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[KRANE]

Blackmagic cutting the price of the pocket cam to $500 just rustles my jimmies, good night sweet resell value.

Well I hadn't thought of that. And to think I came this close to purchasing one. Looks like BM is coming along strong in the camera department. I'm pretty sure Canon wished now they had taken them more seriously. Remember when Honda only made motorcycles?

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No he showed the agent my trailer and REALLY talked me up. The agent requested a screener from me and then after he saw the flick, we meet up a week later to talk. I'll keep you updated if it develops into anything, no idea yet what happens next...

Nice man good luck. Keep us posted.

Blackmagic cutting the price of the pocket cam to $500 just rustles my jimmies, good night sweet resell value.

It's not a permanent price drop, just till the end of summer/until sold out.

Makes me wonder what they've got in store around the corner

[FinalFlare]

Nice man good luck. Keep us posted.



It's not a permanent price drop, just till the end of summer/until sold out.

Makes me wonder what they've got in store around the corner

lmao they are clearing old stock brah, this pretty much is a permanent price drop in practical terms.

[KRANE]

Anybody interested in media related products beyond editing? I say that because I've got Adobe Create Cloud (14 major programs) and it behooves me to learn as many and as much about these product as I can while I have them recent.

Any product you interested in learning or are curious about you can talk about them here. I know its an impossible task leaning even one or two, but if can even learn a little bit about half of them I'll be ahead of the crowd. A backup, if you will.

In addition to Creative Suites I've got Media Composer 7, Pro Tools 11, Cinema 4D, and the Auto Desk Suite 2014. Today, I'm working with After Effects CC.

[Grug]

For my fellow Directors of Photography out there and aspiring ones, this is for us:

^
Someone please slap me if I ever get that pretentious!



I've been a pretty busy boy lately, invented some new beauty light setups, shot some more narrative shorts, music videos and spec commercial and have some pretty exciting larger-scale projects coming up. Also just picked up an agent for my cinematography work, so hopefully that'll help bring in some extra work.

Hopefully I'll be able to share some of it soon.

I've also just designed a custom shelf for my ute (that's a pickup truck for my friends across the pond), and had that built. Makes loading gear SO much easier now. Used to take about 45 minutes, now I've got it down to just 17 minutes! (which is money straight back in my pocket).

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lmao they are clearing old stock brah, this pretty much is a permanent price drop in practical terms.

ya, they will put the price back up to normal once they've cleared enough stock before releasing the new Pocket Camera.... The S35 2.8K resolution version with higher ISO and better sensitivity, audio metres and other bells and whistles...

^
Someone please slap me if I ever get that pretentious!

Lol, agreed that it's wanky. But, I'd prefer to have that mind set (obviously passionate and caring about his art) over the one of all the kids that go buy a camera, turn it on, point and shoot and call them selves cinematographers.

EDIT: lol'd @ "lights more powerful than the sun" u wot m8

[FinalFlare]

ya, they will put the price back up to normal once they've cleared enough stock before releasing the new Pocket Camera.... The S35 2.8K resolution version with higher ISO and better sensitivity, audio metres and other bells and whistles...



Lol, agreed that it's wanky. But, I'd prefer to have that mind set (obviously passionate and caring about his art) over the one of all the kids that go buy a camera, turn it on, point and shoot and call them selves cinematographers.

EDIT: lol'd @ "lights more powerful than the sun" u wot m8

ahh, I see where your coming from, so you think the new pocket cam will sell inline with the old one? I went with the assumption that it would be replacing the old one at the same price, ultimately discontinuing the first one.

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ahh, I see where your coming from, so you think the new pocket cam will sell inline with the old one? I went with the assumption that it would be replacing the old one at the same price, ultimately discontinuing the first one.

Yeah they probably will discontinue the first one... but I think first they will put the price of it back to normal for a while, then announce the new one.

What I'm saying is: I don't think they will keep it at this price indefinitely until the new one is released/announced. This price drop is like a last minute sprint to get rid of as much stock as possible before they announce the new one.

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ahh, I see where your coming from, so you think the new pocket cam will sell inline with the old one? I went with the assumption that it would be replacing the old one at the same price, ultimately discontinuing the first one.

Who cares?! It's $500! For 13-stops of DR and 10-bit 4:2:2 recording. It was already amazing value at $1000!

Yes, moire can be a problem, but for $500 anyone serious about making beautiful, high-quality moving pictures can!

[Chr0nicRhythm]

Did a same day edit for the event this past Saturday. I feel like it was a big improvement from my first one. Most likely due to me not being drunk the entire event lol.

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Who cares?! It's $500! For 13-stops of DR and 10-bit 4:2:2 recording. It was already amazing value at $1000!

Yep, pretty crazy price.

And with the new update allowing higher levels of compression, I can't really see myself using my DSLR very much anymore.

[Iron_Chef]

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[JalexM]

Crazy informative blog for everything from editing to rigging every single type of camera you have.
http://wolfcrow.com/

[KRANE]

Crazy informative blog for everything from editing to rigging every single type of camera you have.
http://wolfcrow.com/

Great. I will check it out. I see donations are welcome.

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Anyone here see Under the skin?

What did you think?

Saw it las week and fkn loved it

[Mr.PissShivers]

Anyone here see Under the skin?

What did you think?

Saw it las week and fkn loved it

If she wasn't naked throughout the movie I would probably consider it one of the worst movies of the last 15 years. If fact I still do, but it was worth it for naked Scarlett Johansson.

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If she wasn't naked throughout the movie I would probably consider it one of the worst movies of the last 15 years. If fact I still do, but it was worth it for naked Scarlett Johansson.

I didn't care for her being naked at all to be honest, I was actually surprised she looked chunkier than normal and I guess there's no more arguments about whether or not her breasts are natty or enhanced.

Were you at least interested in the way it was made with the hidden cameras etc?

[Mr.PissShivers]

Were you at least interested in the way it was made with the hidden cameras etc?

I can appreciate filmmakers being innovative, but there are some things that all films need no matter how experimental, like a story for one.

[KRANE]

I can appreciate filmmakers being innovative, but there are some things that all films need no matter how experimental, like a story for one.

Well I can think of at least one exception and this is the documentary. Even so, I haven't seen it so I can't comment.

Anyone ever thought about writing or working on plays? I was listening to the radio at work the other day and a young guy had written a play and got a bit of attention from it and I'm sure that'll help him get a foot in the door for getting into film. I'm from Ireland so its a small place and in turn harder to get far here but I have an idea for a story relative to Ireland & UK that could be made into a small movie but it'd be more likely to be actually possible to get it done as a play

We're filmmakers not playwrights so that would be an emphatic no for me. I had planned to write a feature by the end of the year. But that's a tall order within the next 5 months. Still, at 1 page a day, not out of the question. Now all I need is the outline.

[Mr.PissShivers]

Well I can think of at least one exception and this is the documentary. Even so, I haven't seen it so I can't comment.

Documentaries tell stories too.

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I can appreciate filmmakers being innovative, but there are some things that all films need no matter how experimental, like a story for one.

I guess it depends on your tastes, and maybe even your definition of what a story is, but it definitely had a story.

[Mr.PissShivers]

I guess it depends on your tastes, and maybe even your definition of what a story is, but it definitely had a story.

SPOILERS:








She went around picking up dudes in her van and sucking them through the floor for what seemed like two hours. I wasn't until the end we are let in on what all that sh!t was about.


IMO, it was a lousy payoff to watch a movie for God knows how long and not know what the fuk is going on, only to find out it was a film about an alien who needed skin and how she went about getting it.

[Grug]

Anyone here see Under the skin?

What did you think?

Saw it las week and fkn loved it

I really, really liked it too. And that's coming from someone who tends to struggle with abstract filmmaking - I think it was a really successful experiment in narrative. The slow build as she slowly finds some humanity really worked for me.

I can understand why it's a divisive film though.

[KRANE]

Documentaries tell stories too.

Some do. Flaherty's Nanook of the North certainly told a story. As did When The Mountains Tremble by Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú.

Nevertheless, so documentaries such as the 1929 film Man with a Movie Camera was merely a series of images in a montage. Others are even more avante garde (documentaries by the poets) and even after close inspection seem to have no story or connection to reality whatsoever. Containing only shapes, forms and patterns. These add a new (Or is that old?) dimension to the term abstract.

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SPOILERS:








She went around picking up dudes in her van and sucking them through the floor for what seemed like two hours. I wasn't until the end we are let in on what all that sh!t was about.


IMO, it was a lousy payoff to watch a movie for God knows how long and not know what the fuk is going on, only to find out it was a film about an alien who needed skin and how she went about getting it.

Yep haha.

I thought it was pretty obvious WHAT was going on, just not why (which isn't needed).

Many euro "arthouse" dramas wait until the middle/midpoint of the film for the first turning point/inciting incident/etc, then the real story takes off.

I read one review that said it was harder to understand and more confusing than Upstream colour... I was like "U wot m8?", to me, it was strikingly obvious, maybe just because it spoke to me more personally or something?

To me, Upstream Colour was like this:

***SPOILERS*** (maybe)
FLOWERS PILLS DRUGS PIGS GUN BANG. The end.

I really, really liked it too. And that's coming from someone who tends to struggle with abstract filmmaking - I think it was a really successful experiment in narrative. The slow build as she slowly finds some humanity really worked for me.

I can understand why it's a divisive film though.

Yeah, I can definitely see that, hence why I asked in here. Just to see people's views.

[Mr.PissShivers]

Some do. Flaherty's Nanook of the North certainly told a story. As did When The Mountains Tremble by Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú.

Nevertheless, so documentaries such as the 1929 film Man with a Movie Camera was merely a series of images in a montage. Others are even more avante garde (documentaries by the poets) and even after close inspection seem to have no story or connection to reality whatsoever. Containing only shapes, forms and patterns. These add a new (Or is that old?) dimension to the term abstract.

Yeah, as a person who enjoys studying stories, I'll stick to the films that want to tell one...lol

Yep haha.

I thought it was pretty obvious WHAT was going on, just not why (which isn't needed).

Many euro "arthouse" dramas wait until the middle/midpoint of the film for the first turning point/inciting incident/etc, then the real story takes off.

I read one review that said it was harder to understand and more confusing than Upstream colour... I was like "U wot m8?", to me, it was strikingly obvious, maybe just because it spoke to me more personally or something?

To me, Upstream Colour was like this:

***SPOILERS*** (maybe)
FLOWERS PILLS DRUGS PIGS GUN BANG. The end.



Yeah, I can definitely see that, hence why I asked in here. Just to see people's views.

I'm definitely not trying to dissuade anyone from this film, just was giving my view.

I just prefer a more straightforward story. I guess I'm used to a movie that gives you a reason to watch from the beginning.

[JalexM]

Two of my favorite videos shot on blackmagic. When I get mine I'm planning on shooting visuals poems just as practice for narration.
http://vimeo.com/groups/breakfastdaily/videos/96508817
http://vimeo.com/96922100

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Yeah, as a person who enjoys studying stories, I'll stick to the films that want to tell one...lol

I'm definitely not trying to dissuade anyone from this film, just was giving my view.

I just prefer a more straightforward story. I guess I'm used to a movie that gives you a reason to watch from the beginning.

Yep fair enough. I like those movies too. I like all movies!

Two of my favorite videos shot on blackmagic. When I get mine I'm planning on shooting visuals poems just as practice for narration.
http://vimeo.com/groups/breakfastdaily/videos/96508817
http://vimeo.com/96922100

Nice stuff. YOu would probably like Kendy Ty's stuff: *****://vimeo.com/kendyty

I still think he's bull****ting about shooting these on a 500D

[JalexM]

Yep fair enough. I like those movies too. I like all movies!



Nice stuff. YOu would probably like Kendy Ty's stuff: *****://vimeo.com/kendyty

I still think he's bull****ting about shooting these on a 500D

Yeah I seen some of his stuff, I too am also in denial about him using only a t2i. Most professional cinematographers wouldn't be able to do what he did with that camera.

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Yeah I seen some of his stuff, I too am also in denial about him using only a t2i. Most professional cinematographers wouldn't be able to do what he did with that camera.

haha yeah it's pretty freakin amazing, but I believe him (my comment was just joking). I've played around with my 600D footage and even thought I'm not close to him, I can see how it could be with more skill

The thing that boggles my mind is how he gets his grain to hold so well after online compression. I'm convinced he's paid Vimeo extra for less compression or something