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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 04/01/13 10:04:49 AM

F65, Fast Lenses and Digital Projection on 'Oblivion'

Film and Digital Times talks to cinematographer Claudio Miranda about Oblivion, the first major motion picture release to have been shot on the Sony F65. Miranda also used Fujinon Premier zooms and 15K front-screen projection for the unique project.

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 03/28/13 11:03:42 AM

Ang Lee Offers Advice on 3D Filmmaking: 'Jump In'

At London's 3D Creative Summit, Life of Pi director Ang Lee offered some surprising advice to those just starting out shooting in 3D. He said, "Don't trust anybody. Don't let anybody tell you what 3D is, including me. The stenographers on these movies should be the filmmakers. The best way to learn is to jump in, like swimming, and learn yourself." Read more here on The Hollywood Reporter.

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 03/28/13 11:03:39 AM

Colorist Stephen Nakamura on Creating the Colorful but Naturalistic World of 'Oz the Great and Powerful'

Company 3 colorist Stephen Nakamura talks to Larry Jordan in his Digital Production Buzz podcast about his work on Oz the Great and Powerful.

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 03/27/13 10:03:51 AM

Pre-Grading Roman Coppola's 'A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III'

Filmmaker Magazine talks to VFX artist Ryan Bozajian who also took on the role of pre-grading Roman Coppola's latest film, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, using DaVinci Resolve. Explains Bozajian, "Since I had a background in color grading, I started thinking of different ways I could cut costs using my skill sets. Some of these productions have a really tight budget. They want to have a good DI but the budget is already so tight; what if I could save a chunk of money by doing what I was calling at that time a pre-grade? I just started finding different ways to do that. This was by far the most functional and smooth and painless version of this process that I think any of us have ever done."

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 03/26/13 04:03:17 PM

4K Future: 'Oblivion' Captured with Sony’s F65 CineAlta Camera

Freshly minted Academy Award winner Claudio Miranda, ASC, followed up his stunning work on Ang Lee’s Life of Pi by re-teaming with director Joseph Kosinski, his collaborator on 2010’s TRON: Legacy. Their new creation is Oblivion, a sci-fi tale based on a graphic novel written by Kosinski that reportedly nods to science-fiction classics from the 1970s. The cast is led by Tom Cruise and includes Melissa Leo, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko and Zoë Bell. The plot line follows an ex-Marine who is stationed on an airborne town above the surface of Earth, which was nearly destroyed in an alien invasion some decades prior. He rescues a female stranger, and what he learns makes him question everything he knows about the society that employs him.

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By: David Heuring

Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 03/26/13 12:03:15 PM

This Projection Mapping/Dance Hybrid Will Blow Your Mind

Watch a two-minute version of artist A dandypunk's live performance art piece "The Alchemy of Light," which combines dance with projection mapping and animation. RedShark News calls the video "a tightly-constructed work that flourishes in the spaces between art and technology, live and video, performance and animation. It speaks to what’s possible with vision, ingenuity, and an attitude that doesn’t take rules for granted." Watch below and read more here.

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 03/25/13 01:03:59 PM

Digital Cinema Society's Internet Silent Auction Includes Products from Adobe, Blackmagic Design, Grass Valley and More

The Digital Cinema Society is hosting an Internet Silent Auction to coincide with NAB. Products and services up for bidding include: - 1-year subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud - AJA Io XT for Thunderbolt - Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve - Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Mini Recorder - Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Mini Monitor - Chrosziel CustomCage for the Sony F5/F55 - Final Draft Version 8 - Grass Valley EDIUS - Libec ZFC-5HD - RedRock Micro microMatteBox - Solid Camera Top Plate and Dove Handle - Sony Vegas Pro 12 - Zacuto $500 gift certificate - Distagon T*2.8/35 lens - Cam Caddie Scorpion Pro Kit - Cam Caddie Scorpion Shoulder Support Kit - $1000 in stock footage from Artbeats - 1 hour of business consultation with The Shindler Perspective

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 03/21/13 05:03:02 PM

Rarevision's 5DtoRGB Transcodes DSLR Footage Without Color Loss

3D CineCast reviews transcoding tool 5DtoRGB, writing, "5DtoRGB is an awesome tool that extracts every last drop of video quality from cameras that record to the AVC/H.264 video format. Cameras like the Canon EOS series of HDSLRs record video in this format with subsampled color.  Because of this compression, the picture is at risk of massive quality loss during the post production pipeline. By using a very high quality conversion process, 5DtoRGB gets you as close as possible to the original data off the camera's sensor while putting the brakes on any additional quality loss." Read the full post here.

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 03/21/13 03:03:33 PM

Roman Coppola’s 'A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III' Colored on DaVinci Resolve

American Zoetrope and SPY used DaVinci Resolve Lite and DaVinci Resolve, respectively, for color grading on Roman Coppola’s latest film, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III.

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Added by Sarv Taghavian--Creative Planet Network, 03/21/13 03:03:31 PM

Matthew Woolf Shoots on ARRI Alexa for Soul Headphones

DP Matthew Woolf turned to ARRI Alexa along with ARRI Zeiss Ultra Prime lenses to shoot two new spots for Soul Headphones starring Tim Tebow and Ludacris. Explains Woolf, "The look of each spot was to try and fit the ethos of the campaign – 'Soul of Greatness.' The directive was to show these super personalities when they are alone with their thoughts, so a documentary feel on some level, but at the same time a gracefulness that lent itself to the product." Read more here on ARRI's site. Watch the two spots below.

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