Writer Ransom Riggs presents us here with a short film that he describes as “My favourite post-apocaliyptic hell hole, the Salton Sea”. Ramsom shot with the Ultra-light Steadicam Merlin and the Canon 5DmkII with two lenses: a 24mm and a 100mm. The editing was made with Final Cut and the grading with Color.
Tuesday, April 12 Highlights: Spotlight on Broadcasting: Change, Challenge and Opportunity
State of the Broadcast Industry Address by NAB President and CEO Gordon H. Smith
“A Conversation with Leslie Moonves” featuring CBS President and CEO Leslie Moonves
An here is another NAB 2011 Highlights by Pictureline: Redrock Micro, Manfrotto, Cinevate, Sachler, Zeiss, etc.
Cameraman Michael Neuman from Visual Masterpiece takes us on his latest wedding video filmed with his wife Rebecka. On this behind the scenes video he explains how to get the best of your wedding video using Canon HD DSLR Cameras, Cinevate Sliders and a Glidecam 2000 stabilizer.
I discovered today an amazing short film directed by Arev Manoukian. Nuit Blanche is a short film produced by Spy Films featuring some very cool slow motion 3D effects. Shot in the classic Film Noir style, this film has a wonderfull soundtrack composed by Samuel Bisson. The cinematography was also made by Arev Manoukian and the camera operator was Jay Pavao.
The film was shot on a green-screen set in Toronto. The two principal actors were shot separately in a four day time and they only met the last day. Each actor was shot as a separate layer so they could place them afterwards wherever they wanted.
Manoukian used a DVCPRO HD camera for the 24 frames-per-second live-action shots and the Photron APX for slow-motion sequences filmed at up to 2,000 frames per second like the slow-motion car crash. They actually broke real glass on set at over 2000 frames per second and added later on post-production 3D glass. This way they could get real reflections from the scene. Finally dirt was added to the pieces of glass to make it more natural.
The editing was made with Adobe Premiere and for the 3D they used Maya, Mental Ray, 3Ds Max and V-Ray. The compositing was done with After Effects and the matte paintings with Photoshop and mapped in 3D.
Raised in Montreal by a family of artists and engineers, Arev Manoukian plays with art and technology to tell stories in ways that challenge his imagination. Ever Meticulous in his work, Arev thrives on being involved in all aspects of filmmaking, from pre-visualizing his concepts, to cinematography and music. He recently turned one of his day dreams into a short film, the stunning hyper-real fantasy Nuit Blanche. The film recently won the Grand Prize at the LG Film Festival in Toronto and the coveted Golden Nica at Prix Ars in Europe. It has been highlighted in magazines such as Wired, Shots Magazine, Motionographer, and Stash Magazine. Nuit Blanche is being screened at the Palm Springs Film Festival and SIGGRAPH 2010 in Los Angeles.
Directed by: Arev Manoukian
Produced by: Stephanie Swedlove & Arev Manoukian
VFX by: Marc-Andre Gray
Music by: Samuel Bisson
Starring: Michael Coughlan & Megan Lindley
Cinematographer: Arev Manoukian
Casting: Jeff Marshall
Assistant Director: Andrew Cividino
Production Designer: Arev Manoukian & Marc-Andre Gray
Art Director / Costumes – Dan Levy
Camera Operator: Jay Pavao
Camera Assistant: Max Armstrong
Gaffer: Alan Poon
Editor: Arev Manoukian
Compositor / Animator: Marc-Andre Gray
Effects Supervisors: Marc-Andre Gray & Arev Manoukian
Additional Compositing: Arev Manoukian
Matte Painter: Pat Lau
Colourist: Andre Chlebak
Tom Guilmette, Boston based cinematographer and editor was working in Vegas with a new Phantom Flex high speed camera and ended up staying up all night in his hotel shooting really super slow motion video at 2,564fps in 1080p HD.
I was working a gig in Vegas with a brand new Phantom Flex high speed digital cinema camera. I had to try it out. In fact, I never did go to bed that night. I opened up a wormhole shooting at 2,564 frames per second.
This is an introduction video to the Phantom Flex, Abel’s Phantom specialists review the capabilities of the Flex that set it apart, such as frame rates, sensitivity and ease of use. They also discuss the power of motion pictures to reveal what has never been seen before – a power that goes back to the beginning of cinema.
This is the final film being premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and on Vimeo simultaneously. It includes all 8 chapters in what Canon is calling the largest online collaborative film contest in history. The final chapter screenplay was written by all 6 chapter winners, directed by Vincent Laforet and photographed by DP Joe Desalvo.
See the other chapter winners separately and learn more about the contest here – vimeo.com/groups/beyondthestill
Posted by Pascal Montjovent
I’m just back from shooting in Japan a short fiction called “Igor in Japan”, where Igor is a donkey. It’s a comedy we shot during one week near the village of Komoro, in the Nagano district.
Since it seemed difficult for the production company to rent specific lights and cameras in Japan, we had to bring everything with us from Europe. It had to comply with in-flight weight and measurements regulations, so we opted for the Canon 5D Mark II and the 7D, customized with Marshall monitors and two Chrosziel Follow Focus Systems. Read more
