ACT OF VALOR Parachutes Into The Premiere
Yes, we’re crazy about Act of Valor – but we missed out on the premier last week – so we thought we’d bring you a little bit of the excitement that most of us missed out on. From the We Are Movie Geeks article Navy SEALs parachuted onto Sunset Blvd. at the premiere of Relativity...
“Dirty Silverware” – a Canon EOS 5D Mark II short
Cruising thru email the other day, I found this note sent in by Steve Daniels who shared his latest Canon EOS 5D Mark II film “Dirty Silverware” which really grabbed me – so of course I asked him to tell us more about the project (I had to twist his arm! HA) and he sent...
rgrain – add grain to your film with these new texture clips
We talk a lot about the noise and grain in video and stills – but sometimes you want to add grain texture to your film – so how do you do that? rgrain has come out with a new set of inexpensive clips you can add to your project with any editor and for clips...
“Act of Valor” – Leap of Faith
In our continuing coverage of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II superstar movie “Act of Valor” we present an article written for MovieMaker magazine by Hamish McCollester. We’re posting with MovieMaker’s permission – thanks guys! See Act of Valor and hear from Shane and filmmakers Feb 25th ACT OF VALOR LEAP OF FAITH Shane Hurlbut,...
Act of Valor: Reinventing the Action Genre by Shane Hurlbut
If you haven’t gathered, I consider “Act of Valor” an incredible achievement and very significant for the HDSLR movement – and so we’ll be covering it a bit in the next few days. I mentioned before that I’m flying out to LA to be with Shane and to see the movie and then watch a...
360 degree fisheye rotating HDSLR timelapse – two in fact!
I stumbled into a 360 degree fisheye HDSLR timelapse by Gerald Donovan the other day (see below) and then Patryk Kizny sent me one as well – must be a trend! And since it must be a trend, well that means I have to expose you to it – right? HA These are both created...
See Act of Valor and hear from Shane and filmmakers Feb 25th
Update: Please click to tweet this about this movie! You may not live in the LA area, but some of your followers may be – it will help to get the word out – thank you! See @ActOfValorFilm & special Q&A with filmmakers – 2/25 at 5:10pm at Regal LA LIVE bit.ly/w9bysN #ActOfValor (wrong link...
Yikes! World’s Highest Rope Swing – Going Viral! Don’t try this at home part 2!
Devin does it again with this terrifying rope swing of death – which again I urge you not to try at home! In part 1, Denver Riddle filmed the Human Slingshot in the style of Devin Graham’s recent slip and slide video. But in this episode, Devin and his team go to Moab to swing...
An incredible 3D render of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II by Mikael Eidenberg
Tweet Mikael Eidenberg created something amazing over a year ago and I just found it yesterday (and I tweeted a small snippet to see if anyone would realize it was a render – nobody noticed that) so I just have to post this incredible 3D render of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II. When I...
“Temporal Distortion” will distort your mind – DakotaLapse’s latest HDSLR timelapse
Tweet I had the pleasure to meet Randy Halverson (who goes by the name DakotaLapse) at the chronos festival where he won Best Overall and Audience Choice. When you watch this, you’ll know why! And, the soundtrack was written especially for Randy by Bear McCreary who wrote the music for TV shows Battlestar Galactica, Eureka...
Absolution | A Canon EOS 5D Mark II film by Director Ravi Vora
Tweet Ravi Vora posted his latest film over on the planet5D forum (the nicest HDSLR forums on the planet) and well, it blew me away enough that I had to feature it here on planet5D. A wealthy businesswoman must save her son from a criminal mastermind by delivering a mysterious briefcase while bounty hunters are...
Mike Kobal shares an ungraded and graded cinestyle test
Tweet Mike Kobal sends in a lot of stuff (thanks Mike!) and he sent this some time ago and I found it interesting to see his comparison of the ungraded CineStyle picture profile from Technicolor with a graded one. Do your best to press play on both of these at the same time so you...
