Fast and easy grading with plug-ins & presets
Color grading has become a normal part of many filmmakers’ workflow in the last few years. Getting the image right in-camera is important but if something doesn’t turn out exactly as you wanted it – you can fix it in post. Most people know that process from photography when shooting raw. Things like white balance […]
Customized royalty-free music for free
When creating videos, music is an essential component, because the music being used plays a major role in defining the mood of the film. When we started making videos and we didn’t have a budget for good music we created the music ourselves on the computer. But this process took forever because we had to […]
Combining timelapse, slow motion and realtime
Over the last three years we produced a full-length documentary about the city of Frankfurt called “Format Frankfurt”. The film starring people who live and work in the city will be released this May. The title song was performed by local band AZZIS MIT HERZ which is also part of the film. Artists DANIEL SAHIB […]
Cinematic look at night Tips for DSLR filmmaking in low light
Do you remember the times when it was almost impossible to film something in low light because it was too dark, the colors were washed out and your camcorder wasn’t able to capture everything properly? I do! With HDDSLRs a lot has changed especially capturing beautiful footage at night. But to get a great looking, […]
Canon T4i 650D run-and-gun shoot in Thailand
In summer 2012 we had the chance to get our fingers on the brand new Canon Rebel T4i (EOS 650D). We went on a trip to Thailand and I thought this would be a great way to test the camera for the first time. We flew to Bangkok to shoot a commercial for a few […]
Capturing Rotterdam with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
In January 2015 we went to Rotterdam, the second biggest city of the Netherlands to shoot some impressions. Rotterdam’s architecture is a mix of modern and very unique buildings and the typical Dutch houses. It’s almost like Venice because you can get pretty much everywhere by boat but also by car and of course bicycle. […]
Canon 100-400mm Filming with a telephoto lens
A few weeks ago I got my hands on the Canon EF 100-400mm F/4.5-5.6 L IS USM (version 1) telephoto lens. The lens is currently priced at 1.299 US Dollar which is not too much considering the focal length, the red ring and the image quality. At first I only took photographs but then decided […]
Canon 70D compared to the 7D
While I was testing the Canon EOS 70D a couple of weeks ago, I thought about the main differences between the “other” APS-C cameras from Canon and what has changed over the last few years. In most comparisons online the 70D wins slightly when comparing it to the 7D. I wanted to find out if […]
Best settings for exporting video and the ideal web compression
Last week we introduced the user request series in which we pick one question or topic per episode and talk about different solutions. Many videos will be just simple and straight to the point tutorials but in other videos we will give tips and advice for filmmakers.
Best lens adapter Metabones Speed Booster review
The Metabones adapters, mostly Speed Boosters, have become pretty popular over the last few years. Why? Because they do more than just connect lens type A with camera mount B. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about that: “An adapter is a device that converts attributes of one electrical device or system to those […]