must say I am waiting to see if Sony follows up on its recent releases with an A7s Mark II. In …
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I’ve been exploring the Leap Motion since it was released and using microcontrollers, like the Arduino and Raspberry Pi for longer. These devices seem a perfect combination for interactive art projects. I recently came across this article on the Leap Motion blog and thought it might serve as a good starting point for others. You …
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Back from an extended summer (Down Under) break and I am thinking about all the things I have to get done. Then I came across a great article by Rebecca Greenfield on Fast Company about how the Creative Director at ETSY uses lists for everything so he can concentrate on creative stuff. (Read Rebecca’s article …