The Peril Of HDR: Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should May 29^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

There is a disturbing and growing consensus among viewers that many movies and TV shows today are under illuminated or simply too dark. As DOPs, we surely share some of the blame, but there is plenty of blame to go around.

Waves: Part 9 - Propagation Inversion May 25^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

As a child I came under two powerful influences. The first of these was electricity. My father was the chief electrician at a chemical works and he would bring home any broken or redundant electrical parts for me to tinker with, dismantle and occasionally repair.

Compression: Part 8 - Spatial Compression May 3^rd 2023 - 09:00 AM

Now we turn to Spatial Compression, which takes place within individual images and takes no account of other images.

Waves: Part 8 - Shock Waves April 26^th 2023 - 10:00 AM

Shock waves are interesting phenomena that take place in a number of different media. For an arcane physical process, they have done quite well to be adopted by the mainstream media as one of their clichés, along with Mae West life jackets and aircraft black boxes (which are orange).

Motion Pictures: Part 1 - Film Frame Rates April 18^th 2023 - 09:30 AM

It seems clear that there is such a thing as the “film look”. But how did it come about?

Compression: Part 7 - Macro Blocks April 5^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Here we continue the story of motion compensated compression using macroblocks.

Waves: Part 7 - Reflection And Refraction March 30^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Here we look at reflection and refraction, which figure highly in the cameras and lighting equipment used by broadcasters, to say nothing of the real word in which images are captured.

The Back Of The Brain May Soon Rule The Roost March 22^nd 2023 - 10:00 AM

If industry reports are to be believed, Apple is poised to release a mixed-reality headset at some point in 2023. Of course, it’s anyone’s guess when Apple’s Reality Pro will actually see the holographic light of day, but one thing is worth noting: The advent of a mass-produced AR he…

Compression: Part 6 - Inter Coding March 9^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

The greatest amount of compression comes from the use of inter coding, which consists of finding redundancy between a series of pictures.

Magicbox Puts Virtual Production Inside An LED Volume On Wheels March 6^th 2023 - 09:00 AM

Virtual production studios are popping up across the globe as the latest solution for safe and cost/time-effective TV and movie production. This method replaces on location shooting and, by utilizing all-encompassing LED walls (often called “volumes”), is fundamentally changing the way motion pictures are produced.