I’m running a couple of film making workshops for London Film School in association with Sony. These workshops are aimed at new content creators or others that wish to improve their production skills. It will cover the whole film making process from concept to storyboard to production. There will be sessions on project development, camera and lighting techniques as well as sound. One of the workshops will be held over 3 evenings and the other over a weekend.
I’ll be in Brussels for CVP’s Technology Showcase event on the 11th of December. I’ll be presenting a session on monitoring, delving into what type of monitor might you need for shooting as well as for post production for both SDR and HDR workflows. There are also sessions on lighting, hybrid production, audio and broadcast production. As well as the workshop sessions there will be a large selection of some of the very latest equipment from a wide range of manufactures on show.
For more details and to register for this free event (That includes a socila evening with drinks and food) please click here.
I have a busy couple of weeks coming up. I’m writing this from my hotel room in Dubai having spent the last week helping out Nanlite and Sony at the Cabsat show and then running a completely full house camera and lighting workshop at Garage Studio, Dubai. Tonight I fly home, then I’m off to Dublin for an event there before getting back home again and ready for a Live Stream with Visual Impact on Thursday the 30th of May on – whats it like to shoot with a Sony Burano. For more information on the live stream please see the link below. In the following week I will be off to the USA for the Cinegear show where I will be helping out Bright Tangerine on their booth, so if you are going to Cinegear do drop by and say hello.
I’m running a film making workshop around “how to get the film look” in Dubai for Nanlite and Sony on the 25th of May. During the workshop I will be showing how to expose S-Log3 on the Sony FX series cameras, how to use CineEI and then looking at film style lighting using Nanlite fixtures. We will look at a couple of different types of scenes, an office, a romantic scene and also at how to light for greenscreen.
I will also be at Cabsat 2024, so do drop by the Nanlite booth to say hello.
Now that the Burano cameras are shipping I will be running a number of events at various dealers. At each event I will go over the basic configuration of the camera. Look at lens options and how to expose correctly for S-Log3, X-OCN and S-Cinetone. Then I’ll cover workflow with X-OCN.
The first will be at Vocas in Holland on the 12th of March:
With another years tour completed and the Aurora seen on 3 out of the 7 nights I have decided to open up bookings for my 2025 tours a bit earlier than usual to help people wishing to come plan ahead and also spread any payments over a longer period.
Next year I will be running 2 tours, both will go to the same place and do most of the same activities. But I have decided to offer two different variations.
The first tour is an adventure tour for those wanting to see the Aurora (Northern Lights) and enjoy the experience of staying with a Sami family in cabins up on the arctic plateau in Norway. Although there will be people available to offer advice and guidance on filming or photographing the Aurora there is no formal photo or video training on this trip. This trip is not a workshop, it is a chance to experience a different way of life in an amazing location. It is suitable for anyone that is reasonably fit and healthy with a sense of adventure. You don’t need to be interested in photography.
Captured on the first night at the cabins in 2018.
The second tour will be a photo and video workshop tour. It will be based at the same cabins and do most of the same activities as the adventure tour but in addition there will be classes from 10am to 12 noon day on shooting the Aurora, using log gammas for video, colour grading with DaVinci Resolve. After each class you will be expected to go out and shoot some video or photographs of that days activities or you will be given a shooting assignment for the afternoon. Then the following day your work will be critiqued and ideas and suggestions on how to improve what you have shot will be given. The aim being to help you improve your shooting skills over the course of the week. This tour is best suited to those with a keen interest in video and photography.
Once again Sony is inviting entries for the Future Film Maker awards. This film contest is aimed at aspiring film makers and includes categories for fiction, non fiction, student films, animation the environment and future formats.
The top 30 entrants will be flown to Los Angeles and to the historic Sony Pictures Studio in Culver City, California, where they will gain exclusive access to experts and unparalleled insight into the inner workings of the industry. Winners additionally receive cash prizes and a range of Sony Digital Imaging equipment. There is a gala black tie awards ceremony at the Cary Grant Theatre in Sony’s Culver City studios on the 30th of May 2024.
Entries must be in by the 15th of February 2024, so now is the time to think about entering your film. Entries are welcome from anywhere in the world, big or small. Don’t be afraid to enter your work.
The last leg of CVP’s 2023 production technology showcase roadshow opens tomorrow in Bristol. I will be there on Friday to give a presentation on the Sony Burano and the rest of the Cinema Line. For more details see; https://cvp.com/events/production-technology-showcase-bristol-2023
Sony have started a teaser campaign for a new camera called Burano. – Well, actually Sony haven’t said its a camera but if you look at the pictures it is pretty obvious that is what it is and the CineAlta badge is a huge clue. And I have shot with it quite extensively on two different continents and I have to say that this is an announcement not to be missed because it is very, very nice.
It will be launched at IBC in Amsterdam, so if you want to actually see it and get your hands on it, that will be your first opportunity. Then I will be doing a webinar about it with Visual Impact on the 20th of September (Click Here) and the following week you will have an opportunity to join me for a Burano and Cooke lens event at CVP in Brussels on the 28th of September (Click Here).
Then in October and November I will be hosting more events in the UK and as the dates for these get confirmed I’ll let you know them.
This is going to be big!
And for those that don’t know:
Burano is a lot like Venice and very close to Venice. There are some similarities but also many differences. Burano might be considered to be a smaller version of Venice as it is a small island with many canals, gondolas and boats in the same lagoon as Venice. It’s around 6Km from Venice and actually closer to Venice airport than Venice itself. To get to Burano from the airport you take a water taxi, water bus or some other boat. The buildings along the canals in Burano are all painted bright colours and the island is famous for its lace makers. Its a very pretty filming location, I shot there a few years ago, but there is very little hotel accommodation, so most that visit Burano will be day trippers from Venice.
TVtools are running a Sony Cinema Line workshop in Helsinki on the 22nd of November 2022. This will be a great opportunity to see most of the Cinema Line cameras and to learn how to get the very best from them.
Full details and registration for the event can be found by clicking here.
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