AbelCine's Mike Nichols, NY Rental Manager, will be attending Sundance and participating in Big Vision Empty Wallet's panel discussion on producing indies. The panel will take place at the New York Lounge in Park City on Tuesday, January 21 at 11am local time / 1pm Eastern.
If you're in town for the festival, the panel is free to attend – no festival pass required. The panel will also be Livstreamed for those not at Sundance. Just visit bigvisionemptywallet.com/sundance at the time of the panel to tune in.
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Producing independent films is an evolving art form. Successful production...
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At the IBC show in Amsterdam back in September, ARRI made a huge splash unveiling the AMIRA, which has the same 16:9 sensor as some of the higher-end ALEXA cinema cameras. While the AMIRA is an ENG-style camera marketed towards documentary filmmakers by the company, the possibilities for its use certainly don't stop there. The promise of ALEXA image quality in a cheaper rental package is certainly enticing, but what if you want to own one of your own? Click through for some pricing information that has finally been revealed. (more…) ...read more
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This month in Las Vegas at the annual Consumer Electronics Show, Panasonic gave us a taste of what will be its first 4K camera, the 4K GH (or GH4K as it has also been known). They didn't publicly reveal too much about the camera except for the body — which looks very much like a GH3 with a brand new 4K sticker on it. We have learned, however, that the new camera from Panasonic could be announced as early as next week. Click through for more. (more…) ...read more
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When talking about influential cinematography, it's impossible not to talk about Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller. His style is as distinct as those of the famed directors he has formed long-time collaborations with, like Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmusch. His approach to photographing a film begins with understanding its meaning, creating emotional and cerebral connections between the narrative and the visuals, and ultimately, the film and its audience. Cinephilia and Beyond has shared an interview Müller, in which he talks about working on Down By Law, that serves more as a masterclass in cinematography....
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With the latest 3.0 firmware update, Sony has given users the ability to shoot a variety of high frame rates, but many people are still a bit confused about how to get to their desired frame rate. I've created a flow chart to help de-mystify the process, but first, let's go over the menu options needed.
The two menus you'll need to bounce between are the System menu and the Camera menu, but first we need to visit the Recording menu. Here you'll go to the Rec Control setting and choose either SxS & AXS for XAVC and RAW recording, or just AXS.
Next we'll head to the System menu; here you'll choose...
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