Behind the scenes of adidas Formotion 360º series

360º videos created by agency Grow and Light Sail VR for new line of adidas clothes, post-produced in Mistika Boutique. Matthew Celia, Co-founder at Light Sail VR and Director of adidas FORMOTION 360º series, says that the core idea of the project was to give women the opportunity to see how clothes move and fit… Continue reading Behind the scenes of adidas Formotion 360º series

Climbing Film for The North Face Shot on URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2

Towers of Tigray, a branded content film for The North Face, has been produced by Colab Creative using a Blackmagic RAW workflow for both acquisition and post; all while locked down on a farm in South Africa. Conceived by award winning filmmakers William Lascelles and Olya Dendyaeva, the film follows two professional climbers, James Pearson… Continue reading Climbing Film for The North Face Shot on URSA Mini Pro 4.6K G2

Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 17

Over 300 new features including HDR grading, AI magic mask, improved Fairlight usability, improved editing and much more! Blackmagic Design announces DaVinci Resolve 17, a major new release with over 300 new features and improvements including HDR grading tools, redesigned primary colour controls, next generation Fairlight audio engine including Fairlight audio core and support for… Continue reading Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 17

Blackmagic Announces New Fairlight Console

Portable and affordable audio control surface with 12 flying faders, full channel status LCDs, automation control plus HDMI audio status and metering! Blackmagic Design announces the new Fairlight Desktop Console, a portable audio control surface featuring 12 high quality touch sensitive flying faders, built in LCDs above each channel strip for pan and effects control,… Continue reading Blackmagic Announces New Fairlight Console

Blackmagic RAW Brings Big Budget Look to Small Budget Film

Thriller “Beckman,” starring David A. R. White, Billy Baldwin, Jeff Fahey, Burt Young and Brighton Sharbino, was shot on the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K using Blackmagic RAW, and graded in DaVinci Resolve Studio. “Beckman” (David A. R. White), a tormented contract killer, casts off his violent ways and becomes the reverend of a small,… Continue reading Blackmagic RAW Brings Big Budget Look to Small Budget Film

FUJIFILM LAUNCHES FUJINON LA16X8BRM 2/3” PROFESSIONAL 4K LENS FOR BLACKMAGIC URSA BROADCAST CAMERA

FUJIFILM has launched the FUJINON LA16x8BRM 2/3” Professional 4K lens designed specifically for the Blackmagic URSA Broadcast camera. The LA16x8BRM is compact and lightweight and provides the Blackmagic URSA with 4K and HD resolution. The lens only weighs 1.6kg thanks in part due to its unique rear focus mechanism design. It also features a new… Continue reading FUJIFILM LAUNCHES FUJINON LA16X8BRM 2/3” PROFESSIONAL 4K LENS FOR BLACKMAGIC URSA BROADCAST CAMERA

MY RØDE REEL – 1 MONTH TO GO BEFORE ENTRIES CLOSE!

MY RØDE REEL 1 MONTH TO GO BEFORE ENTRIES CLOSE! $1-MILLION IN PRIZES UP FOR GRABS INCLUDING A $50,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Monday, 29 July 2019 There is just one month to go before entries close for The World’s Largest Short Film Competition, My RØDE Reel. Now in its 6th year, the… Continue reading MY RØDE REEL – 1 MONTH TO GO BEFORE ENTRIES CLOSE!

Cinematographer John Schwartzman gives the low down on ‘THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN”

Spinning Yarns John Schwartzman ASC / The Amazing Spider-man Spinning Yarns … at the USC film graduate school, where he focused on cinematography.

PORTABLE MOTION CONTROLLER GENIE MINI II BY SYRP NOW AVAILABLE

The Genie Mini II builds upon the previous Genie Mini, adding functionality while keeping the same small form factor. It also incorporates features previously only found in the Genie II.

RODE WIRELESS GO REVIEW

Earlier this year at NAB, Rode Microphones released the ‘worlds smallest wireless microphone’ and they were kind enough to send V&F a unit to test and review. Check out the video here Now we have sat on this for about a month now as we wanted to test the ‘Wireless Go‘ thoroughly. We got our… Continue reading RODE WIRELESS GO REVIEW