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Archive for March, 2009

Good blog posts on Hong Kong’s FILMART and International Film Festival

Posted in David Bordwell, Filmart, Hong Kong, books, film criticism, film festival on Tuesday, 31 March 2009, 6:35 pm | Leave a Comment »

…by articulate and persuasive film critic, historian and theorist David Bordwell, on his blog: A masterpiece, and others not to be neglected (30 March; on some good HKIFF films) Jackhammers, parties, and markets (29 March; on FILMART, the market where films are bought and sold) I enjoyed his writing so much I just plunked down [...]

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New Version of Excellent iPhone App for Cinematographers: PCam

Posted in Indie filmmaking, Red Camera, cameras, cinematography, lenses on Tuesday, 31 March 2009, 10:01 am | Leave a Comment »

PCam is now available from the Apple iTunes Store (including outside the U.S.). It’s not cheap (US$39.99). But it’s excellent. And now it’s been updated with all Red data. It’s from David Eubanks, a First Camera Assistant in LA. I was alerted to this update from my friend and cinematographer, Roman Baska. I’m downloading now…

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Informative article on history of Hong Kong cinema

Posted in Hong Kong, Indie filmmaking on Sunday, 29 March 2009, 10:09 pm | Leave a Comment »

…in Hollywood Reporter: 100 years of Hong Kong cinema.

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Sharepoint Seems Underwhelming: Not 2.0, Not 37Signals

Posted in 37signals, Enterprise 2.0, Microsoft, Sharepoint, Web 2.0, enterprise collaboration on Monday, 23 March 2009, 8:07 am | 1 Comment »

I just showed a big client of mine a video demo of 37Signals Campfire. They said, “Wow, yeah. Cool. That’s exactly what we really need. But we didn’t even know it.” Unfortunately they won’t be able to use it, due to corporate security guidelines and restrictions on bandwidth. But Campfire serves as a good point [...]

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Sweet Epic 5K Prototype Photo

Posted in 4K, 5K, Epic, Jim Jannard, Red Camera, Red Epic, Red digital cinema, Scarlet, cameras, cinematography on Tuesday, 3 March 2009, 12:28 pm | 1 Comment »

Jim Jannard just posted this photo of the new Epic/Scarlet on reduser.net. Top 5 reasons I’m psyched and want to trade in my Red for one an Epic (Epic X, S35): Smaller and lighter, and more ergonomic for handheld Super speedy bootup time (2 seconds; this will make an amazing difference, e.g., on a production [...]

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