cinematography
Did you know what parfocal and varifocal lenses are?
Apr 4, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Maybe you know that varifocal lenses are designed for stills and SLR cameras, and parfocal are designed for cinema and broadcast. But why would you…
Watch a sea lion trying to check what a cameraman tastes like
Mar 28, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Being a photographer or videographer is not easy, as you need to deal with all sorts of challenges and all kinds of people. But animal…
RHCP guitarist annoyed by audience filming with phones, stops playing and films them
Mar 21, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Josh Klinghoffer, the guitar player of Red Hot Chili Peppers, got fed up with the audience filming the concert with their phones. Instead of playing the…
5 creative ways to use monopod and improve your videos
Mar 20, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Do you use a monopod? It’ definitely a useful tool for photographers and filmmakers, and it comes in handy when we can’t use a tripod….
A horse and a bet inspired the birth of cinematography
Mar 9, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Do you remember the first stop-motion movie, with a galloping horse? Eadweard Muybridge made it in 1872, and the funny thing is – the first…
Blackmagic’s new 4.6K URSA Mini Pro is three cameras in one
Mar 3, 2017
John Aldred
Blackmagic Design’s URSA Mini 4K and URSA Mini 4.6K have been extremely popular amongst cinematographers. And for good reason. They are extremely capable cameras that…
How pro cinema lens techs test their camera lenses with a projector
Feb 27, 2017
John Aldred
When most of us are testing out new lenses, it’s often a very subjective thing. And our testing exercises are rarely very scientific. In fact,…
These are 3 editing techniques you’ll often see in Oscar-winning movies
Feb 27, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
The Best Film Editing category is probably not what comes to our mind first when we think of the Academy Awards. However, two-thirds of Best…
The importance of editing: see what La La Land would look like if directed by David Lynch
Feb 23, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
La La Land is nominated for 14 Oscars, and one of them could go to Damien Chazelle for best director. An interesting mock trailer from…
These are 5 simple and clever tricks every filmmaker should know
Feb 17, 2017
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Filmmaking involves a whole lot of knowledge, and if you ask me – filmmakers also use some magic to achieve certain results. Sometimes they use…