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‘Peripheral’ is a Love Story Shot Through a Hasselblad Viewfinder

November 12, 2018 By Eric Reagan

This award-winning short film (embedded above) is a lovely three-minute story for photography geeks featuring an iconic camera.

It was shot using a Sony a7s with the Voigtlander 21mm f/4 Color Skopar through the viewfinder of a Hasselblad 500c/m. It is “[a] short story about how constantly looking to make that next great photograph can cause you to loose [sic] touch with whats around you.”

I think most photographers, at some point, can relate to the some of the looks the photographer in the film receives from his love interest.

Unfortunately, Corrina Van Hamlin, the film’s female lead passed away in July following a sudden stroke. She was an active part of the Lansing, MI arts community and “left a legacy of love.”

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: hasselblad, short film, Sony A7S

 

Red Giant’s New Short Film “Go Bag” Shows Off Trapcode Suite 13

January 26, 2016 By Eric Reagan

Red Giant released a new short film earlier this month to show off the recently updated Trapcode Suite 13. Go Bag is an action film packed full of VFX shots that rely heavily on post production techniques using Red Giant’s assortment of software solutions. You can watch the full film embedded above.

As you’ll see in the behind the scenes video below, director Seth Worley relied heavily on Trapcode Suite 13 for muzzle flashes, sparks, smoke, debris, and the film’s cinematic end title sequence; the Keying Suite for green screen and compositing; and Magic Bullet Suite 12.1 for color correction. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Video Production Tagged With: Go Bag, post production, Red Giant, short film, Trapcode Suite 13

Owner Makes Epic Car Commercial to Sell His 1992 Toyota Paseo

June 3, 2013 By Eric Reagan

What would you do if you had a 1992 Toyota Paseo that you wanted to sell?

Craigslist. Right?

A handful of people might see your ad and you may or may not sell it. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: car commercial, cars, cinematography, funny, humor, short film, Toyota Paseo, video

Canon C100 Cinema Camera Footage Shown Off in “Just C It!”

September 16, 2012 By Eric Reagan

Canon C100

The first footage from the Canon EOS C100 cinema camera has been published in the form of a promotional short film, Just C It!, from Sebastien Devaud.

According to Sebastien: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Canon Tagged With: C100, Canon, cinema camera, eos, short film

Olympus PEN Your Short 48 Hour Film Contest

April 28, 2011 By Eric Reagan

Olympus has been rolling out the results of its 48 hour short film contest, which was part of the 2011 Vail Film Festival.  “During the contest, 19 teams of filmmakers from around the country were challenged to create a film, from start to finish, in a 48-hour timeframe with the powerfully simple Olympus PEN camera and a variety of lenses and accessories.”  Olympus is using this opportunity to pimp its HD-shooting PEN cameras, like the new Olympus E-PL2.

This week, Olympus revealed the runner-up short film, Der Bürgermeister.  You can check it out, along with some commentary from the filmmakers, below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Olympus Tagged With: Olympus, PEN, short film, vail film festival

HDSLR Gear That Saves the Day

April 6, 2011 By Eric Reagan

I’ve been working on a short film project recently with my church (along with our in-house video director/my very good friend Nick, and some very talented volunteers). The short film is something we plan to use as part of our Easter morning service later this month.  We’re shooting it entirely on the Canon 5D Mark II and Canon 7D. We shot most of the scenes in one day at two locations (around 25 total set ups for a 16+ hour shooting day).  Yesterday, we wrapped up with the intro scene, which calls for the lead character in a vehicle talking on a cell phone.

I thought I would share some of the random little tools that really saved the day and helped us get the shots (and audio) that were critical to this production. [Read more…]

Filed Under: hdslr Tagged With: 5d mark ii, 7d, cinematography, gorillapod, guerilla filmmaking, hdslr, joby, Mafrotto 241V, Rode NTG-3, Shock Mount, short film, shotgun mic, suction cup, zoom h4n

Short Film ‘Tick Tock’ Shot with 5D Mark II in Seamless Take

March 3, 2011 By Eric Reagan

Anyone who has tried their hand at video knows that long takes are challenging from both a technical and creative aspect.  For one, everything has to go right with the camera and all the surrounding technical components.  And two, the subject matter has to be engaging enough in order to justify the long take.

This student short film managed to wrangle both challenges for a very compelling short film made up of roughly a four and a half minute seamless take.  It was shot with a 5D Mark II and 24-70mm lens on a Steadicam Merlin.  They shot 36 takes in total.

Check out the behind the scenes video below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: hdslr Tagged With: 5d mark ii, cinematography, hdslr, seamless shot, short film, Steadicam, Tick Tock

Canon’s “The Story Beyond The Still” Final Short Film

January 25, 2011 By Eric Reagan

If you’ve not been keeping up with The Story Beyond The Still contest, the final short chapter launched at Sundance earlier this week.  You can see the entire short film above with a total run time that’s a couple ticks under 38 minutes.

Lots more on Vincent Laforet’s site.  Also, there’s a great recap of the work on the final chapter from Ryan Booth, one of the chapter directors, here on his blog.

Canon’s official press release is below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: hdslr Tagged With: 5d, 5d mark ii, Canon, short film, the story beyond the still, Vincent Laforet

Benevolent Mischief Short Film Shot with Nikon D7000

September 15, 2010 By Eric Reagan

Benevolent Mischief

This short film from Chase Jarvis was shot with the new Nikon D7000.  Check it out below. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Nikon Tagged With: benevolent mischief, chase jarvis, cinematography, d7000, digital camera, dslr, Nikon, photography, short film

Daros Films’ “Leave Me” Puts Canon Camera in Pivotal Role

June 4, 2010 By Eric Reagan

Leave Me is a  short film that centers around a broken Canon DSLR and the images within.  While the human element makes the film, it’s a very cool use of a camera to tie it all together.

The film was shot with a Panasonic HVX200 with a Brevis35 lens adapter and Nikon primes.

Extra credit if you can identify the camera in the film.

Filed Under: Canon Tagged With: Canon, daros films, dslr, leave me, photography, short film, video

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