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RØDE REEL RETURNS

The World’s Largest Short Competition Has Returned With $1 Million In Cash To Be Won RØDE Microphones has announced the return of the World’s Largest Short Film Competition, My RØDE Reel. Now in its 7th year, RØDE has once again upped the ante with a monumental $1 million in cash to be won. This the… Continue reading RØDE REEL RETURNS

A Behind the scenes look at the CGI on Big budget Documentaries

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This is the era of “peak TV,” as some call it: there are just so many programmes to watch. Our minds might go to scripted series, such as fictional drama or comedy, but expectations are also continually being raised for documentaries—just think of Channel 4’s investigative Dispatches or Netflix’s highly dramatised look into Chernobyl. The… Continue reading A Behind the scenes look at the CGI on Big budget Documentaries

Sony FS7 II shoots The Ultimate Ride

Earlier this year Edgard Ferreira, Managing Director of Bondi Films, undertook an amazing project called The Ultimate Ride that would see a motorcycle team travel all the way to Lake Gairdner in South Australia on the search for speed records and adventure. What was produced as a result was a doco shot primarily on the Sony FS7… Continue reading Sony FS7 II shoots The Ultimate Ride

The making of a horror classic – behind the scenes of Hereditary

We hear a lot about how those with millions of dollars at their disposal do it, but what about those who have to be more creative? First-time feature director Ari Aster’s Hereditary is the latest in a string of critically and financially successful horror movies, making over $30 million in the first two weeks of… Continue reading The making of a horror classic – behind the scenes of Hereditary

DIRECTING ‘BEN-HUR’ –
INTERVIEW WITH TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV

It’s never an easy path for a kid who falls in love with movies and spends their whole life wanting to be a director. For every Peter Jackson, Edgar Wright or Gareth Edwards there are countless more we never hear from. But spare a thought for Russian director Timur Bekmambetov. Interview by Drew Turney While Jackson… Continue reading DIRECTING ‘BEN-HUR’ –
INTERVIEW WITH TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV

WILD SOUNDS: MIXING THE REVENANT

Alejandro Iñárritu didn’t take home back-to-back Best Director Oscars by taking it easy. The Revenant was filmed on location in the winter wilderness, and that production sound made it all the way into the final mix. Article by Mark Davie Alejandro Iñárritu has a nose for unique birds, and an ear it seems. He co-wrote and… Continue reading WILD SOUNDS: MIXING THE REVENANT

GRADING WIM WENDERS

Legendary director Wim Wenders new film Every Thing Will Be Fine, starring James Franco, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Rachel McAdams, was recently graded at Arri Film & TV Services Berlin by colourist Philipp Orgassa, using DaVinci Resolve. The film, is about a novelist who accidentally kills a child, and is shot in 3D to produce a magnifying effect… Continue reading GRADING WIM WENDERS