4K is the new Black
If you have ever build your own computer you what it’s like: buy a lot of parts, drop them in a box and in the end you have a workstation. The Blackmagic Production camera feels a bit like buying a motherboard in a box, it has a sensor, interface screen and a recorder sandwiched in between. To turn it into an actual camera you need to go all Meccano on its ass and bring your own everything else.
The story behind finding a story: Philip Bloom in Brussels
It sounds like a good idea: Go to Brussels for a weekend, meet like minded people, talk about film making. And because it is Brussels this will include nice food and and a lovely city. Haroun from Filmmakers Corner had organised a workshop in Brussels with Philip Bloom.
VideoDrone and power
On April 23d I got my DJI Phantom and have been very busy making the surrounding parks unsafe for children and small pets. One of the issues you run into very quickly, especially when you feel the need to put a GoPro on for every flight, is the lack of power! Yes, when it comes to drone flying I start to feel powerless after about 10 minutes, unlike Superman, this is not a power you can get from the sun, it is in fact simply a matter...
Games of Drones: The Phantom Menace
Last week it was that time of the year again: time to buy me a birthday present. The one I wanted had been ordered months in advance, but as things go, it was taking much to long so the night before my birthday I ordered the DJI Phantom. To be honest I was not expecting much more than a toy, which is why I had placed an order for a much bigger Quadcopter. My big plan, just a few months ago, was to get a gimbal and use it with and...
Kessler Philip Bloom pocket dolly slider
Back in the good old days when camera’s where made from glass tubes, we needed 60 miles of tape to record 20 minutes and men were made from testosterone and could wear fur anywhere they wanted, I used a lot of dolly and jib setups. But they were annoying, heavy and took a long time to set up. A lot of times we ran out of time and I ended up shooting things in some kind of handheld setup anyway. Slowly becoming the human Steadicam, you can ask my back and shoulders if that really was such a good idea. These days everything seems to be getting smaller (well.. not everything just camera gear) and it seemed like a good idea to throw some money at a simple slider motion solution.