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
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.
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 face of a 3D character. The possibilities are endless. All textures are completly free to download at CGtextures but it’s worth checking the “about us” page for the license information to find out more on using the textures in your work depending on how you plan to show off your work.
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.
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.
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 simply telling you’re friends about Edit Crunch. Please read the rules and competition guidelines.
From forum post:
Edit Crunch Forums - Membership Drive & Posting Contest!
We are giving away £300 in CASH prizes!
The Edit Crunch Film & Video Forums have been developed for two reasons. Firstly to share industry techniques and information that we’ve picked up over the years and secondly to learn even more by listening to others. I think we all want a positive and productive place to learn, grow, discuss interesting issues and support each other. Here you will receive positive solutions, extra knowledge and most importantly respect from members.
We hope you all will come to contribute, hang out and enjoy the ambiance!
This is YOUR forum and growing this forum will take a “team effort!” So we want to share with you my short term goal for the forum and if we meet it, some of you can win some cash. By August 20th, Edit Crunch aim to have at least 60-70 members and at least 200-300 posts - not counting EC admin. So if we REACH THE TEAM GOAL, we will be giving away cash by Paypal to one person from each category below. That’s £300 in cash prizes for showing up, participating and referring others!
CONTEST DETAILS:
Date - August 20th 2009.
Who Can Win? Any Edit Crunch forum members! Guests are encouraged to follow but unfortunately can’t win.
If you are from a company / film project and you would like to advertise, we are offering free site and forum advertising for the duration of this competition.
£100 Prize - Top referrer - Must refer between 10-15 forum members that make at least one post to qualify. They MUST post your name in a PM to mrcrunch for your count to tally. (eg, Hi, I’m new to the forum, I was refered by: _ _ _ _ _)
£100 Prize - Best Joke - Ok, to break the ice and to get into the spirit of things, give us your best joke!
£100 Prize - The Secret Number Post - EC have already picked a number. Whoever posts that number of times, they win. (Exclusions - 1 liners, spam posts. If one of these is the lucky post #, the prize will be awarded to the next post that qualifies.)
FYI, as of today, June 7th we have 11 members and 60 posts, but 97% are ours! Whilst Edit Crunch is a relatively new website, all the EC staff strongly believe in the potential of this community and rewards available from learning and sharing on Edit Crunch. But we can’t do it without your help!
RULES:
Multiple forum registrations by the same person are tracked so don’t waste your time.
We must meet the team goal above for any of the prizes to be awarded.
Referer’s must have their names posted by new members in a PM to mrcrunch to quality as a referral.
TIPS:
Will your friends have any real need to re-visit Edit Crunch?
Tell them about the Best Joke award!
Join today and tell your friends. The only way anyone wins is if we reach the goal together!
Happy posting.
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 anybody to watch. Using a reflector adds a greater vibe to the production, especially to on lookers or impressing the client. It doesn’t have to be just for interviews, depending on the reflect screen being used, they can help to light whole scenes, enhance lighting on products or for displaying dramatic shadows or light streaks onto walls and backgrounds.
Click on the pictures above to purchase.
He’s a very quick video to show you just how easy it is to do.
Don’t forget to watch in HD!
