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Reflecmedia – Green and Blue screen Chromakey

October 23, 2009 in camera products, digital video news by guy

  Reflecmedia – Green and Blue screen Chromakey     Traditional chroma key involves a complex professional studio setup with a large blue or green screen background. Reflecmedia’s innovative range of flexible, portable, safe* and easy to use products mean that with minimal lighting and technical expertise almost any location can be used as a [...]

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RODE NTG-3 Shotgun Mic

June 1, 2009 in camera products, location sound gear by guy

The NTG-3 competes head to head with the Sennheiser MKH-416 shotgun. While the 416 has been an industry standard for years, the $1199 price has kept many aspiring filmmakers at bay. With it’s aggressively focused pickup pattern and buttery smooth sound, the NTG-3 is poised to become the go to microphone for high definition shooters. [...]

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Canon 5D Mark II

May 17, 2009 in camera products, cinematography, digital video news by guy

We managed to get our hands on the hot new Canon 5D Mark II camera and put it through the paces. This is an extraordinary hybrid DSLR. The 1920×1080 HD movies produced by this camera are jaw dropping. While the lack of manual controls in movie mode and the poor audio quality leave a lot [...]

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AJA Ki Pro

April 20, 2009 in broadcast products, digital video news, editing products by guy

Everyone from broadcasters to indie filmmakers can probably agree on one thing: the possible choices for image acquisition are daunting. Different cameras, different formats, different recording media and different compression schemes. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a way to simplify acquisition so that virtually any camera, digital or analog, could record the same [...]

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Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro $199!

April 19, 2009 in broadcast, editing products by guy

Want to view your project out to an HD monitor? Add the incredible quality of HDMI to your computer. Intensity features the latest HDMI technology for the highest quality capture and playback on Windows or Mac OS X computers. Now you can edit using big-screen HDMI televisions and video projectors, or capture uncompressed quality from [...]

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RODE Podcaster

April 6, 2009 in post audio gear by guy

Podcaster Broadcast quality USB Microphone. Ever need to do high quality voice over? Do you need smooth broadcast quality sound? Now you can record directly via USB. Many editing applications allow you to record direct to the timeline. The problem has been, how do you get pristine audio into the computer. You used to need [...]

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How to calibrate an NTSC monitor + New Pro Features!

March 17, 2009 in broadcast by guy

Calibrating a Broadcast Monitor from Guy Cochran on Vimeo. Read these simple steps for calibrating an NTSC monitor in the instruction manual of the Marshall monitor. 1. Allow the monitor to warm up for at least 5-10 minutes. 2. Display SMPTE split-field color bars on the monitor using an external source. 3. Enable Monochrome mode. [...]

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Sennheiser Mics

January 3, 2009 in location sound, location sound gear by guy

  Sennheiser Evolution G3 Wireless Lavalier SystemFast, flexible and professional: these characteristics make the EW112P G3 the perfect fit for every ambitious reporting team seeking both portability and great sound quality. The nearly invisible clip-on omni-directional microphone transmits its signal via a bodypack transmitter with mute function and a portable, battery-powered adaptive-diversity receiver. The receiver [...]

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Microphone Polar Patterns – Video Examples to learn from

November 1, 2008 in location sound by guy

Omni directional Microphone Pickup pattern Cardioid Microphone Pickup pattern Super Cardioid Microphone Pickup pattern Shotgun (Lobar) Microphone Pickup pattern Summary of Polar Patterns

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Sennheiser Wireless G2 Evolution

July 20, 2008 in location sound gear by guy

Sennheiser Evolution G2 Wireless Lavalier System When you need freedom of movement in a scene, high-quality wireless microphones are the right choice of gear for the job. Say for instance you have a workout video you are shooting and the talent is moving from machine to machine while talking up the latest features in the [...]

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DVcreator Location Sound Package 1

June 20, 2008 in location sound gear by guy

DVcreator Location Sound Package 1: RODE NTG-2 Shotgun RODE 10′ Boom Pole K-TEK Zeppelin Fuzzy Windscreen – Foam wrapped with fur RODE Shockmount – Mounts on camera hot-shoe or boom pole! Audio Technica Premium AT8314 XLR cables- Audio Technica 20′ and a short 1.5′ XLR cable (for on-camera use). All this for just $499! Save [...]

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Lowel DVcreators Light Kits

April 22, 2008 in digital video news, lighting gear by guy

Selecting from industry-standard lighting instruments, we hand-picked a small arsenal of lights that not only could do their job extremely well, but also transport easily and set-up quickly – all the while still being durable, reliable and affordable. Now that’s asking a lot of any product, however with our demanding schedules we could accept nothing [...]

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DVeStore’s Shotgun microphone Shootout

March 9, 2008 in location sound, location sound gear by guy

This is the most amazing mic comparison on the internet! Listen to a variety of shotguns and compare the sound quality right on this page! A good quality shotgun mic will pickup great sound a few feet directly in front of the mic while at the same time rejecting sound from the sides. This is [...]

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Edirol R-44 4-Channel Field Recorder

January 21, 2008 in digital video news, location sound gear by guy

The R-44 is a compact, four channel, solid-state field recorder that uses SD or large capacity SDHC cards as the storage media enabling quiet and reliable recording for a variety of professional audio needs. Capture up to 4 channels of uncompressed audio with selectable bit depths (16-bit or 24-bit) and sampling frequencies (44.1kHz/48kHz/88.2kHz/96kHz/192kHz). Onboard effects [...]

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Photoflex Constellation3 Large SilverDome Kit

January 7, 2008 in lighting, lighting gear by guy

The Constellation3 Large SilverDome Kit is our multi-lamp, continuous lighting solution. The Constellation3 will accept our CoolStar CFL lamps (daylight-balanced), or our Starlite lamps (tungsten-balanced). The Constellation3 features three lamps sockets each with an individual power switch. One power cord can supply power for two sockets; two power cords supply full power to all three [...]

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Where can I find Hollywood movie Scripts?

December 13, 2007 in planning by guy

http://www.dailyscript.com/movie.html