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What happens when you duct-tape a GoPro camera to a car tyre?

This. H/T @thenextweb

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28th Jul 2014 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Promo Promo: Pink Mountaintops - Ambulance City

Power up your front-loaders and check the max-VHS resolution for the new Pink Mountaintops vid which seems to be co-starring 1970s Ron Wood; album Get Back is out Apr 29.

McBean overheard Jaffe drunkenly bragging in a backyard about her state of the art 80's VHS camera. Ambulance City will mark the first time they've worked together since 1431 while serving drinks at Joan of Arc's execution.

Inspired by Swedish Erotica, Cpl. Klinger, and totes non-poser aspirations.

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4th Mar 2014 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Douglas Trumbull: UFOTOG

Short looking at FX legend Douglas Trumbull's plans to get some HD UFO footage. Good idea. More details of a feature-length drama he's planning (about a man who wants to film some UFOs) over at THR - shooting in 4K 3D at 120 frames per second. He's also developing "a sci-fi epic that takes place about 200 years in the future”. We're in.

UFOTOG, an acronym for UFO photography, is “based on a longer screenplay that I have” that tells the story of a man’s attempt to photograph an alien spacecraft. “He’s very smart, a serial entrepreneur, like Elon Musk. So he has the wherewithal to get a really good camera and build a system on a mountaintop.” The photographer is played by actor Ryan Winkles.

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19th Jun 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Promo Promo: Chochukmo - Good Night

Some Cornelius/Aztec Camera/Phoenix/Primus nods from @Chochukmo - Hong Kong indie kids. New album A Tragedy Your Majesty out soon.

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11th Apr 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

Short Attention Span Theatre: C (299,792 km/s)

Like the retromania science clips in this Kickstarter-funded short - reminiscent of Leonard Nimoy's finest work (In Search Of...). More details on the combination of digital cameras and old school non-CGI FX work in this Wired piece.

"C is the story of Lieutenant Commander Malleck, and her radical act of mutiny aboard the
KESTROS IV. With the help of her co-conspirators, she attempts to harness this weapon of mass destruction for a grand new purpose. But when a contingent of ground crew led by Second Lieutenant Kai threatens her master plan, Malleck must use the ship against them in order to succeed.

To build the future, we looked to the past. No CGI or greenscreen was used in the making of the film; all our sets and props were built by hand and filmed in-camera. Combining new advances in digital camera technology with traditional special effects, we sought to create a unique look through lighting design, camera tricks, miniature photography, split-screen, and stop-animation. We believe that this approach allowed us greater creative possibilities on a low-budget science-fiction film."

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19th Feb 2013 - Add Comment - Tweet

3D in 2D: Supercut

Daft compilation of all those bits in 3D films where they chuck stuff at the camera. 

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1st Nov 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Wally Pfister On Camera Placement

Interesting piece looking at cinematographer Wally (Dark Knight, Inception) Pfister's arguments about camera placement and the idea of "cheating space" in rival blockbusters like Avengers.

"What's really important is storytelling. None of it matters if it doesn't support the story. I thought "The Avengers" was an appalling film. They'd shoot from some odd angle and I'd think, why is the camera there? Oh, I see, because they spent half a million on the set and they have to show it off. It took me completely out of the movie. I was driven bonkers by that illogical form of storytelling."

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30th Oct 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Trailer Park: Trouble With The Curve

After his supposed retirement/hiatus Clint Eastwood is back in front of the camera, being directed by someone else for the first time since In The Line of Fire. Looks alright too.

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10th Aug 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

Trailer Park: Skyfall UPDATE!

Looking forward to the next Bond movie. With a bit of luck the producers will capitalise on the best bits of the last two, while dropping the slow pace and boring dross.

Sam Mendes directs, Coen favourite Roger Deakins mans the camera.

Update: He's a new full length trailer too.

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30th Jul 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Skate Or Die: WTF Flat Ground Tricks

great use of 1000 fps camera tech from Adam Shomsky

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6th Jun 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet

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Skate or die: GoPro

Skateboarding's probably pretty close to porn when it comes to using advances in film technology. Check out this quick how-to about mounting a mini GoPro HD camera under a skateboard, from @RideChannel's excellent In Focus series.

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22nd Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet