Making of

Underwater Fashion Photographer Mallory Morrison

This is an interesting Behind the Scenes produced by [FRAMED]. Learning studio strobes and studio techniques are a challenging and fun process….now imagine adding water. Holding your breath, not being able to communicate to your model, etc. Mallory Morrison started as a dancer and took those artistic skills as a trained photographer and dancer to the water. Today, Mallory takes us underwater to shoot a fashion spread for Live Orange County Magazine.


Photographer: Mallory Morrison

BTS produced by FRAMED

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Martin in Making of, Underwater Leave a comment

Miranda Kerr Behind the Scenes

Here’s another sexy behind the scenes shot by Two Penguins Productions of Victoria’s Secret bombshell Miranda Kerr for GQ’s Love, Sex and Madness issue.



 
GQ photos here.

About Two Penguins

Two Penguins Productions is a full-service visual media lab equipped to execute every phase of motion picture and video production. Offices in Los Angeles, New York and Portland.

Founded by Daniel Fickle and Philip Buiser.
Twopenguins.com
Danielfickle.com

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Martin in Behind the Scenes, Video Clips Leave a comment

Behind the Scenes of the short film Plot Device. Introducing Magic Bullet Suite 11

Red Giant TV will take you behind the scenes of the new short film Plot Device. “Plot Device,” a nine minute short film directed by Seth Worley, and executive produced by Red Giant’s own Aharon Rabinowitz. Aharon and Seth co-wrote the film, working together in close collaboration throughout the project. You’ll hear directly from the cast and crew about filming, color correction, compositing, and visual FX, and you’ll learn how the powerful tools in Magic Bullet suite 11 helped them create the film on a very limited timescale and budget.



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Posted on July 11, 2011 by Martin in Behind the Scenes, Software Leave a comment

The Sound of Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Director Michael Bay and Producer Steven Spielberg return this summer for the third film in the Transformers franchise, Tranformers: Dark of the Moon. The amazing visual effects in this film are complimented by the talented efforts of the sound team including Re-recording Mixers Greg Russell and Jeff Haboush, and Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designers Ethan Van der Ryn, and Erik Aadahl.

This is the first 3D film of the series and will also be presented in regular 2D, Real D 3D and IMAX, featuring Dolby Surround 7.1 sound. Watch this exclusive video made by SoundWorks.


For more videos check out SoundWorksCollection.com
Join the SoundWorks Collection Vimeo Channel: Vimeo.com/​channels/​soundworkscollection

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Martin in Behind the Scenes, Video Leave a comment

Beware The Pain Fairy Commercial – Behind the Scenes

This is a Behind the Scenes made by Dave Dugdale from LearningDSLRVideo.com. Sterling-Rice Group (an ad agency in Boulder CO) was kind enough to let me film BTS footage of their “Pain Fairy” ad spots. Dave used a Canon T2i/550D to film this about 3 months ago. I also used Luke Neumann’s color presets on most of these shots.


 

You can watch two of the commercials below – they were shot on the Canon 5D Mark II.



 


Posted on July 4, 2011 by Martin in Behind the Scenes, Canon, Commercials, DSLR Leave a comment

Behind the scenes with Photographer Frank Kayser

Baked Studios latest project was a behind the scenes documentary on the making of the first ever Porsche Motorsports world wide advertising campaign. Photographer Frank Kayser shot on locations in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and different parts of Germany.


Directed by: Michael Pollack
Bakedstudios.com

Frank Kayser Photos

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Martin in Behind the Scenes Leave a comment

Behind the Scenes with Megan Fox

And here is Megan Fox commercial shot by Mert & Marcus for Armani Jeans and Emporio Armani Underwear. You can also see the photos on Megan Fox’s website here.

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Martin in Behind the Scenes, Commercials Leave a comment

The Making of Carla Kosak’s “Don’t Want Your Man” Video Clip

Director Kevin Otterness takes us behind the scenes of Carla Kosak’s “Don’t Want Your Man” music video.


Title: MAKING OF “Don’t Want Your Man” Music Video
Director: Kevin Otterness
Producer: Brian Tedeschi
Camera: Kim St. Aubin
Production Assistants: Joe Petrick & Jeremy Hawkins
Editor & Colorist: Kevin Otterness
Production Company: posthousepictures.com

You can check out Carla Kosak’s “Don’t Want Your Man” Official Video Clip here.

About Kevin Otterness

Kevin Otterness got his start in the film business at age 7 when his father took him to see “Star Wars” in 1977. Walking out of the theatre, Otterness knew what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.

Today, Otterness owns and operates CINEARTISTS and POSTHOUSE PICTURES, two independent production companies. He produces and directs independent films, music video’s and behind-the-scenes documentaries, and his clients have benefited from his artistic camera work and editing talents since 2000.

Prior to branching off on his own, Otterness worked for a local public access station, where he created and produced one of the most successful cable access television shows in the country, “Technical Difficulties Television.” TDTV was a weekly entertainment program known for its high-energy, edgy, MTV-style approach to entertainment news in and around the Chicago area. The show ran for seven years and won several local and national awards.

Throughout his career, Otterness built an impressive resume that earned him recognition for his work as a Director of Photography, his fast paced editing style, and his ability to make small-budget projects look like million-dollar productions.

Director Kevin Otterness sets up the next shot

Director Kevin Otterness sets up the next shot

In December 2010 Kevin Otterness released his music video directorial debut, “Life Without Love,” performed by Dave Sills and produced by Brian Tedeschi. One week later the behind the scenes of “Life Without Love” was released.

Otterness also worked with one of his inspiring directors this year, Michael Bay. Otterness was cast as an FBI agent in the upcoming film TRANSFORMERS 3 “Dark of the Moon,” part of which was filmed in Chicago. He also was cast in Steven Soderbergh’s new film “Contagion” also shot in Chicago.

Though he’s never seen himself as an actor, Otterness believes it helps him as a director understand where his actors are coming from when on set.

In 2011, Otterness released his second music video, “Don’t Want Your Man” performed by Carla Kosak.

Making of Carla Kosak Video Clip

Making of Carla Kosak Video Clip

Otterness also plans on involving other Chicago area filmmakers in some other projects he has coming up this year.

You can follow Kevin Otterness on Twitter: Twitter.com/KevinOtterness

Facebook fan page: Facebook.com/pages/Kevin-Otterness/139381506121411

Kevin Otterness’s Blog: Kevinotterness.wordpress.com

 

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Martin in Canon, DSLR, Making of, Video, Video Clips Leave a comment

Behind the Scenes of VW’s Black Beetle Commercial

One of the standout spots from this year’s crop of Super Bowl commercials was undoubtedly Volkswagen’s Black Beetle which trailed the forthcoming launch of the new 21st Century VW Beetle. This Super Bowl stunner features an exquisitely animated, striped beetle that dodges natural foes in the woods with the prowess of a 21st Century VW Beetle in a heart-pounding car chase.

Alongside MJZ director Dante Ariola and agency Deutsch, The Mill London’s team of artists pulled out all the VFX stops to create the realistic CG beetle and its insect friends. Take a look at how they did it in this special Making Of fillm.



 

Would you like to see more?

Here you have a fascinating behind-the-scenes video that gives you an up-close and personal look at the making of the entomological, CGI wonderland of the Black Beetle. Tom Bussell and Juan Brockhaus, The Mill Lead 3D Artists on “Beetle”, say they created an animatic from Ariola’s storyboards to provide a blueprint for timings and how the edit would work. They researched not only iconic car chases, but watched documentaries and observed real-life footage of insects to make the spot’s cast as believable as possible.



 

About The Mill

Based in London, New York and Los Angeles The Mill collaborate on award-winning moving image, design and digital projects for the advertising, film, TV, games and music industries.

Twenty years of innovation has established The Mill as a recognised global brand for creating seamless visual effects, but we are also leaders in design, animation, live action content direction, VFX brand accounts, versioning and global adaptations, digital content creation and distribution. The Mill was founded in 1990 by Robin Shenfield and Pat Joseph, both of whom still lead the group and now have a global team of 500 plus made up of multi-national and home grown talent.

Website: www.themill.com

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Martin in Behind the Scenes, Commercials, News, Video Leave a comment

Stabilize your shots with AE Warp Stabilizer

Warp Stabilizer is a new option for stabilizing unsteady footage. It comes with the new After Effects 5.5. It removes jitter caused by camera movement, making it possible to transform shaky, handheld footage into steady, smooth shots. It replaces the previous stabilizer as it is much easier to use. Warp Stabilizer contains technology to correct unstable parallax by using a subtle warping of the image.

Introducing AE 5.5 Warp Stabilizer: Learn how to stabilize hand-held footage to look as if it had been shot with a complicated, expensive camera rig with the new Warp Stabilizer in After Effects CS5.5

Warp Stabilizer Basic Parameters: Learn more about the new Warp Stabilizer’s Result and Smoothness settings, Stabilization Method, choices for how to treat the borders of an image, and automatic scaling options.

Outsmarting the Warp Stabilizer: The Warp Stabilizer’s ability to automatically distinguish between foreground and background requires user intervention on some shots, such as a greenscreen stage with tracking dots in the background. Learn how to work around these issues.

Warp Stabilizer Instant Gratification: See how to quickly apply the new Warp Stabilizer to footage for instant gratification, including setting the Smoothness amount as well as choosing between Smooth Motion and No Motion.

Warp Stabilizer Advanced Parameters: Explore the new Warp Stabilizer’s advanced settings, including its innovative Synthesize Edges option. In the process, you will learn how to make custom adjustments to compensate for problem footage.

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Martin in Editing, How-to 3 Comments
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