We are hard at work this week in pre-production for the next major fxphd film: Moving Day. We had planned this to have been shot at the end of Sept, but casting children is … hard. The film will be directed by the award winning Jason Wingrove. We will be shooting this at the very
Do you ever wonder how our industry or section of it is seen? I recently gave a speech at the AHAA conference in Miami. One of the great aspects of doing some of the less obvious conferences – other than meeting some really great new people and learning about their market is that you can
On the weekend we published the list of technology that was up for the Tech Science Oscar this year. This is the body of work to be considered rather than a formal shortlist. This process allows anyone who feels there is a prior claim to flag it – in a friendly and non-confrontational way before
After watching UP again at a Sydney VES preview event, here are my 10 tips for better stereo 3D imaging, or what I like to call Lessons I learned from Pixar after watching the best 3D I have seen yet: 1. It needs to work in mono first. If watching the mono the cuts seem
I am curious about everyone thoughts here, but I am getting the impression these days that people don’t go to their fave web sites anymore, rather they see links to stories or sites they know and follow those links or they just google a topic. Do people write articles online anymore or is it all
I was recently in LA talking to friends in the episodic market and we were discussing the move to digital production. In an article on fxguide in June we commented on a Hollywood Reporter article reported that 66 of 70 pilots this season was shot digital. The reason we recounted was that the possible SAG
[image title=”newspace-0165″ size=”thumbnail” id=”682″ align=”left” ]We’ve only been in our new offices for just over a year, but already we’re having to move to a new location. Our current beautiful old loft space is being torn down at the end of the year to make room for a Ronald McDonald House. It’s hard to complain,
[image title=”tokyo” size=”thumbnail” id=”671″ align=”none” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/tokyo.jpg” ]First classes start this week and if you haven’t had a chance to watch our orientation video filmed in Japan, be sure to download the movie and check out our new offerings this term. These term switchovers are the busiest time of year at the fxphd — getting all
[image title=”gundam” size=”medium” id=”667″ align=”left” alt=”Gundam” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/gundam.jpg” ]We are finishing up filming in Japan. As I mentioned in my last blog, we are shooting for the DSLR cinematography course for the July term of fxphd.com. Stu Maschwitz is leading the course which shows how to shoot great video with DSLRs, and it was Stu who
[image title=”model” size=”thumbnail” id=”662″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/model.jpg” ]We are currently in Tokyo shooting for the new DSLR course in the July term. DSLRs are just hitting the point where they can be used as serious production tools. Lead by the Canon 5D Mk II these high end stills cameras are providing serious cinematography options for any