production

Realities of Shooting 4K

Today there are smart phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S4 that can shoot 4K video. There's already a sub $1000 4K TV set (although most 4K TVs are $5000 - $6000.) Even YouTube now accepts 4K video. What It Is 4K is also called “Ultra HD. It carries four times the...

Sony EA 50UH – A Hybrid Camcorder – DSLR

I finally pulled the trigger on the new camera Sony NEX EA 50UH. This is a preliminary review since I am still learning the camera. First, the camera has a 16 megapixel APS-C sensor very similar to Sony's mirrorless line of still cameras, nearly as big as the Super...

Itinerant Filmmaking

In the 1930s Texas-born filmmaker Melton Barker began to mass produce a short formula film that would star neighborhood kids which he charged their parents for. Barker would repeat this same script in numerous towns changing only the child actors. It was called...

Video Growing as Print Newspapers Decline

The NY Times, like nearly all newspapers is shrinking. A great many are already out of business. Jill Abramson, the executive editor of the NY Times recently sent a memo to her staff. It says that the Times is shrinking its staff by offering many staffers buyout...