Sambujak Productions is currently working on post-production of their upcoming project “Trees”, which will be screening on Friday, December 9th. Keep an eye on the Production Website, and check them out on Facebook and Twitter!
My colleague, John Mills, and myself had an opportunity to head downtown last Thursday to check out the Adobe CS5 roadshow.
(Apologies for the picture, the iPhone 3G just isn’t that good in low-light.)
While I still prefer Avid or FCP for editing, the tight integration between products in the Adobe lineup has always been one of their primary strengths, and they obviously know it…
With the new CS5 suite, they’ve taken it a step further. From script development, through capture, post, and output, it’s a pretty incredible workflow. If you need an all-in-one package to do everything, I don’t think it can be beat for the price (the academic price for CS5 Production Premium is $481.95)
The other item that caught my attention was the display at the Canon booth…
More Canon DSLRs being kitted-out for video. While I still prefer the workflow with a full-size professional rig, these cameras pack a pretty amazing punch for the price.
The Canon 7D is still relatively expensive at $1750 for the body (without lens); a more inexpensive option is the Canon T2i, which can be purchased for under $1000 including an 18-55mm lens, and has similar video capabilities as it’s big brother.
I love my Nikon DSLR, but Canon has refined their video offerings quite a bit more at this point in time.
A number of software companies are also coming out with plugins and applications which perform automatic sound-sync between the audio recorded on the DSLR and a secondary recording device (Zoom recorder, DAT, etc). Much easier than doing it by hand.
Zut Alors, one of our second-year production companies has just won two awards from the Broadcast Educators Association of Canada!
“Complicity” won for best Drama.
Written and Directed by Dylan Adkins, Produced by Lauren Weidel, Edited by Justin Li, Director of Photography – Jordan Lee, Assistant Director – Courtney Dunsmoor-Farley, Audio Supervisor – Denis Falardeau.
Complicity from Zut Alors on Vimeo.
Judges’ Comments:
- Initial impression- STYLISH!
- Great sequences with good composition
- Superior use of music to create tension
- Excellent editing, music transitions/fx and timing
- Lighting was very good
- While the story was slightly campy and silly, it still grabs your attention, keeps you involved and is well constructed.
And their mockumentary, “Shadow Hands” won for Best Comedy!
Written by Denis Falardeau and Dylan Adkins, Produced by Courtney Dunsmoor-Farley, Directed by Denis Falardeau, Edited by Justin Li, Director of Photography: Jordan Lee, Assistant Director: Lauren Weidel, Audio Supervisor: Dylan Adkins.
Shadow Hands: A Mockumentary from Zut Alors on Vimeo.
Judges’ Comments:
- Great delivery- were they professional actors?
- Excellent! Drew me in after the slow beginning
- Professional Actors? Well crafted and good storytelling
- Very well done, truly enjoyed it!
One of our second-year production companies, Zut Alors, has uploaded two major projects for the year on Vimeo. Check out the links below!
It’s worth noting that their second production, Complicity, was shot in HD on the Canon 7D, our first production to use a digital SLR for a major project. Very cool!
Shadow Hands: A Mockumentary from Zut Alors on Vimeo.
Complicity from Zut Alors on Vimeo.
BCIT Television & Video Production’s very own Ashif Jivraj headed down to NAB 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada last week to check out the latest and greatest from the film and television production community.
His report? 3D. 3D. 3D.
Two RED One cameras in a 3D Configuration
Movie studios and Television Executives are going gangbusters for 3D. Of course the main reason is that it increases their revenue stream, but when used correctly (see Avatar), it can be a nice way to give viewers an immersive cinematic experience (or motion sickness).
ARRI Alexa Digital Camera
One of the other big releases was a new camera by ARRI, Alexa. The writing seems to be on the wall for traditional filmmakers, and ARRI, one of the industry leaders in film technology is rapidly adapting to a new digital production system. The industry was taken unaware when the RED One was released a couple of years back. Now the industry is playing catch-up and new production options are appearing on an almost daily basis.
Taking a different cinematic path, Digital SLRs (the Canon 5D Mk II) and the more reasonably-priced 7D are making decent production inroads judging from the number of productions they are being used in. A recent EnGadget post talks about the 5D being used to shoot the season finale of the series “House” (airing on May 17th).
It’s safe to say that we’re working in very interesting times in the industry…
