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Ninja V takes your filming higher
Levi Allen shoots extreme sport with the latest Atomos recorder Like RODE and Blackmagic, ATOMOS is an Aussie company that in the world of video has, as they, “made good”. Here is a video of […]
Feature
Broadcast
Shooting in a public place. Do you REALLY need a permit or permission. Here are the answers.
Yesterday was our local market day here in not so sunny downtown Quinninup, a hamlet of around 300 people in the deep south west forests of Western Australia. It happens on an annual basis, and […]
360 Degree
Immersive VR Documentary Into the Now filmed with Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K
Blackmagic Design today announced that Director Michael Muller used 18 Micro Studio Camera 4Ks as part of two custom built virtual reality (VR) rigs to film “Into the Now,” an underwater VR documentary, which is […]
360 Degree
VR Studio 365 – ease of use disguises the Virtual Reality capability and power of this program
Making virtual reality a mainstream technology has been threatening for some years now, but everything I have tried to use has proven to be – while workable – mostly too hard for classification as a […]
360 Degree
Greenpeace meets the Antarctic – in 360 Virtual Reality
For decades, Greenpeace has used photographs and video to document their activism—and to show people the at-risk environments and animals they’re working to protect. Recently, the organization has begun incorporating 360-degree virtual-reality (VR) video into […]
Action
Shooting from a drone: Ramada Eco Beach Resort, Broome, Western Australia
The days of the Box Brownie are well and truly behind us, and so are those of the 8mm Videocamera and Instamatic cameras. Even those nifty Polaroids after a bit of a comeback and now […]
Business
Have you ever been asked to video a celebration event eg a wedding? If yes, this’ll bring back (bad) memories. If no, treat it as a warning.
About 15 years ago in Sydney I had a good mate. Let’s call him Pete. Pete was a videographer, and a good one. He had been through the old school of radio, TV, live broadcasting […]
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Free Editing Software. More than iMovie or Windows Moviemaker. A LOT More …
There are so many video editing packages on the market, for the newcomer, perhaps finally deciding to upgrade from the restrictions of iMovie or Windows Movie Maker, the choices are potentially confusing. As well as […]
Editorial
Words Without Images. A Dilemma. Can YOU Solve The Puzzle?
I woke up with this in mind at 2am this morning and had to write it down. For 2 hours it kept going around and around in my head for some odd reason, as while […]
Broadcast
The Channel 9 / Fairfax Thing. It Got Me Thinking … Thanks Paul Keating! Local IS important. Perhaps we forgot that.
The Channel 9 / Fairfax media hoo-hah today brought up some interesting questions. Not the least by no less than ex-Prime Minister Paul Keating on the 7:30 Report tonight on the ABC. And it got […]
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Case Study: Hillary: a mountainous challenge
Faced with capturing on screen the essence of venerated Kiwi climber and adventurer Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand cinematographer David Paul NZCS knew he would be asking a lot of his camera. For the six-part, […]
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The Trip to Ningaloo Part 5 – Vehicle Based Shooting.
A big part of the video shooting I do is moving vehicle based, and to achieve this as best I can, I have watched LOTS of Top Gear and The Grand Tour in particular to […]
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The Trip to Ningaloo Part 4 – There is a Telstra Mobile Phone Mast WHERE?
As regular readers will know, Jacqui and I live in the south west of Western Australia in a little hamlet called Quinninup – 30 Km south of Manjimup to be exact (SEE MAP) –> Our […]
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The Trip To Exmouth – Part 3 – How Do Grey Nomads and Cameras Fit In To This?
On the recent Exmouth trip (with which the video etc is still an ongoing project – a crashed computer will do that to you), one thing we noticed, usually about every 5 mins while on […]
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The Trip To Exmouth – Part 2 – Selecting Clips and Regions
As mentioned, our trip to Exmouth involved around 400 video clips, and of course, while we all try our best to minimise useless shots, these will happen from time to time, along with the necessity […]
Audio
The Trip To Exmouth – Part 1 – Video Asset Preparation
When you decide to go on a trip or holiday, many times you base the destination on some imagery you have seen – white sandy beaches, turquoise ocean, verdant forests, sumptuous hotels, exotic wildlife, warm […]
360 Degree
Video Review: Vasco Da Gama 11 Ultimate
Dr David Smith from Film Video and Virtual Reality – formerly Australian Videocamera – takes a detailed look at producing a travel video using Vasco Da Gama 11 Ultimate from Motion Studios. Incorporating beautiful underwater […]
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The Trip To Exmouth – Prelude – On The Road Again … Delayed But Still Going!
On the road again posts have been a bit lax the last few days, but I promise I do have an excuse. Even as I sit here, laptop on my – well – lap, in […]
Camcorders
On The Road Again … Day 2…
Betty’s Jetty, the Panasonic GH5S and 4K Day 2 saw myself and Jacqui still in Perth. At midday I had an appointment with a specialist surgeon and it now appears at some time in the […]
360 Degree
Virtual Reality for mugs (that’s me not you). How to make it (Part 1)
I decided that after a week of somewhat lethargy, this Sunday would be a good time to have a crack at this virtual reality thing. The tools I intended to use were my 360Fly camera […]