Notes, Reviews and Learning
A place to make notes about aspects of filmmaking, tests, reviews and thoughts
Helicopter Chase Breakdown
01-Dec-20 Breakdown of a visual effects shot in fire ants, a video and comprehensive article
Using Red Footage in Premiere and Lumetri
17-Jan-17 This is a very short post to cover a few points about using the new Red Pipeline footage (IPP2) in Premiere Pro CC. The approach...
The Truth about LUTs
26-Mar-16 LUTs have been seen as the holy grail and the very embodiment of the devil itself. The truth, as always, is somewhere in between...
LumeCube LED Lights
17-Mar-16 I happened upon these little lights and out of curiosity ordered a couple. There are a number of small battery powered LED light...
Area 48 Remote Phosphor Light Review
25-Jan-15 This has been my favourite light since i got it at the beginning of the year (actually last year now, how time flies). Review do...
Sony A7s - how to expose - cine or log?
08-Jan-15 We’ve a bunch of exterior shoots coming up and i’ve been seriously considering the A7s over the FS700 because if it’s size and t...
Moving from After Effects to Nuke
22-Oct-13 As part of the plan for our feature we chose to invest in the Nuke compositor as well as use the Adobe suite. There are a number...
Sony FS700 Slog in 8bit comparison
26-Sep-13 The new firmware v3 for the FS700 gave us 4K RAW but it also gives the standard camera some new curves to record with, these are...
Making of OTM
01-Jan-01 This post is about how we approached producing One Track Mind, it's quite long but hopefully informative.
