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Final Cut Pro Help Provides comprehensive instructions for setting up a Final Cut Pro editing system and using Final Cut Pro to ingest media, edit video, and output completed projects. Last updated: 2010-03 Provides a fast‑paced introduction to the main features and tasks in Final Cut Pro, encouraging hands‑on exploration for new users. Download the sample video files 30 Fantastic Geeky Tricks to Get The Most From Your Mac If you’re one of those Mac users that loves to dig in and play with hidden features and settings, this post is for you. Below you’ll find 30 tips and tricks to help both seasoned and beginner Mac users to get the most out of their OS X experience. We’ll cover everything from obscure Terminal commands to keyboard shortcuts that every Mac user should know and use. Let’s get started! Dock Tricks Recent Items Stack Stacks are quite the handy addition to your Mac’s dock and the good people at Mac OS X Hints figured out a way to make them even more useful by creating a stack that automatically contains your most recent applications. These can of course be found under the Apple menu as well but it’s much more convenient to have them right in the dock. Recent Items Stack To accomplish this feat, simply copy and paste the line below into Terminal. defaults write com.apple.dock persistent-others -array-add '{ "tile-data" = { "list-type" = 1; }; "tile-type" = "recents-tile"; }' Stacks List View Stationery

Action Cam and Camcorder Accessories | BH inDepth Anyone with camcorder in hand, or action cam on head, has the chance to capture some pretty remarkable footage, maybe even something that could become a viral Web sensation. But there are lots of accessories available that make capturing great action footage even easier. If you’re an avid action-cam user, or know someone who is, these accessories are worth taking a look at. Some of them, such as the mounting accessories made by Flymount, can even turn a conventional camcorder into an action cam. If you don’t have an action cam just yet but would like one, you might want to invest in one that comes with lots of accessories right out of the box. The Aiptek Bike Mount uses a standard ¼-inch tripod mount to attach to any video camera or digital camera—anything that has a tripod mount can be accommodated. If you want to capture a driver’s-eye view of your road trips, whether in a race car or on a daily drive, the Aiptek Windshield Mount will document your travels.

Visiones femeninas: Claudia Llosa y la representación de la mujer en el cine Visiones femeninas: Claudia Llosa y la representación de la mujer en el cine La directora peruana nos brinda la posibilidad de conocer su punto de vista sobre el papel que juega la mujer en la cinematografía actual. También nos contará las experiencias más relevantes de su última película "La teta asustada", doblemente galardonada en Berlín La teta asustada Fotograma de la película Desde que esta joven directora y guionista se puso detrás de la cámara para rodar su ópera prima, “Madeinusa” (2006), nos ha ofrecido un cine que no deja indiferente. Breve biografía de Claudia Llosa Nace en Lima, Perú el 15 de Noviembre de 1976. Es licenciada en Dirección de Cine en la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad de Lima en 1998. Asistió al laboratorio de guiones del Festival del Sundance, en Los Ángeles donde desarrolló el guión de su opera prima Madeinusa. Fuente: Extracto de Cineencuentro.com Masterclass La actividad tendrá lugar el próximo 08 de Junio a las 19 h.

The Frugal Filmmaker Part 4: Editing Section 1 - Devices a) TRANSITIONS The shot is defined by editing but editing also works to join shots together. There are many ways of effecting that transition, some more evident than others. In the analytical tradition, editing serves to establish space and lead the viewer to the most salient aspects of a scene. In the classical continuity style, editing techniques avoid drawing attention to themselves. Cheat cut. However, that wall magically disappears in the third shot in order to show both the telephone and the family seated around the dining table (an important element in the film) from an angle that would had been impossible in an actual room. CROSSCUTTING, aka PARALLEL EDITING Editing that alternates shots of two or more lines of action occurring in different places, usually simultaneously. An instantaneous shift from a distant framing to a closer view of some portion fo the same space, and vice versa. An elliptical cut that appears to be an interruption of a single shot.

How It Should Have Ended | sometimes movies don't finish the way we'd like 666 DIY Horror Filmmaking Tutorials It’s that time of year again, so we thought it was time to update last years killer feature “Horror Filmmaking: From Script to Scream.” That’s right a sequel! This time we are narrowing the focus a bit and concentrating on the DIY (Do It Yourself) elements. Hopefully this will help you slash the budget without murdering your production values. DIY: Blood, Bullets & Stunts DIY: Stage Effects/Green Screen DIY: Digital Effects After Effects Sony Vegas DIY: Make-Up/Costumes DIY: Static Props DIY: Motion Props DIY: Horror Sets DIY: Packaging Prop Shops & FX Supplies

The Path To The New Model: Join The Community > Hope for Film It is easy to speak and to write of community, but how do we actually work together to make it better? We are dispersed across the globe, some professional, some amateur, but all driven by passion for a more diverse and ambitious film culture. We have the tools. We have the know how, but we still have a long road before us. Stepping down the path requires us to put one foot in front of the other, and make some progress, even if it might be in the wrong direction. The web is full of amateurs that can collectively fail a whole number of times until a pattern of success can be accumulated from the collective mass. I don’t believe that this process is entirely new or exclusive to the Internet. I have written a few times upon TFF about the ‘paradigm shift’ and the fact that we are encountering new ways of thinking about every aspect of filmmaking: production, distribution and exhibition. In many ways, digital technology has developed an affordable culture of trial and error.

BEST of BTS | photography by Angus R Shamal A self portrait of Stanley Kubrick with his daughter, Jack Nicholson and the crew @ the set of The Shining. A selection of some of the most awesome Behind-the-scenes shots I’ve seen from some famous movies found at aintitcool.com. Back when set designs were huge and hand made, when special effects where mechanic and photographic and film stars were risking their lives on the set. on the set of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis — the actress inside the Maria robot taking a breather. The Empire Strikes Back - filming the Crawl. Rebel Without A Cause — James Dean, Natalie Wood and director Nicholas Ray. Sesame Street Requiem for a Dream — Jennifer Connelly strapped into a SnorriCam. The Gate (1987) — Giant special effect set. © Craig Reardon The Birds (1961) — Tippi Hedren with Hitchcock. Rio Bravo — Hawks and Angie Dickinson set of Alien. Ghostbusters. Superman on the set of Mothra (1961) - special effects director Tsuburaya Eiji Dr. Tron (1982) — David Warner and Bruce Boxleitner fuck around in costume.

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