The Tao Colorist

A D V E R T I S E M E N T

The Business

• The Digital Dillema 2: Why film may be the key to backing up digital assets - A follow up report on digital archiving for indie and documentary filmmakers highlights the risks of digital archiving. Read this article for an insight in how Kodak has developed film stocks specifically for the long-term storage of digital assets. (DigitalCinemaReport.com)
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• How Cinesite Is Re-booting Their VFX Business - A nice overview on this veteran London-based VFX house and how it's making a comeback after being spun out from under Kodak's wings. (FXGuide.com)

The New Kid on the Block

• BlackMagic's Big Three August Announcements - This post wraps up the big news from Blackmagic at the end of August. Including new (and very active) forums on Blackmagic's website. (ProVideoCoalition.com)

• More BMCC Feedback (plus Footage to Download & Grade) - Another hands-on diary with footage to download. This footage is shot intentionally in Low-Light. I recommend downloading the footage and working with it yourself. (FrankGlenCairn.wordpress.com)

• Blackmagic Cinema Camera: Beautiful and Befuddling - HDSLR pioneer Vincent | Laforet gets his fingers on the BMCC and offers his insights. Mostly: he wants a 35mm sized sensor, different lens mounts and swappable batteries. But he loves the images and the price point. (blog.vincentlaforet.com)

• [Video] The C47: Putting the BMCC in its place - Jem Schofield places Blackmagic's new camera in context of the array of other choices filmmakers have. He offers a simple, refreshing point of view. Definitely worth the watch, especially if your eye are tired reading the print about this camera. (thec47.com)

• Prolost.com on the BMCC - Stu Maschwitz opines on this camera. Unlike Laforet (who looks at this as a shooter), Stu looks at this camera as a post guy... and loves how malleable the image is. (prolost.com)

• Why the BMCC Interests Me As a News Shooter - If you've read all the posts above, it'll definitely seem strange that a run & gun type shooter likes the form factor of the BMCC. But he does--for very specific types of shots. Interesting. (DSLRshooterNews.com) 

• BMCC Lens & Accessory Roundup - AbelCine has put together a list of the all the gear you can use to make your BMCC, um, usable. (blog.abelcine.com)

Edumacate Yer'self

• REDucation Worldwide - Want to get hands-on training direct from the experts? Here's a listing of REDucation dates and locations in L.A., Hong Kong and London. (RED.com)

• Learn DaVinci Resolve 9: Hands on with Warren Eagles (and a guest appearance by your humble Tao Newsletter Editor) - Warren Eagles is in NYC this week offering his hands-on training. I've proctored his classes before... they're excellent - especially if you walk in with the attitude of asking questions and trying things out. His New York two day workshop still has openings as does his 'Looks' class. And I'll be at his 'Popular Looks for Resolve' next Sunday (which is a very affordable 1-day workshop). Join us! (MEWShop.com)

• MultiCamp: A Multi-Camera LiveStream Workshop - One of my favorite people in the world is multi-hyphenate Producer / Director / Editor / Colorist Mitch Jacobson. He wrote the popular book "Mastering Multicamera Techniques". He's finally launched his multi-city multicam 2-day workshop. Congrats Mitch on making it happen! (MultiCamp.tv)

• Color for Digital Artists - A 2-hour webinar of the fundamentals of working with digital images. This looks really good. (color-4-digital-artists.eventbrite.com via@JimWicks)

Sunday funnies

• The Lego Story - Kind'a fun. Little long. (FilmmakerIQ.com)

• The Sounds of a Sony Umatic - Yes kids, this is a tape deck. No you won't want to go to sleep to this. Scroll down the page for an AWESOME demo video showing how to edit with this deck. Who knew 8 buttons could be so complicated? I'll take the RM-440 any day. And what, no DT head? Sheesh, how 70's... BTW, for many years one of my job requirements was to clean the heads of those machines. (ProVideoCoalition.com)

• Old Spice's Muscle Music - There's a reason this thing has 5.5 million views... on Vimeo! f-f-f-FUNNY! (Vimeo.com via @digitalpostink)

• Made from Beer - It's one of the best commercials in a long time... colorist Rob Bessette says so. :-)  Yes, it's funny. (YouTube.com via @robsbessette)

Gear Heads

• OLEDs: What we know (and what we don't know) - An interesting look at the technology behind OLEDs and the details of the differences between manufacturers. (reviews.cnet.com)

• Logitech Washable Keyboard - Look at the size of those buttons! (YouTube.com via @IAmColorist)