A team of USC Law students from the USC Intellectual Property and Technology Clinic has helped secure an exemption that will allow documentary filmmakers to use material contained on DVDs and other sources that were previously off limits. The exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was announced today by the United States Copyright [...]

New 20x HD Video Lens, Enhanced Image Control and Other Refinements LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., April 10, 2008 – Building on the success of its acclaimed XL H1 High Definition (HD) camcorder, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging technology, has introduced the new shoulder mount XL H1S and XL H1A HD camcorders, which include [...]

When you’re EDITING, you can make good decisions just watching the Canvas Window on your laptop. But for color grading, it’s critically important to watch your show on a monitor that’s displaying an accurate image. Monitoring is important because all your color grading work is going to be off if the monitor you’re watching while [...]

You’re shooting with your new HDV or HD camcorder, and the footage looks amazing! But are you really seeing the full picture? Not unless you’re looking at a high definition monitor. But professional HD monitors are still expensive. So, here’s an idea: You can buy a LCD TV/computer monitor (the lines are being blurred more [...]

If your projects are going to be delivered on DVD or broadcast, it’s important to have an accurate studio monitor on your desk so you can see your project as your viewers will see it while you’re editing. Why? First, many editing programs show you a low quality “proxy” of your timeline, so you can’t [...]

On the Canon H1, Rodney Charters says: "We did manage to get footage out of the Canon and upload it to the D5 no problem. And it was this footage that we viewed at Level 3 post, where it made an amazing comparison against the 35mm dailies. The imagery was almost identical except for that [...]

Tips on shooting DV with film output in mind: Choose your tape-to-film transfer house before you roll tape. Consult with them and use the settings they recommend for your DV camcorder- interlaced/non-interlaced, shutter speed, etc. Have feature films been shot on DV? Yes! Click here for a list of feature films shot on DV. How [...]

Celtx is the first comprehensive software package designed for people who work in the Pre-Production of Film, TV, Theatre and New Media. It provides all of the tools you need under one application and works on all platforms. Story Development Tools Celtx includes Scene and Character Development tools that help spur creativity. Use the customizable [...]

Adam Wilt explains.

A film festival judge shares insight from the experiencein hopes to help filmmakers submit (and be accepted to) film festivals:http://boards.withoutabox.com/viewtopic.php?pid=26554

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There are several formats of video people call “24p”: true 24p To capture this, you’ll have to create special capture and sequence presets. But it’s a very rare format. 23.976 This is more a much more common frame rate. Use the appropriate capture and sequence preset. (Note: FCP calls 23.976 “23.98″ for some odd reason). [...]