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My first 7D footage, a Wedding Same Day Edit
Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 11:04AM / Members only
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Canon 7D DSLR
Monday, Oct 5, 2009 7:59PM / Members only
Having shot HD Video footage with the Canon 5D MK2, I was instantly pulled into the possibility of replacing HDV cameras with Video capable DSLRs as the main camera to film shorts and music videos.The main advantage of the DSLR compared to HDV cameras is that for me to obtain the same flexibility of different depth of fields, it would require me to use a 35mm adapter. And 35mm adapters don't come cheap, they start at $3000!
And with the announcement of the Canon 7D on the 1st September, it seems that my wish was granted. With the ability to shoot 24p, 25p, 30p, 50p and 60p in 1080 full HD, this is the ultimate Video DSLR that you can get. Better yet, this camera is cheaper than the Canon 5D Mk2 or any 35mm adapters.
Canon 7D. Putting video cameras to shame.
I can't wait to start shooting when my new camera arrives in 3-5 days or so. In the meantime, I just have to watch more Canon 7D examples and see what lenses they've been using.
Dublin's People: Canon 7d 24p from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.Philip Bloom was one of the first people in the world to get to use the Canon 7D. This short piece was shot with a preproduction version of the camera, but as you can see, the image is fantastic!
Canon 7D movie - Another night in Beijing from Dan Chung on Vimeo.Then on the day the official Canon 7D came out, Dan Chung from China puts up footage like this!I hope I can place up some footage soon when I get my camera. -
September Re-cap
Monday, Sep 28, 2009 10:30AM / Members only
Wow, it's been a whole month since I wrote anything on this site! If you didn't know, I've been held up at my day job with the Spring Festival and my weekend job, which is shooting with Paper Cranes.
Welcome to Spring!Firstly about the Spring Festival, the Melody Market Magic and Movement was a rained out event. We didn't get to have our finale band to play, which was Marsala, a seven piece world fusion music band. You can check them out by searching Marsala on Youtube.
A week later, it was the kahuna of the Spring Festival, the StreetFair. This day was the biggest and best it's ever been. The weather was great to us and everything went smoothly (sort of). With 5 entertainment stages, a barista coffee making competition, a 1000 people parade and 120+ fete stalls, all I can say is that my legs were dead that night and the next day. When I have time in the next few weeks, I'll cut up a trailer of the day and put it up on the site.
Make way for kids with STICKS!
September was also a fantastic month for Paper Cranes. Santo told me of the awesome news that our work has won not one, not two, but three awards! I'll quote Dewi (Santo's fiance and Paper Cranes' producer) for the news. Firstly, the Australian Video Producers Awards:
Dance Sensation showing off their awesome moves in the 1000+ Extravaganza! Parade
And second, the big one of them all from the Wedding and Event Video Association (which is the Oscars of Wedding Videos apparently):2 NATIONAL AWARDS FROM AVPA in MELBOURNE !!!
PAPER CRANES PRODUCTIONS have been awarded 2 Australian National Awards in Melbourne last Tuesday! We won the “Best Wedding Showreel” category and also the ultimate award of the night the “Creative” award. Thank you for all the support that has been given to us. Although our business is still very young, but we feel that our clients, friends and family have been overdosing us with support! Thank you once again! You can view the winning entries on this blog here: http://weddingvideosydney.net/?page_id=136… Read More and also http://weddingvideosydney.net/?p=81The Paper Cranes team Website: www.papercranes.com.au Blog: www.weddingvideosydney.net
Congratulations to the Paper Cranes Team (which includes myself) for being the leaders in the Australian Wedding Film Industry. Damn we're creative! So on top of all this, I caught up on watching some oldies; American Graffiti and The Conversation and also some newies; Inglorious Basterds and Up. Reviews of these films later on!ANOTHER AWARD !!! this time it is INTERNATIONAL!!
Hi guys, Sorry we haven’t blogged for a while. Things sort of been crazy with us recently trying to prepare ourself for other people’s wedding and also OUR wedding.. (yay!) But good news came at the right time. Not so long after we won 2 National awards at the AVPA Melbourne (Thanks to all who congratulate us!) we just had the news of us winning another award and this time it is International!! This competition is held by WEVA (Wedding and Event Video Association) in Orlando, USA in which we have won the silver award for wedding demo showreel. This is what you would call the Oscar version of Wedding video where hundreds of studios from all over the world come together to compete and also learn with each other. So.. bottom line is.. we’re very proud of it !!!The Paper Cranes Team
It is definitely an exciting and rewarding year for us considering we’re still young and fresh, we even receive many emails and messages from strangers that come from facebook and other sources just to congratulate us for our achievements. Thank you very very much to all people who have been supporting us. Honestly it means a lot to us for obvious reasons and it is a real kick in the butt to push ourselves further and make impact to our client’s life through our passion in storytelling wedding video. Once again, thank you so much and God bless!
First I need to hibernate from the 150,000+ crowd. -
In the footstep of a legend
Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 3:10PM / Members only
The last time I caught up with the news about the rebooting of Bruce Lee projects were a while ago. So what I'm writing now might be obsolete. It might be a good thing, or a bad thing. Actually, this subject might already have been commented upon by KOZO of LoveHkFilm... damn you Kozo! It's great that more Asian actors are getting into the American/International industry, but really... remakes? What I'm refering to are the remakes of The Green Hornet and Enter the Dragon. I've never seen The Green Hornet, but reading a wiki about it, it seems like the usual caped crusader fare. But instead of getting Christopher Nolan to direct, we get Seth Rogen as director and lead actor. Stephen Chow was optioned to Direct and play Kato, but now he's stepped back as producer (I think).
So those punk ass Hollywood kiddos wanna touch my stuff eh?
I'm guessing The Green Hornet is going to be a comedy film, similar to Get Smart. The latest news I read was that Taiwan's Prince of Pop, Jay Chou will be helming the role of Kato. Made famous by Bruce Lee in the one season TV serial and starred the son of Charlie Chan in the film series.
Make a break for it before they ruin our legacy.
Getting Jay is all fine, but I do have one question... can Jay speak English? I already have a hard time listening to him speaking in Cantonese, (dubbed over by himself in Hong Kong movies) so would he redubb himself in English? Sort of like what Jackie Chan did with his old movies?
I've always wanted to be Bruce Lee. All I drink is water too!
From one side of Asia to another, we have Rain rumoured to be playing Bruce's role in Enter the Dragon. A movie about a Shaolin monk/fighter that goes to a mysterious island for some Mortal Kombat action. Unlike The Green Hornet, I'm guessing that Enter the Dragon will be a bloody mess. So much blood that it will make Han look like a character straight out of a Frank Miller comic book instead.
These are flowers from my fansee, I'm the original Bruce Lee successor.
For one, I am with the fanboys that say Hollywood should not be remaking films. Let the originals stay up on the mantelpiece in dignity. But on the other hand, I think it's a good re-imagining of material. Young viewers will most likely not get to watch the films of yesteryear, unless they're film students or suddenly want to be a film blogger.
You have dishonoured me... you have dishonoured my family... now you DIE a BLOODY and FIREY and STABEY DEATH!
So the only way for them to get interest in watching classics is to watch a rehashed version (hopefully not garbaged up) and then get the urge to rent/buy the oldies. That reminds me, I better go get a copy of Casablanca and Schindler's List while I work on my Asian six pack.
I'm guessing The Tumbler won't be used as the Black Beauty in the remake...
None of these two guys are even Honky like Bruce. tsk tsk. -
Super WilliNova
Monday, Aug 24, 2009 10:11AM / Members only
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