Business
The Perils of Location Filming. Or… People! Bah!
I swore blind that as the years passed, I would not morph into a grumpy old man. And I haven’t. I’m not old. But right now, I am bloody grumpy! And I am grumpy because […]
People
Broadcast
Sony VENICE presses the flesh with Bad Mothers
Bad Mothers is the new eight-part drama series for Channel 9 from Jungle Productions and Filthy Productions. Starring Tess Haubrich, Mandy McElhinney, Jessica Tovey, Shalom-Brune Franklin, Daniel MacPherson and Don Hany. It explores the underbelly […]
Accessories
My RØDE REEL ‘Master Your Craft’ Winners Announced
Not 1, But 3 Winners To Come To Sydney To Work With The RØDE Creative Team! Australian pro audio giant, The Freedman Group – home to the world’s number one audio capture brand, RØDE Microphones, […]
Broadcast
VALE: Douglas Rain. THE Voice in the best movie EVER made …
Douglas Rain, the voice of HAL, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey and the lesser known 2010:Odyssey 2 has passed away aged 90 from natural causes. More details are at the ABC News website. […]
Broadcast
Interview: Tony Jordan. Think Life on Mars, Hustle, Minder, Eastenders …
Tony Jordan is the mind and the pen behind many of our most popular TV shows.. In this exclusive interview, he passes on some wisdom to,aspiring writers. And he should know! Who remembers the actor […]
Broadcast
Closed Captioning? Is it a necessity these days? What do YOU think? (And win!)
Back in the “old days” of web development when I first started (in 1997 using a brilliant product at the time called NetObjects Fusion of which I also wrote the IDG “Bible” – a 700 […]
3D
Interview: ABC Insider’s Huw Parkinson a.k.a. @rabbitandcoffee
Every Sunday morning, a fair percentage of people click on the TV set at 9am to watch the ABC current affairs show “Insiders” with Barrie Cassidy. And Chez Hague is no different. What with the […]
3D
Meet Huw Parkinson (@rabbitandcoffee)
So how does he do it? What tools are used? How long does it take? How many people on the research and creation team? If the name Huw Parkinson means nothing to you, and nor […]
Business
Actors and Crew All for Free – And They WANT To Do It!
It seems every second post in any of the Facebook groups for filmmaking is a request, nay a plea, for actors or crew to assist in making the latest and greatest (usually it seems so […]
Broadcast
Tony Clark this year’s SA Pearcey Entrepreneur Award winner.
The Pearcey Foundation today announced Tony Clark as this year’s SA Pearcey Entrepreneur Award winner. The award was presented by Professor Mike Miller (2017 Pearcey Medallist) who said, “This award celebrates and honours a South Australian entrepreneur who has […]
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 […]
Case Studies
Stalking Drones? Not Unless “Dune” Technology has appeared a few hundred thousand years early.
There are a number of myths about drones and how they can impose on privacy, be dangerous if they fall out of the sky, are a potential hazard for “proper” aircraft and so on. At […]
Broadcast
India’s Renge Dragon Studio Colours 63 Commercials in One Month Using Collaboration in DaVinci Resolve 15
Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 15 was used to color grade 63 commercials in one month with the help of DaVinci Resolve 15’s collaboration workflow by RengeDragon Studio, an Indian boutique studio. As part of the […]
Accessories
My RØDE Reel 2018 Wraps: Major Winners Announced
Australian pro audio giant RØDE Microphoneshas wrapped the major section of the 2018 season of My RØDE Reel, the World’s Largest Short Film Competition. In the competition’s fifth year, My RØDE Reel received a total of […]
Broadcast
Shot on VariCam: Crazy Rich Asians
Crazy Rich Asians is a romantic comedy-drama film, which is based on the best-selling novel by Kevin Kwan, and tells the story of an Asian American woman who meets her boyfriend’s family, only to find out […]
Broadcast
Target Shoots First ALEXA LF TVC In Australia
The first TVC shot on an ALEXA LF with new Signature Prime lenses has been shot in the rainforests of Byron Shire by popular DoP Stefan Duscio (Upgrade, Jungle) and directed by Jessie Oldfield and […]
Broadcast
Mark Wyatt talks about using the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K.
‘Nature’ is Mark’s test of the camera’s 4K performance in the extreme lighting conditions of rainforests and ravines. “The camera tests I wanted to do were in the forests and waterfalls on the outer West […]
360 Degree
Drone News: Introducing Map Engine
Meet the world’s first machine learning-driven photogrammetry engine built for industry Photogrammetry is the complicated process of generating accurate 3D reconstructions from 2D images. It’s a challenging endeavor, involving intricate knowledge of cameras, geometry, motion, and […]
Accessories
CVD VFX: Compositing Power with Mocha Pro & Sapphire
CVD VFX has won 3 LEO Awards for Best Visual Effects in the last 3 years — and it’s only 3 years old. The studio, founded by industry veteran Chris van Dyck, has grown from 4 […]
Broadcast
Panasonic EVA1 on top of the world.
As an ex-pro kayaker, David Arnaud is used to challenging conditions and locations, travelling to remote corners of the world and seeing and amazing places. It was this that led to “a passion for visuals […]