Basic Setups for Shooting Green Screen
Shooting green screen has become an expected part of the current film production environment. Whilst films such as Avatar combine live-action with computer generated characters thus resembling to a …
The 4K Varicam 35 to Feature Dual Native ISOs: 800 and 5000
At the end of October, Panasonic began shipping their new hope in tackling the digital cinematography market, their Varicam 35 4K camera. Earlier in the year, we had a chance …
Affordable DSLR Follow Focus For Less Than $150
Digging around through the hundreds of options for DSLR gear these days can be frustrating as there is just so many choices out there. From wireless follow focus options …
Compact Teleprompter For DSLRs Seeks Holiday Crowd-Sourced Support
Many releases coming out these days for independent and small-budget productions favour the technical teams, but what about the talent? The people behind “The Parrot” look to share the …
Top 10 Most Astounding Drone Videos of 2014
2015 is just around the corner, and we are about to wrap up another really successful year for filmmaking. We’ve seen much new favourable gear throughout the year that has …
Motion9 Linecam 34 and Linecam 46 Sliders for Your Sony A7s, GH4, BMCC And More
Gear manufacturers targeting compact and DSLR form-factor style cameras have been quite busy in 2014 cranking out bits and pieces to make our lives on set much easier. Creative …
Avid Media Composer Now Supports Native 4K Editing
Three months ago Avid upgraded their existing intermediate codec DNxHD by adding DNxHR codec flavours that now support resolutions higher than HD. The new capabilities of the codec are based on an architecture …
The Most Awaited 4K Camera – AJA CION Finally Ships, Plus (Really) Last Minute Gifts
The AJA Cion has easily been probably the most awaited 4K camera in 2014. Announced earlier in the year during the premier industry gathering at NAB 2014, the AJA …
Stunning New 4K Footage From the Samsung NX1
Samsung surprised many of us this year at Photokina, when they announced their first 4K mirrorless camera – the Samsung NX1. The new 4K offering from Samsung is yet another alternative …
Red Raw Workflow Inside FCP-X
Working with Raw inside the different NLEs requires a certain approach that varies from application to application. For instance, in Premiere Pro, you can work directly with Raw files …
Podcast 028 – Interview with Producer Yana Georgieva – Tips on How To Produce a No Budget Feature Film
Podcast 028 – Interview with Producer Yana Georgieva – Tips on How To Produce a No Budget Feature Film and Discussion On Her Latest Crowdfunded Web Series “KOSMOS” Posted …
4K Recorders News: Odyssey7Q+ Ships, Supports FS7 Raw and Gets New Firmware Update, Plus Atomos Shogun Hands On Video
Just recently the Colorado-based Convergent Design announced a new top monitor/recorder in their existing line-up, amply named the 7Q+, much to the surprise of some and at a time coinciding …
Metabones Speed Booster vs. “Dummy” MFT Adapters
Chicago-based Magnanimous Media recently tested the worth of Metabones’ pricey and desirable Speed booster lens adapters against their direct “dummy” adapter counterparts, for EF and Nikon adapters aimed at …
Mesmerizing 4K Time-Lapse of Earth and the Sun
You might think that creating a time-lapse from found images is an easy job. An assumption like this can not be further from the truth. When James Tyrwhitt-Drake compiled …
How does the BMCC Work as a B-Cam to the RED Epic?
Director/cinematographer Matthew Rosen has completed projects for many high-end commercial clients over the years, and recently completed some camera tests involving two well-respected digital cinema cameras on the market …
Adobe Releases Updates for Popular Creative Cloud Apps
The Adobe Suite of creative applications such as Premiere Pro, and After Effects have been some of our favourite tools here at 4K Shooters. I started using Premiere Pro …
Vimeo Already Does 4K…Sort Of
Just last week, Vimeo announced that Pro members and video on demand users can now download and upload 4K content. This feature is not available to Free and Plus members, though. …
How To Use Face Tracking In DaVinci Resolve 11
DaVinci Resolve 11 is not only one of the most powerful and popular colour grading software suites available today, but also it has become an extremely versatile editor as …
The Atomos Shogun 4K HDMI Recorder/Monitor Shipping Plus Video Walkthrough By CEO Jeromy Young
Back at NAB 2014 in April, the Sony A7s was one of the hottest cameras announced. However, it was announced that the only way to get the 4K output from …
The 4K Shooters Christmas Gift Guide For Filmmakers On Any Budget
It’s the time of the year loved by many, but most of all credit card companies. All jokes aside, Christmas time is great time to put your cameras away …