So often the media report negative drone stories along the lines of "such and such event disrupted by selfish drone flyer", or "reports of drones peeping though your curtains" and other such stuff. Whilst the first has happened undoubtedly, the second as any flyer knows is pure paranoid fiction. Anyway,...
Inside the Making of Everything Everywhere All At Once
Paul Rogers has only edited two films and is now an Academy Award winner! (He also has one of my favorite friend meet-cute stories of all time.) "I think, in a big way, the role of an editor is to be a kind of barometer of truth. Empathy was something...
Flying Lap Media Shoots Rolex 24 At Daytona
Cinematographer Chris Ortenburger is no stranger to racing. It was, after all, the reason he began shooting in the first place. “I am a former racer myself who once had dreams of making it to the top levels of motorsport as a driver,” he said. “I knew having video of...
Sennheiser Profile USB microphone for streaming and podcasting
Sennheiser is launching the Profile USB microphone, a cardioid condenser microphone that presents an easy and stylish solution for streaming and podcasting. It combines professional sound with direct accessibility of all functions, allowing streamers, podcasters and gamers to fully focus on their content. The side-address microphone is available as a...
Interview: Charles Pakana, Victorian Aboriginal News podcasts and vlogs.
I first met Aboriginal journalist Charles Pakana, born Keir Wells, in the early eighties when he and I were both freelancing in the personal computer magazine industry. That was close on 40 years ago and we have both moved on significantly from those heydays of freelance journalism. Now, Charles heads...
100,00 hours, 25 cinematographers and Jack Thompson
Our Country, a 40-screen, 360-degree celebration of Australia’s natural landscape and wildlife by Australian Geographic, in partnership with Tourism Australia, curated by Karina Holden, and now open in Brisbane, it collates the work of 25 cinematographers who spent a combined 100,000 hours in the field. It is narrated by Aussie...
New ‘Yes’ video a mixture of stills, text and animation
I have been a fan of the prog-rock band Yes since almost day one and that means we are talking 1971. And the band's music through all the various carnation of the group has been tightly intertwined with the artistry of Roger Dean. Yesterday they announced a new album due...
New ad from Coca-Cola. Its a masterpiece to say the least.
Sometimes you see something and think, "wow, I want to learn how they do that and have a crack myself". This new ad from Coca-Cola is one of those things in my opinion. https://youtu.be/VGa1imApfdg
Avatar: The Way of the Water. How to make an Avatar film.
I have dealt with Borisfx since w-a-y back in the late 90s. I first came across their products at a trade show in Sydney’s Darling Harbour where I had also been asked to speak about the then, new, Maxon Cinema 4D modelling and motion graphics 3D program. For those not...
Interview: Mahmood Hussein (Global Drone Solutions) – part 1
There is so much interest in drones of late I decided to find a company that specialised in the training of pilots to see what was involved. This then evolved into a much bigger story, so I have broken it into a 3 part series. My investigations led me to...