Project Profile:

Telling the History of St. Louis

With Blackmagic Cinema Camera and the Missouri History Museum

Organized under the banner of the Missouri Historical Society, the Missouri History Museum, the Library and Research Center, and the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum in St. Louis are not your typical local history institutions. In addition to the main museum building, which houses public galleries, classrooms, and an auditorium, it also consists of a Library and Research Center. Here is housed a library, archives, artifacts, documents, photos and prints, moving images and sound. The institution also runs the Soldiers Memorial Military Museum, which was builtas a local military museum honoring individuals from St. Louis who we lost in World War I. Read More

There are so many options for rendering your 3D scenes. Most 3D applications come with options included, but the opportunity to render with a dedicated piece of hardware and/or software provides some amazing capabilities that only a specific render technology can offer. MAXON's agreement with NVIDIA will create additional creative possibilities for CINEMA4D artists. Read More

New Release: By Ko Maruyama

IBC: Video Capture Made Easy

Video professionals know that capturing HD is easier than ever before, but reliable plug&play solutions, especially those that don't require additional power supply are increasingly important. Today, video capture is important to hobbyists, social media content creators, and traditional video production pipelines. AJA's U-TAP HDMI is a quality piece of gear to cover a wide range of videographers. Read More

Business Issues: By Miles Weston

Content Insider #483 - Little But

We know you take storage for granted except when it's slow, not available, dies. But filmmakers are always thinking about their storage. They don't want much just fast, rugged, reliable, HUGE and inexpensive. No I didn't say cheap I said inexpensive and it was the last check mark for the filmmaker because reshooting is way too expensive and often impossible. At FMS (Flash Memory Summit) awhile ago industry experts - manufacturers, integrators and filmmakers - spent a day telling the attendees how they work, how they use flash and what they need to handle the growing volume of content they capture, process, produce and finalize for folks to consume at the theater as well as on their TVs, computers, tablets, smartphones. Great content is too valuable to lose. Just ask the people who make their living as creative visual/audio storytellers. Read More

Project Profile:

Singer Clara's 'Parasite' Music Video Shot with Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K by TruLove Post

In the music video for her single "Parasite," singer Clara takes a unique approach. The song is about a girl who repeatedly tries to steal her friends' lovers, like bees who try to steal the honey bee's honey. Clara uses the music video not as a storyline for the lyrics, but as a message and a warning to the offending girl, while also expressing the feelings and confusion one goes through when trying to understand why someone would act that way. Read More

Case Study: By Larry O Connor

Tale of Design

The relationship of Apple and Adobe has been strained at times especially in the areas of design and photography. Thru the years Rick Redfern has been involved in testing, using key products with Adobe pushing the products beyond their initial designed limits in applications that today seem commonplace and routine. It's an interesting tale of the creative evolution of the two firms. Read More

Company Profile:

Focusing on Creativity and Relationships with Events United and Blackmagic Design

Where do musicians turn when they prepare carefully for gigs, only to find their performances ruined by poor production? They take matters into their own hands. That's what Tim Messina did when he founded Events United in Londonderry, NH. Events United is a full-service audiovisual production company specializing in houses of worship, concerts, theaters, corporate events, weddings, and other special events. Read More

Feature: By Miles Weston

Content Insider #481 - Not Really

If you've been following the video streams from Rio with your VR headset on you've really gotten the feeling that you are there without spending a lot of money on flights and hotel. You're also getting the feeling of being at the center of the action and the crowd without the crowd. You'll have to forgive the enthusiasm of NBC, BBC, the Olympics committee and announcers who are telling you how great the activities are in VR. It ain't. It's pretty good 360 video they're streaming to you. Ok I'm being picky about the differences but so are a lot of filmmakers who are shooting and prepping 360 and VR films. Try both...you'll feel the difference. Read More

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