Those Creative Cloud updates keep on coming, and at this years’ IBC, Adobe announced the new features that will have everyone in post production pressing the “download” button.
Adobe Creative Cloud: IBC Updates (Preview)
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Guerrilla Film Scoring (Book Review)
Author: Jeremy Borum
Topic: Film Composition
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Available Formats: Paperback, Hardback, eBook
Page Count: 270 Pp.
MSRP: $30
Expected Release: Available Now
Official Website: Click Here
Sample Chapter: N/A
Special Discount: Click Here
Critique Issue: Issue #111 (06/15)
Critiqued By: Gabe Gibitz
Final Score: 8.8
Scoring music for film is quite an overwhelming task, and Jeremy Borum sets out in his new book, Guerrilla Film Scoring, to demystify the process and help budding film composers navigate the tumultuous waters of the ever-changing film scoring business. (Some may see the waters as tumultuous, but I think Borum would see this as an open door for massive change in the industry…and, to that, I would agree.) His introduction sets up the framework of the entire book in saying, “Although a study of the Hollywood machine is interesting, it’s ultimately not very useful” (xi). The rules that applied 20 years ago are a frail, dying structure upon which to build a film career. Though Hollywood budgets still exist, the average film composer will find much more work in micro-budget films.
Law of Sin (Straight Shooter Film Review)
The Marr family--Irish gypsies, known as “Travellers”--camp outside the rural town of Woodfalls. Unwelcome by the townsfolk, a feud erupts between the eldest boy traveller, Billy (Matthew Ferdenzi), and Damon (Gareth Bennett-Ryan), the son of a local criminal leader. When Billy’s sister, Rebecca (Michelle Crane), goes missing, things begin to spin out of control for all involved...
Magic Bullet Suite 12 (Software Review)
Publisher: Red Giant
Website: Redgiant.com
Platform: PC & Mac
x32/x64: x32 & x64
Description: Effects Plugins
Purchase/Rent: Purchase
Pricing: $799 (full), $399 (academic), $199 (upgrade)
Demo: Click Here
Expected Release: Available Now
Review Issue: #110 (05/15)
Reviewed By: Mark Colegrove
Final Score: 9.0 (out of 10)
Last fall, we delved into Red Giant’s Shooter Suite, a suite of products all centered around production (offloading footage, logging, etc).
Now it’s time to delve into the latest version of Red Giant’s Magic Bullet Suite, which is a bundle of plugins designed to help you along the post-production side of the fence –more specifically in finishing and color correcting your footage. Included in this bundle of products are the latest versions of Looks, Colorista, Film, Mojo & Cosmo as well as the existing versions of Denoiser and LUT Buddy. For this review, I’ll be taking a look at the Premiere Pro/After Effects version.
Steadicam Curve (Equipment Review)
Manufacturer: Tiffen
Website: Click Here
Description: GoPro camera Stabilizer
Purchase/Rent: Purchase.
Pricing: $59.95 core rig; $12.95 for extra weights (if you don’t have a GoPro viewscreen attached to your camera)
Footage: Click Here
Discount: Click Here
Release: Available Now
Review Issue: #109 (04/15)
Reviewed By: Jeremy T. Hanke
Final Score: 7.4 (out of 10)
When I was in college, the high end Steadicam rigs were just coming out and blowing everyone’s minds, as now Hollywood films could do long, elaborate following shots of characters that wouldn’t leave you nauseated. For years, these rigs were so far out of the price point of any low-budget filmmakers that we had to come up with our own stabilization devices that never worked quite as well, but were at least affordable.
However, now, in this world of ultra affordable cameras, like the GoPro, there’s an affordable stabilizer actually made by Tiffen, the originators of the Steadicam.
So, how well does it work? Well, read on to find out!
Woodfalls (Straight Shooter Film Review)
The Marr family--Irish gypsies, known as “Travellers”--camp outside the rural town of Woodfalls. Unwelcome by the townsfolk, a feud erupts between the eldest boy traveller, Billy (Matthew Ferdenzi), and Damon (Gareth Bennett-Ryan), the son of a local criminal leader. When Billy’s sister, Rebecca (Michelle Crane), goes missing, things begin to spin out of control for all involved...