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A Film A Day For A Year – By Preston Kanak
13-07-2011.
A FEEBLE BEGINNING When I first picked up a camera, the furthest thing from my mind was using it to make a living, let alone a film a day. I didn’t pick up my first (Sony Hi8) camera until 1999. Before getting involved in filmmaking, I was going to school to be an optometrist. (I think this decision...
Read moreA look at the Birger Engineering Canon EOS mount f…
13-07-2011.
ETHICS STATEMENT: I have not been paid to do this review. I asked for a demo unit to review and was supplied with it. I will be returning it as soon as Erik bugs me for it back! I know everyone is waiting for this to come out…me too. Lots of people have loads of lovely Canon glass but can’t...
Read moreGH2 hacked!
06-07-2011.
As many of you know the GH1 is a nice camera that was handicapped by a number of key things, lack of native 24p/25p recording and terrible low bit rate. The hacker formally known as Tester 13, Vitaliy_Kiselev took the GH1 firmware and turned it into a formidable beast, giving us longer record times, higher bit rates and native recording....
Read moreGuest blog: A week with FCPX
09-07-2011.
I have not asked for a refund on FCPX, I am just going to see how things go. But for now I am not touching it. CS5.5 and FCP 7 for me, with me leaning more and more to the former especially when running on my Nvidia powered HP workstation, just wish it ran as fast on my Macs!…in the...
Read moreHelp me get funding for an action series TV Pilot …
13-07-2011.
I very rarely ask for your help for any of my work buy I am turning to you today. I am shooting a TV Pilot that could be fleshed out into a feature film. It’s an action film and unlike anything I have ever worked on before. It’s being directed by my friend Brian Ramage who has spent the past...
Read moreIntroducing Preston Kanak. The first PhilipBloom.n…
11-07-2011.
Preston...with me in the filter! This is a first. Since November 2007 I have been a control freak with my blog. I approve all comments. I write the blogs, I write the replies. This is good and bad. Good as it’s as personal as can be, bad as in I have no life. So I have hit upon a...
Read moreMajorca DSLR/ AF101 masterclass films
04-07-2011.
Last month myself, Sebastian Wiegaertner and Nino Leitner held the second DSLR masterclass in Majorca. It was the first one I attended. It was a huge success. 3 days seems like a really good time to get theory done, make a film and go through post, although I am sure another day or so would have helped. There is so...
Read moreMy first RED Epic short film “Great Wooden Boats”
11-07-2011.
Ethics statement: Kessler Crane are one of my key site sponsors and an affiliate. I recommend their products not because of this but because they are simply the best! Whilst on holiday near the Great Lakes in June I was able to borrow Eric Kessler’s RED Epic for a few days. I messed around with the slow motion 300 FPS...
Read moreThe editing wars are hotting up: Adobe tempting FC…
11-07-2011.
Ethics statement: I have no financial arrangement with Apple or Adobe. I have been given a one year license to try out Premiere by Adobe but that is all. I am just a user, albeit bi-curious! Never listen to just my opinion, I am one person and I am often wrong and much comes down to personal preference. This blog...
Read moreVideo review of the Canon XA-10, XF100 and XF105
09-07-2011.
Ethics statement: I have not been paid by anyone to do this. I did this review off my own back and purchased both cameras. Sorry for the delay on this, but it’s worth the wait. I was able to spend a couple of months with the cameras before doing the review which is far better than a knee jerk...
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A Well Rounded Video Marketing Campaign
10-01-2012.
This is the squeeze page video I created for a client in the Cash for Gold business. It is one part of the huge video marketing campaign I am working on right now. Although the campaign so far features about 15 videos, this squeeze page video is probably the single most important. Of course we all know that the money is...
Read moreDano Songs: Original Royalty Free Music
19-12-2011.
3:43 video on Dano Songs, a GREAT source for high quality Royalty Free Music on a budget. All of us interested in creating online videos are looking for good sources of royalty free music . Of course music is one of the best and easiest storytelling elements at any video makers disposal. Royalty free music is a type created specifically...
Read moreDocumentary Making eBook
29-11-2011.
Many readers of Video Production Tips are interested in Documentary film making . I’ve blogged about it a lot as documentary style videos are what I spent the majority of my career producing. It is BY FAR my favorite genre of video. A documentary producer named Andre Campbell wrote to me the other day in the hopes that I...
Read moreFREE Royalty Free Video Clips
22-11-2011.
This 3:46 video shows you where to get FREE Royalty Free Video Clips. In order to edit together a compelling video, you need to have quality video clips to use. Shooting them yourself is not always an option due to budget, time and travel constraints. In those cases, Royalty Free video clips are the answer. WHAT ARE ROYALTY FREE VIDEO...
Read moreVideo Conversion Software: Two Free Choices
02-12-2011.
Video conversion is a topic that makes many of us cringe. It sounds hard! HELP! But it’s not really. Video conversion is fairly easy if you have the right software. This post will tell you about two different software packages that you can download for free over the internet. WHAT IS VIDEO CONVERSION SOFTWARE? There are thousands of different video...
Read moreVideo Storytelling Contest to Win a Free Video Cam…
07-12-2011.
Telling a great story with video in under 1:30 is always a challenge. EVIL WOMAN is the theme of this video. Using just a few shots, video creator Craig B. told a very distinct story about this very evil woman he met! Craig’s video was created for the WeVideo and Video Production Tips contest to win a free video camera. ...
Read moreWin a FREE Video Camera!
07-11-2011.
Would you like to win a free video camera? Who wouldn’t? Video Production Tips, in conjunction with the fine folks at WeVideo, are holding a contest to see who can edit the most compelling video with the WeVideo system. First prize is a Sony HD Bloggie video camera, the MHS-CM5 to be exact. It retailed for $350. Second and third...
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Does 3-D Affect Your Health?
29-04-2010.
We've seen the 3-D hype, now we're moving into the backlash phase. More and more people are expressing concern/indignation about the onslaught of 3-D content....
Read moreFree Video Background Loops
05-05-2010.
Recently I received a selection of video background loops from a company called Footage Firm. The videos are well-made and come on DVD with both SD and HD versions. Footage Firm is running a free giveaway promotion where all you have to pay is the postage and they'll send you the DVDs free. I doubt whether you'll find a better...
Read moreGoogle Employees Convicted in Italy
25-02-2010.
Italian Judge Oscar Magi has convicted three Google employees for privacy violation after an offensive video was posted to Google Video back in 2006. The employees did get away with six-month suspended sentences but the wider implications of the conviction are bound to create a tidal wave of consternation. The convicted employees had absolutely nothing to do with the video....
Read moreHappy Birthday Photoshop
18-02-2010.
This month Adobe Photoshop turns 20 years old. Here's an interesting look back at the history of this industry-changing application:...
Read moreMedia Personality Profiles
01-05-2010.
In what we hope is the start of an ongoing series, we're introducing a new "...
Read moreMediaCollege.com on YouTube
12-08-2010.
At last I've made a start on our YouTube channel. It's a very slow start, but it's a start....
Read moreNew Standard for TV Commercial Volume
25-01-2010.
Way back in October 2003 a message was posted in our forum asking why TV commercials seem louder than regular programming. It's a complicated situation and comments in the thread over the last six years have helped explain how it works and why it's taking so long to get anything done about it. While I'm not getting too excited just...
Read moreThe Future of Flash Video
06-03-2010.
Whenever I get the chance (like now) I like to boast about how I predicted the success of Flash video back when it was widely considered a non-starter. As soon as it was possible to construct a viable Flash player I did so. My first attempt was in Flash 5 and it eventually became the MC Media Player . Unfortunately...
Read moreWebsite Update, Feb 2010
26-02-2010.
It's been a busy week at MediaCollege.com. If you've visited the forum you'll have seen that we've had a major upgrade - you can read about it in this thread . I'm personally quite excited about the new possibilities. The Newsroom is starting to take shape. So far I've posted a few quick stories to help get the system working...
Read moreWhat's So Great About 24P?
06-03-2010.
24P means 24 frames per second, which is the traditional frame rate for film. It's lower than modern video but many videomakers choose to use it because they like the effect. If, like me, you wonder why anyone would purposely downgrade their video in this manner, you might like to watch this video from MacVideo.tv in which respected filmmaker Stu...
Read moreWhen news balance isn't balanced
23-02-2010.
This morning I came across an article called 5 Things The Media Loves Pretending Are News (warning: course language). I particularly liked it because it mentions one of my biggest annoyances with news reporting: "Let's Ask the Idiots About Science". All journalists are taught a basic principle of good reporting: Present both sides to any argument. If a politician presents...
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