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| Smartphone Cinematographyby Jay Montana  In your front pocket sits a more sophisticated filmmaking tool than all of Hollywood had for the first half of last century. It's your smartphone. A runaway train speeds uncontrollably through a snowy, barren mountain pass, halted only by a devastating explosion. Its violent shockwave hurls the train from the track, careening over a cliff, and tumbling into the chasm below. A few feet away, the Director yells, "Cut!" Then, she huddles with the DP around a smartphone, their camera of choice, and checks the shot. Ok. Next summer's blockbusters may not be filmed on smartphones - yet - but that scenario isn't nearly as implausible as it once sounded. In just the past two years, smartphone cinematography evolved from novelty to art form. Experimental shorts shot entirely...Continue Panasonic HDC-TM80 HD Camcorderby Dan Bruns  For the price you pay and the features you get, the TM80 is a solid investment for anyone looking for a convenient video recording option. We live in a world driven by convenience. From fast food to mobile phones, everything around us has been designed with convenience in mind. In fact, it's almost a guarantee that at some point in our lives, we've paid just a little bit more for gasoline, eaten food that was the opposite of what the doctor ordered or tolerated sitting on airplane seats that were crammed closer together than sardines - all in the name of convenience. This steadfast commitment to convenience is precisely what Panasonic had in mind when designing its newest HDC-TM80 camcorder. Though its build and video quality won't blow away professional videographers, its size and price make it perfect for those looking for a good camcorder...Continue. More New Product ReviewsBlocking Peopleby Kyle Cassidy  How do successful movie directors get their actors to move and interact so naturally? By blocking the scene and giving the actors good direction concerning where they need to be. Writers spend most of their time worrying about the words that the characters on the screen will say; sound engineers worry about how to make sure the words can be heard and how to mix them with music and background noises; lighting designers spend their days figuring out how to make sure the people, places and things can best be seen; directors of photography figure out what lens, camera angle and camera movement will make things look most attractive. Then it's up to the director to figure out how to bring all of this together. In this overwhelming collection of things that need to be overseen, one thing that is often overlooked by beginning directors is blocking - the movement of actors from place to place in a scene. This involves things like where do characters sit or stand? Why do they sit or stand there? How do they move from one place...Continue History of Video Now and Thenby Jennifer O'Rourke  From huge shoulder-mounted camcorders to smartphones; from mega tape-to-tape editing suites to simple computer editing; from VHS distribution to the internet; from streaming video to instant YouTube uploading, video has come a long way! When Videomaker magazine first hit the newstands in 1986, video cameras were just beginning to make a foothold in consumer's homes. Our first few issues were full of stories about those darn "Format Wars" - Beta vs. VHS, remember that concern? In fact Beta versus VHS was so prevalent at the time that we devoted full issues to each format, along with VHS-C and 8mm. Although each format was very different, they all shot video using the same physical recording device: videotape. VHS-C was featured in our June issue 1986 issue and 8mm (Video8) in August, followed by VHS in October 1987. Of the 58 camcorders featured the average...Continue More Videomaker Blog Posts |
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