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Canon announces an exciting first with its new WP-V1 underwater housing for the VIXIA HF20 & HF200 flash memory camcorders

Feb 18, 2009 at 7:44 pm in cinematography, digital video news by . · 2 Comments »

This case is good up to an amazing 130 feet! You can shoot video, or stills with the camcorder flash. This compact and light-weight housing hugs the camcorder like a wet suit, enabling easy on-camera operation and control.

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 18, 2009 – Canon announces an exciting first with its new WP-V1 Waterproof Case for the VIXIA HF20 and VIXIA HF200 Flash Memory Camcorders. Consumers can now dive up to depths of 130 feet and  [read more →]

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How can I previsualize my project for my team, clients or backers without shooting a single second?

Feb 5, 2009 at 12:17 am in planning by 22-02-1989 · 1 Comment »

If you really want to previsualize your project before shooting, either for your own benefit or to pitch a project to anyone, investors, potential collaborators or your boss, consider doing a “living storyboard”.

Here are the steps:

  1. Draw storyboard frames, or create in a drawing app – only need to draw wide shots where tighter shots have the same camera angle
  2. If you drew them on paper or cards, shoot a photo of each one
  3. Put the stills in your editing timeline in  [read more →]

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Apple may add storyboarding to Final Cut Pro?

Feb 3, 2009 at 8:17 am in editing, planning by · 3 Comments »

I remember heading to dinner 6 or 7 years ago with Randy Ubillos, creator of Final Cut Pro, telling him my vision for a future FCP update- incorporating some pre-production elements like storyboarding, in which the user would link captured clips to a storyboard frame, then FCP would rough cut the project together automatically, with multiple takes being multiclips so they could be easily compared.

Now, it’s possible Apple is patenting some storyboarding processes to incorporate into FCP?

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