USM & MFVA Screening of 40 West

Posted on January 8, 2013 by maineFilmmaking in Events | Comments Off

Don’t miss this upcoming screening of 40 West at the Talbot Lecture hall/Luther-Bonney USM in Portland.

Thursday January 24, 6:30pm to 10:00pm

This will be a special screening of Honey Tree Film’s feature film, 40 West. Sponsored by the University of Southern Maine and the Maine Film and Video Association. There will be a Q/A with the film’s producers, Dana Packard and Jennifer Porter. Don’t miss this great opportunity to speak with other artists from the Maine Film Scene and get some insight in what it takes to produce a successful independent feature!

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Warp Stabilizer

Posted on January 30, 2012 by maineFilmmaking in Post Production, Video | Comments Off

Here is a quick test of Warp Stabilizer from AE cs5.5

I shot this footage this past fall for documentary and movie. It was shot handheld on a 5d Markii and a 17-40 L series lens inside a very small 2 seater helicopter.

The warp stabilizer plugin does a fantastic job cleaning up the vibrations from the helicopter.

Courtesy of House Productions

Digital Mentors

Posted on August 24, 2011 by maineFilmmaking in equipment, Post Production, Production, Video | 2 Comments

I like to think of the people I follow online as my own personal Mentor, a Digital Mentor. Through their site updates, blogs, tweets and etc. nuggets of intelligence are constantly flowing through my iphone, ipad and WiNDOWS 7 PC. Some of the best resources that I have found over the years are:

Filmmakers:

Stu Maschwitz a rebel filmmaker who created the Bay Area company, The Orphange after working at ILM. He wrote the DV Rebel’s Guide back in 2007. It is packed with incredible production information which is still relevant today. Check his site out at ProLost.com

Philip Bloom, first person I followed and learned about DSLR’s over a year and a half ago. philipbloom.net

Vincent LaForet – Diddo, LaForetVisuals.com – Also here is a great FCP to CS5.5 workflow video by Vincent for all you Premiere Pro crossovers out there.