Complete list of Oscar nominations 2017

by | Jan 27, 2017 | commercial movie |

“La La Land” was the big story from the nominations announcement for the 89th Academy Awards on Tuesday morning, as it garnered 14 nods, tying “Titanic” and “All About Eve” for the most of any movie in history. The musical’s nominations include best picture, best director for Damien Chazelle, leads Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, and two in one category, best song. Other standouts include “Moonlight,” which is up for eight awards, including best picture, director (Barry Jenkins) and supporting awards for Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris. Tied with “Moonlight” is “Arrival,” which wasn’t singled out for acting, but is a contender for production design, cinematography and sound awards, not to mention best picture and director (Denis Villeneuve). “Lion,” “Manchester by the Sea” and “Hacksaw Ridge” also had an impressive showing with six nominations a piece. Notably, Mel Gibson was nominated for his direction of “Hacksaw” after years as a Hollywood pariah. But he’ll have stiff competition in that crowded field. “La La Land” leads the pack with the most Academy Award nominations this year, but there’s so much more to know. Here are the highlights of the 2017 Oscar nominations. (Nicki DeMarco/The Washington Post) Nominations (by movie): “La La Land” — 14 “Arrival” — 8 “Moonlight” — 8 “Hacksaw Ridge” — 6 “Lion” — 6 “Manchester by the Sea” — 6 “Fences” — 4 “Hell or High Water” — 4 The list of nominations for the 89th Academy Awards Best picture “La La Land” “Moonlight” “Manchester by the Sea” “Arrival” “Fences” “Lion” “Hidden Figures” “Hacksaw Ridge” “Hell or High Water” From “Arrival” to “Moonlight,” check out the trailers...

New Canon EF review

by | Jan 19, 2017 | Equipment rental camera |

The new Canon EF-M 18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM lens is being marketed as the ideal ‘all-in-one’ lens for uses of the EOS M system. You can buy it as part of the kit with the newly launched EOS M5 compact system camera. It offers an equivalent focal length of 29-240mm (remembering that the APS-C format of EOS M camera is a 1.6x crop). The Canon EF-M 18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM lens is constructed of 17 elements in 13 groups, and there are 7 diaphragm blades. An image stabiliser offers 4 stops of compensation, and the lens uses an STM AF motor. The closest focusing distance is 0.25m at 18-50mm, or 0.45m at 150mm. The maximum magnification of 0.31 is available at 150mm. If you want to buy the Canon EF-M 18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM lens separately from the EOS M5 camera, you can purchase it for around £429 / $499. The Canon EF-M 18-150mm f/3.5-6.3 IS STM lens is available in two colours, black, and the silver version we were supplied with. Only the outer of the lens is silver, if you twist it to zoom the lens, you’ll see that the inside is black. There are two rings around the lens, the large ring in the middle of the lens allows you to zoom the lens in and out. This portion of the lens is textured so you can easily find it. Zooming in and out is quick and fluid – but it’s slow enough to feel measured, and like you’re not going to accidentally move the lens too far one way or the other when you don’t want to....

Red Bull was most shared video brand of 2016

by | Jan 16, 2017 | commercial movie, production |

The energy drinks brand jumped one place from the previous year to finish ahead of Samsung and McDonald’s. Red Bull’s sports and music videos generated over 14.5 million more shares than Samsung (12.5 million), while McDonald’s’ videos attracted 8.6 million shares. Unruly said Red Bull’s “Always-on” strategy helped them achieve millions of video shares by releasing hundreds of videos throughout the year. The brand did not feature in Unruly’s most shared ads of the year list. Red Bull has been creating branded video content since the 90s and in 2007 launched Red Bull Media House as its in-house video production unit. Other brands to feature in Unruly’s top 10 most shared brands include Asus, the Australian Tourist Board, Almarai, Shell and Cadbury, as well as rivals Nike and Adidas. The rankings are based on the number of times that video ads published on Facebook and YouTube are shared on Facebook and what Unruly calls “the blogosphere”. Unruly said the rankings are a measure of the ad’s online buzz or virality by volume of active pass-on rather than the passive, paid metric of video viewership. Data was collected from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016. Devra Prywes, Unruly’s senior vice-president of insights and marketing, US, said: “The winners hit the mark by creating highly emotional ads that resonated with viewers, resulting in high levels of engagement and sharing. “We have a truly global list of top brands, many of which created videos specifically for and released in individual territories topping the list.” Red Bull will be awarded by Unruly at #TheUnrulies, a virtual awards show held later this month...

Steadicam Aero and Glidecam Centurion: two different approaches to small camera stabilisation

by | Jan 10, 2017 | Equipment rental camera |

The market for camera stabilisation has exploded recently and if you’re after a handheld brushless gimbal you’re spoiled for choice. In the middle of the market options include the Freefly Movi M5, Letus Helix Jnr and the DJI Ronin-M. Cheaper options are also plentiful from the likes of Came TV, Moza, Zhiyun, Pilotfly, Varavon and countless more. The two most established mechanical stabiliser brands haven’t rushed to bring competing products out, but now we’re starting to see both Glidecam and Steadicam react to the brushless gimbal phenomenon with quite different strategies. Glidecam are getting into the brushless gimbal game with their new Centurion 3-axis stabiliser. Their mechanical sleds and arms are well established as solid options for camera stabilisation (although as with all the sled-style stabilisers it can take a bit of trial and error to balance your rig properly). The Centurion is their first powered three-axis gimbal then and it ticks a lot of boxes: encoded motors and 32-bit processor for smooth motion; single and double handed operation; and a payload of up to 5 lbs (2.2 kgs). There’s an integrated joystick to control the gimbal’s motion and the unit is manufactured in the USA. Without having had a hands-on test of the Centurion it’s difficult to draw any firm conclusions – but with a list price of $1,799 US it enters a market that is already fairly mature. The competing DJI Ronin-M can be had for less at around $1,400 US on the street. This might not be a huge issue if it turns out to be a lot better than the competition – but as it’s...

ISS beams down 4K footage of Earth shot with the RED Epic Dragon that you can rent in Bonitaworld

by | Jan 3, 2017 | Equipment rental camera |

We get to see the Earth in high definition every day with our high-def eyes, it’s true, but we’re limited to a certain ground-level point of view. Not so much the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. And they’ve just sent down a batch of stunning 4K footage of the Earth taken with their fancy RED Epic Dragon camera. This isn’t actually the first footage from the Epic Dragon, or even the first 4K video of the Earth from space. The crew has been shooting interior shots of science experiments and bagpipe playing, and they were savvy enough to capture an orbital sunrise right away — but the new cut has a better one. If you’re looking for close-up views of Earth, the astonishing Urthecast camera has you covered. But this quick reel of “Crew Observations” is still special in its own way, like all my readers. These are carefully planned and properly exposed exterior shots, and it’s certain this is just a taste. Of course, the resulting files are so huge that beaming them down takes ages. No word on whether any 6K (6144×3160) video, of which the Epic Dragon is capable, is being shot. At that point it would probably be faster to put a hard drive in a Soyuz capsule and drop it into the ocean — which would be the coolest possible implementation of sneakernet ever attempted. Look the full video...

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