The buzz words of the show included DSLR, RED, MicroBudget and of course 3D. We kicked off with the seminar "Production on a Budget" followed shortly after by a fantastic insight to "Financing & Budget Models for Films" by Christine Hartland (Producer of David Holroyd's wmd nominated Best Debut UK Feature at the East End Film Festival 2009.) with the following links being suggested by Christine as essential for any filmmaker:
www.fundyourfilm.info
www.powertothepixel.com
www.scottkirsner.com
www.peterbroderick.com
www.filmpop.tv.
We talked with the guys from Glidecam, VFX Bluescreen Solutions, various lighting companies and some of the 3D technologies for broadcast. Our afternoon was very informative indeed with Jonathan Harrison's "Lighting on the Run" seminar sponsored by Arri. Within 60 minutes, Jonathan demonstrated the art of lighting and there was no doubt, this is the key if you want to stand out from the crowd. Our final seminar of the day was a panel discussion with industry experts on the "Future of Digital Video". In summary, video is playing a huge part in the shake up of content creation for all mediums. The future incorporates many new platforms and is gravitating towards industries such as mobile, gaming and the internet with social networking sites being key in advertising and marketing content. Our last call (but by no means least) was at the Vision Research stand and we were blown away by their Phantom 65 camera. With the capability to record at 34,188fps (ok, this was at a very low resolution) the camera is capable of shooting 320fps at full HD 1920 x 1080. Watching their showreel was absolutely stunning and we're now looking for an excuse to hire one!
In these rapidly changing times, we feel that we are perfectly situated to offer services, facilities and knowledge to create great quality content, understanding and respecting traditional methods of content creation using an engineering approach to innovate new efficient ways to create this content on a budget.
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