Canon LEGRIA HV40 Camcorder - Black (10x Optical Zoom,2.7″ Widescreen Colour LCD)
Canon HD Camera System for outstanding HDV1080i movies
Instant AF: fast and accurate auto focus
Genuine Canon HD Video Lens, with 10x optical zoom and Super Range OIS
Creative manual control: Custom Key and user assignable Control Dial
Advanced Accessory Shoe, manual audio control and a full range [...]
Ex-Pro 5 -in- 1 Photographic Light Reflector - 32″ Silver, Gold, Black, White & Translucent. £17.99.
It’s amazing just how much using a reflector can help improve the quality of your films. Although it helps to have an extra pair of hands, whilst you’re busy getting the shot, using a reflector is a great way to involve others [...]
Camera Review - Canon HV20
by Sim Warren
1st LOOK:
Having owned larger, more expensive camera’s in the past – buying the HV20 wasn’t, at first, an easy decision.
I work full time as a Video Producer for a Kent based film production company, so looks and first impressions are very important when shooting for or with a client. I’ve [...]
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We found this Large Film Clapperboard on Amazon and we just had to share this with you.
Wether you’re making home movie films with your friends and family or rollerblading videos on the weekends or even professional short films for festivals and competition there is always room for a good [...]
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This smaller version of the Gorillapod is ideal for smaller video cameras such as the HV20/HV30 or Sony A1E for example. Although it’s smaller and lighter, it only means you can squeeze this pod into harder to reach areas for more dynamic shots for your films! At £26 this [...]
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At £90 this is the biggest and strongest Gorillapod on the market, able to support camers up to an amazing 11 pounds. (5kg) It only weights 1.1 pounds itself, so it can tuck, curl or fold away into your bag with ease.
Sturdy machined aluminum sockets
Anodized gunmetal finish
Flexibility over 360° [...]
Sacha Baron Cohen the legend that was once Borat is back with his new film - Bruno. Released in Cinemas on the 10th of July 2009 - that’s tomorrow! The extremly flamboyant austrian takes his show to America in good old Sacha Baron style. Let us know if you’ve seen the film and what you think of it on our forums. http://www.editcrunch.co.uk Read More →
Canon LEGRIA HV40 Camcorder - Black (10x Optical Zoom,2.7″ Widescreen Colour LCD) Canon HD Camera System for outstanding HDV1080i movies Instant AF: fast and accurate auto focus Genuine Canon HD Video Lens, with 10x optical zoom and Super Range OIS Creative manual control: Custom Key and user assignable Control Dial Advanced Accessory Shoe, manual audio control and a full range of connections, including HDMI Read More →
Sacha Baron Cohen the legend that was once Borat is back with his new film - Bruno. Released in Cinemas on the 10th of July 2009 - that’s tomorrow! The extremly flamboyant austrian takes his show to America in good old Sacha Baron style. Let us know if you’ve seen the film and what you think of it on our forums. http://www.editcrunch.co.uk Read More →
Check out http://www.cgtextures.com If your interested in video editing, motion graphics or 3D modelling then CGtextures is the ultimate source for amazing textures to help boost some life into your work. You can use textures for a number of things, backgrounds for DVD menus, title sequences, lower third captions or using the patterns in the textures to generate your own unique effects. For example the top texture of the cracked ground could be used to create a vein like pattern on the... more
Snippets from Universal film School’s 60 min training film on technical directing involving understanding of screen directions, framing, action axis, triple take technique, continuity and fight choreography. These guys know what they’re talking about, so before you pick up some bad habbits, make notes and listen to what they have to say. In this video you will learn some of the main fundementals of Film Directing and visual story telling. http://www.editcrunch.co.uk Read More →
Here’s a quick peak at some behind the scenes stunt rigging. I’m sure this will give you an insight into how many of your favourite special fx scenes are created. http://www.editcrunch.co.uk Read More →
A few weeks ago we launched a new competition with our key objective to increase the ammount of members in the forum. Whilst Edit Crunch is young and without large amounts of financial backing to promote the website, we need your help so that we can grow and continue to provide film making information, videos and top tips. If you’ve found anything useful from Edit Crunch and would like to be apart of a community with huge potential then we could reward you with up to £300 cash for... more
An excellent little video made by students in America. Whilst some parts are abit cheesy, I’m sure you will pick up something from watching this, it covers camera shots, framing, movements, editing techniques and more. Definately worth the watch! Read More →
Ex-Pro 5 -in- 1 Photographic Light Reflector - 32″ Silver, Gold, Black, White & Translucent. £17.99. It’s amazing just how much using a reflector can help improve the quality of your films. Although it helps to have an extra pair of hands, whilst you’re busy getting the shot, using a reflector is a great way to involve others such as passers by or clients. It’s a fun thing to do relatively simple to re-direct the sunlight onto the subject, and interesting for... more
Camera Review - Canon HV20 by Sim Warren 1st LOOK: Having owned larger, more expensive camera’s in the past – buying the HV20 wasn’t, at first, an easy decision. I work full time as a Video Producer for a Kent based film production company, so looks and first impressions are very important when shooting for or with a client. I’ve seen camera crews turn up on a shoot in a vinyl branded van or lorry unravelling case after case of production gear, but when it comes down to the... more
Basic Colour Correction - By Si Cox Introduction There is alot to know about colour correcting your film, but over a series of lectures, I’m going to go through some of my techniques, workflows and tools I use on a day to day basis. In the following steps I’m going to be concentrating on adjusting an image to increase the contrast. This is usually one of the first steps you’ll take when starting out on your colour correction. I’ll be making my correction using Apple Color,... more
