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A New Narrative

Alex 39 Views Animation, Digital Storytelling, Hand Drawn, Motion Graphics, Technique, Video, Visual Narrative

A New NarrativeThe Motion Awards nominee 2017 Animated excerpt from speech by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie at World Humanitarian Day 2016. Created by: Martin SchrammelMusic by: Sono SanctusMusic by: Sono Sanctus Full speech: youtube.com/watch?v=oj5F5XaLj2E Project files available at Holdframe. holdframe.com/anewnarrative/aa

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Fire Dancers Fiji

Alex 106 Views BMPCC4K, Fiji, Low-light, Video

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K low-light capabilities test. No Colour Grading or Correction in post. Gotta admit, with the High Frame Rate function enabled in pitch blackness clamping down on already non-existent available light, the camera did a superb job.

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Make Music Fit Your Video

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It’s rare that you’ll find a track that works perfectly, unedited, from beginning to end. Composers create “short”, “alternate”, “60-second” and “30-second” versions of tracks for this reason. Or, there will be a separate file for a shortened “sting” version

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LUTs – A Primer

ah-blogEditor-SC 80 Views Colour Grading, Film, Filmmaking, LUT, LUTs, Video

When people first start making videos, usually the cameras they use already come with software that captures true colours. It’s when you start using cameras that record in LOG that you will start seeing a satin-like sheen over all of

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Directing Viewer focus

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In this episode, Steve shows you how to animate the Reorient properties in FCP 10.4 to direct your viewer’s focus where you want it.

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Modern Australian Women – BTS

Alex 86 Views Digital Storytelling, Interview, Modern Australian Women, NGV, NGVA, Video

Behind-the-Scenes footage from a video interview at NGVA with the owner of a distinguished private collection of artworks by Modern Australian Women. Find out more about Digital Storytelling here: alexharkness.com/digitalstorytelling/

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First 5 Things at a Photo Shoot

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Here are the five most important things every crew member should do for optimal production results the moment they arrive on set. Source: Shutterstock Blog

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How to Create Effective Youtube Content

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Do you need to make a successful YouTube video? All you need is a camera, a mic, a few lights, and a whole lot of energy. Source: Shutterstock Blog

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Why You Should Use a Colour Chart

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Jay P. Morgan from The Slanted Lens with a video lesson. He demo’s Datacolor’s SpyderCHECKR color chart and calibration tool on set and shows how it really helps speed up the editing process. I’m a fan of the X-Rite Video

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