Presented In Cinemascope March 31^st 2020 - 01:00 PM

Electronic camera manufacturers have spent – by some measures – something like the last twenty years trying to make digital cameras that shoot pictures that look like real movies. Now, they’re making cameras with larger and larger sensors, the better to simulate the sort of cameras that shot some of the great…

Moving Cameras March 11^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

The world’s oldest surviving motion picture, often called Roundhay Garden Scene, does not include any camera movement. It’d be tricky to imagine anything approaching a move, since the scene, which was shot in 1888 by Louis Aime Augustin Le Prince on a camera of his own invention, is just a h…

BSC 2020 Roundup February 17^th 2020 - 11:00 AM

BSC Expo 2020 continues to grow in strength. Full of talks, demonstrations, and the latest kit, this year’s BSC Expo even had film on show.

Production Basics Are Still Important In The Era Of Video Democratization October 21^st 2019 - 09:00 AM

Now that virtually anyone can afford a very high quality video camera, the democratization of video production is in full play. With that comes shortcuts adapted by newcomers that make the video quality dreadful, but become acceptable through frequent use. In a way, it is a dumbing down of video…

The Modern Moving Camera October 14^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

One of the classic examples of great motion picture photography is Orson Welles’s breathtaking tracking shot at the opening of his film, Touch of Evil. The camera, mounted on a Chapman crane, begins on a close-up of a ticking time bomb and ends a tense three-plus minutes later with…

How to Distinguish a Video Tripod from a Photo Tripod June 24^th 2019 - 08:00 AM

There are a flood of tripods on the market today, and many are not distinguished as video or photo tripods. Especially with very light weight cameras, some models are now combined. It is easy to pick the wrong model for the type of video shooting you will do. Here is…

How Video Shooting Styles Are Changing June 13^th 2019 - 01:50 PM

Since portable video became widespread in the mid-1970s, most videographers shot handheld. Video cameras were heavy — but well balanced — and most professional shooters learned to hold the camera very steady. Now, most cameras are much lighter — often too light for handheld shooting — and gimbals, sliders, motion controllers and stabilizers have fi…

Cine Gear Expo 2019 Hits Hollywood June 10^th 2019 - 12:05 PM

The Paramount Studios back lot was filled with new production gear and Hollywood pros, students and wanna-be’s alike who poured over the 2019 Cine Gear Expo.

True Bangkok United F.C. Chooses ChyronHego’s Coach Paint Telestration Tool May 22^nd 2019 - 08:00 AM

The coaches of Thailand’s #1 soccer team, True Bangkok United Football Club, have recruited ChyronHego’s Coach Paint Telestration system to pitch their strategies on the pitch

Blackmagic Design at NAB 2019 May 6^th 2019 - 09:00 AM

From an 8K switcher to a new 4.6K camera, you could hardly get through the packed Blackmagic Design exhibit to see its most talked about excitement, the new DaVinci Resolve 16.

Hopes Rise For Post Covid Sports Broadcasting Bounce July 3^rd 2020 - 09:00 AM

People are not just flocking to beaches and holiday resorts as lockdowns are eased but also to their TV screens for viewing of returning live sports.

Sports Re-Starts Without Fans And The Virtual Crowd Goes Wild July 2^nd 2020 - 09:00 AM

In mid-May of this year, as countries such as Germany, England, and Spain considered easing COVID-19 restrictions to allow professional sports to resume, various professional sports leagues began discussions with broadcasters and production companies on the best way to televise games without fans in the seats. They’re called “ghost gam…

Is Gamma Still Needed? - Part 2 June 24^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Here we look at some of the origins of gamma in imaging and move on to introduce the peculiar characteristics of the cathode ray tube.

Broadcasters Ready For 5G Adoption June 18^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

Broadcasters are far more upbeat about the impact 5G mobile networks will have on their services than they were in the case of 4G when that was introduced around a decade ago.

Creative Analysis - Part 2 - Penny Dreadful From The Cinematographer June 17^th 2020 - 09:00 AM

For anyone who’s seen the first series to bear the title, the name Penny Dreadful will conjure up images of occult happenings in a shadowy, late-Victorian world. After twenty-seven episodes across three highly successful seasons, Showtime aired the last episode of Penny Dreadful in June 2016. By November 2018, the network h…

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