Sony’s Future Film Maker awards is a film making competition with 3 categories for film makers, student film makers plus a future format category. There are some really great prizes for the winners and those shortlisted. Prizes include up to $5000 USD as well as FX9 cameras and other film making equipment. The winning and shortlisted filmmakers will be flown to Los Angeles, the home of Hollywood, for a two-day event that will take place at the Sony Pictures studio lot in Culver City, California. The 30 successful filmmakers will gain unparalleled insight into all aspects of the filmmaking process. From pitching to legal to working with talent agencies and using cutting-edge technologies, the outstanding workshops provide exclusive access into the inner workings of the industry. Winners are announced during a black-tie awards ceremony at the Cary Grant Theatre.
Entires close December 13th, so you don’t have long to get your entries in. For more information go to the competition website: https://www.sonyfuturefilmmakerawards.com/
Want to learn more about the new Sony FR7? Why not sign up for this webinar where I’ll show some recently shoot FR7 footage. The FR7 is a new remote control pan/tilt/zoom camera based on the FX6, so it offers the image quality of a Cinema Line large sensor camera but in a PTZ style housing. 
I have a crazy few weeks coming up. This week I will be filming at the Glastonbury festival, then next week I will be in Dubai for a workshop on virtual production with Sony’s Venice 2 camera. This will be a great opportunity for those that have never been to a virtual studio to have a look at how it all works and what’s involved – nad to see how Venice 2 is an excellent camera for VR thanks to it’s very fast sensor readout speed, frame size flexibility and wide range of frame rates. To join one of the sessions please RSVP to Omar.Abuaisha@sony.com 
To celebrate their 20th anniversary Advanced Media of Dubai are holding a special event called Cine2022. This will be the first opportunity to get your hands on and see the beautiful images from Sony’s Venice 2 in the Middle East. I will be there to talk about the camera and it’s workflow and we will have a Venice 2 for you to play with. So, if you are in Dubai between the 17th and 19th of March 2022, do please come and say hello and ask any questions you may have about any of Sony’s Cinema Line cameras. 
While Covid hasn’t gone away (and probably never will) at least thanks to the vaccines we are learning how to deal with it. That means the world is now slowly opening up to international travel. And that means more face to face events. So I am please to say that I will be attending the 
Just a quick note to tell you that I will be co-presenting a session at the Kit Plus show in Twickenham on Tuesday the 14th of September 2021. Philip Bloom on the subject of “Buying the right camera IS important – don’t get sucked into the marketing hype”. We will be discussing how people make their purchasing decisions, what different manufacturers have to offer and debating – what does “cinematic” mean – if anything at all.