IF DSLR FILMMAKING WASN’T HUGE, WOULD THERE BE A CONFERENCE?
Posted by Peter Marsh in Articles, Found, Technical Sep 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The 1st annual Collision Conference in Hollywood just took place, and there’s a lot of buzz in the filmmaking world about the future of digital cinematography. A lot of big names in the industry showed up to put in their two cents, including the now famous Vincent Laforet (made famous by Reverie, one of the very first 5D short films) and “Terminator Salvation” DP Shane Hurlbut, whom was rumored to have been inter-cutting 5D footage into the film. Shane is also the man that Christian Bale freaked out at on set, if any of you remember that from a while back…
Anyways, the conference was basically 2 days of education for photographers and videographers on how their worlds are now converging in on one another and how they can be ahead of the game with this new digital revolution. Man, wish I could have been there… But one quote that stood out to me that was stated at the conference that I believe will always ring true was this:
“Filmmakers, you are now photographers. Photographers you’re not filmmakers now…”
CANON 5D MK II VS. THE RED SCARLET
Posted by Peter Marsh in Articles, Featured Aug 31st, 2009 | 14 Comments
Ok, so we all know how amazing The RED One camera is, and the massive crater is has left in the filmmaking industry. When it was introduced a few years back, it dominated the market and blew the sides off the Hollywood studio system.
Then, in the last year, the filmmaking industry was changed again! An amazing influx of DSLR still cameras with video capability left filmmakers awe struck and astounded at the amazing quality, the leader of which was the one and only Canon 5D Mark II.
Now, as we steadily cruise to the year 2010, we are at the dawn of “high quality, low cost” cameras that will, in my opinion, leave a permanent ripple in the industry from here on out. The most notable of those cameras? Why of course the Canon 7D and the much anticipated RED Scarlet.
We have discovered recently a curious comparison between the Canon 5D and a prototype RED Scarlet that leads us to believe that even the “untouchable” RED company has been shakin’ in their boots about this DSLR revolution.
