Matthews announces new Monitor Stand III

Engineered to overcome the rigors of production to meet the evolving needs of camera techs, directors, and producers, the new Monitor Stand III from Matthews for $649.  Renowned for its expansive line of smartly designed and ruggedly built grip gear, Matthews Studio Equipment introduces the Monit...

Videndum H1 2026 Results – Cine Brands Outperform While the Going-Concern Warning Stays

Videndum, the parent company of Teradek, SmallHD, Wooden Camera, Manfrotto, Sachtler, Litepanels, and Quasar Science, has reported flat like-for-like half-year revenue of £110.3 million, adjusted EBITDA up to £3.0 million, and net debt cut by £103.0 million to £39.3 million following its £85 mill...

KRK: new V Series Five Studio Monitors offer wireless control

Building on more than four decades of innovation, the fifth-generation V Series combines KRK’s renowned accuracy and translation with powerful new wireless control capabilities.  KRK’s next‑generation studio monitoring platform features KRK Mesh technology and delivers, the company claims, “a new...

Sony FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS: a compact, affordable super-telephoto

Compact and lightweight, weighing just 654g, the FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS is also an affordable lens, with a suggested retail price of $849.99.  Design for easy handling, even for first-time super-telephoto users, the new FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS lens from Sony is designed for keen photographers wh...

Sony FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS Announced – 654g Super-Telephoto Zoom, Dual Linear Motors, and 120 fps AF Tracking

Sony has introduced the FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS (SEL100400), a full-frame E-mount super-telephoto zoom that weighs only 654g / 23.1oz and combines 15 elements in 10 groups (including two ED and two aspherical elements) with dual linear motors, Optical SteadyShot, a nine-blade circular aperture, a...

Sony SEL100400: specs, price and release date

Sony's SEL100400 - FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS is a lightweight, 100-400mm zoom that provides a lot of super-telephoto lens for $849.

5 Movies That Made Robert Evans One of Hollywood's Greatest Producers

In spite of a short and somewhat erratic career, producer and studio executive Robert Evans defined himself as one of the leading figures in Hollywood. His career was marked by brief, bright periods. It may never have happened at all if not for the fact that, while on a business trip selling wome...

The Most Overlooked Movies of 1994

In 1994, films like Pulp Fiction, The Lion King, Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, and Léon: The Professional dominated the industry and remain to this day some of the finest works in cinema history. As such, having all of these films released in such a short amount of time effectively buri...

DaVinci Resolve 21.0.4 Update!

DaVinci Resolve 21.0.4 Update! Adds support for relinking proxy clips with different formats, support for additional X-OCN formats, as well as API scripting support for reviewing selected clips on the timeline. Download now from https://bmd.link/xddFzx

All the surprising rock climbing and kayaking VFX challenges on ‘Apex’

How Charlize Theron survives the Australian wilderness. The post All the surprising rock climbing and kayaking VFX challenges on ‘Apex’ appeared first on befores & afters.

FREE ENTRY: Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia Launches Cinematic Tokyo Competition 2027

Have you ever wanted to set a movie in Tokyo? It's the land of lights, technology, food, and fantasy, but getting to Japan can be expensive. Well, what if I told you you didn't have to be there to do that? The Cinematic Tokyo Competition, hosted by the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & AS...

How the Late Vincent Pastore Gave Us The Most Lynchian Moments in 'The Sopranos'

While I’ve only seen it posted online a few times, I 100% subscribe to the argument that the most Lynchian show that didn’t involve David Lynch himself wasn’t any of today’s try-hard homages, but was actually The Sopranos.A classic in its own right, The Sopranos is the OG prestige television show...

How 'A Man Called Horse' Redefined the Revisionist Western

There are so many Westerns out there. It feels like every day I'm reading about a new one and trying to understand its place in the lexicon of cinema. Someone wrote in and told me to check out Elliot Silverstein’s A Man Called Horse (1970), and after watching and researching the film, I was kind ...

Storytelling Lessons from Matt Dinniman & Wendy Martin

I think the best thing screenwriters can do to get better at their craft, aside from writing a lot, is to read a lot. And that's not just reading screenplays, but reading a variety of mediums to really master storytelling beats and all the little nuances of being an audience and convincing them y...

Watch One of the First Short Films Shot on the HONOR Portable Cinema Camera Robot Phone

One of the more unique cameras to be announced, and now demoed, in the past few years, the HONOR Robot Phone is a high-concept gimbal-styled cinema camera that comes out of a partnership with ARRI.The idea is audacious to say the least, perhaps incredulous to say the most, but overall quite intri...

58 Years Ago: Clint Eastwood’s First Hollywood Western Launched a New Era

Clint Eastwood has had one of the longest and most storied careers of any actor ever. It's hard to believe, but his run with westerns started in Italy with Spaghetti Westerns, and he only came to America to do other westerns after that.Well, 58 years ago, Clint Eastwood made his first Hollywood W...

DJI Introduces New Mic Mini 2S Wireless Microphone System With 32-Bit Float Internal Recording

We know it’s tough covering the news of new filmmaking and video production gear and products that sound exciting, or at least like good competition to add to a healthy marketplace to keep innovation high and prices down, but likely aren’t going to be available in the United States.Such is the ca...

The Horror Movies That Best Showcase Willem Dafoe's Range

When you have the incomparable Willem Dafoe in any movie, you know you're going to get a powerhouse performance where he goes all in. I personally loved him in Raimi's Spider-Man movies, and though those have a hint of horror in them, we aren't including them today as a technicality. But just kno...

Tool Tip Tuesday for Adobe Premiere Pro: Getting your Mask/Key to look real

Welcome to Tool Tip Tuesday for Adobe Premiere on ProVideo Coalition. Between green screen, chroma keying and the new object masking, I’m in love with how fast I can take person A and put them into shot B. What I don’t see much attention paid to is why so many of those composites don&...

Film Quote of the Day: The 'Spartacus' Line That Turned Solidarity Into a Battle Cry

You might be stunned to find out that one of the most emotional moments in a 1960 historical epic almost didn't happen. You've probably guessed already, but I'm speaking, of course, of the climactic scene at the end of Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus.This famous line actually belongs to a crowd. "I'm...

Sony Has a New Super-Telephoto Zoom That Aims to Reach a New Era of Photo and Video Hobbyists

While it may not be for everyone or every shoot, working with a high-quality, long-range zoom lens is certainly a rite of passage for all types of photography and videography professionals. It’s a different type of shooting that you can only really learn by doing, and sadly—mostly due to pricing—...

MAKE Animation Thesis Grant Celebrates Second-Year Winners

For today’s animation students, a thesis film is no longer just a graduation requirement. It’s often the project that lands a first job, attracts collaborators, gets into festivals, and introduces artists to the industry. That’s why MAKE created the Animation Thesis Grant. The p...

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DJI Mic Mini 2S Released – 32-Bit Float Internal Recording, 14.5GB Storage, and Four-Transmitter Support

DJI has launched the Mic Mini 2S globally, the first mini wireless microphone from the company with internal recording on board: each 12-gram transmitter carries 14.5GB of storage for up to 28 hours of 24-bit audio or 32-bit float capture, and a single receiver now pairs with up to four transmitt...

DJI Osmo Pocket 4P – Newly Added to Camera Database

New in the CineD Camera Database: DJI Osmo Pocket 4P – check and compare Lab Test data and Recording Modes & Times.

Insta360 Luna Ultra – Newly Added to Camera Database

New in the CineD Camera Database: Insta360 Luna Ultra – check and compare Lab Test data and Recording Modes & Times.

Review: DJI Mic Mini 2S

The world of small, good microphones has exploded over the last few years. Many brands make several different kinds, each choosing a mix of features, sizes and battery capacities. Newcomers to video may see these tiny mics as normal, but to older hands, modern lapel mics have been a revolution. Y...

DJI Mic Mini 2S: specs, price and availability

DJI's Mic Mini 2S adds 32-bit float internal recording and four-transmitter support, new features which almost double its price over the Mic Mini 2.

Godox Litemons LE200R, LE300R, and LE600R Released – Full-Color RGB COB Lights with All-in-One Design and Bowens Mount

Godox has released the Litemons LE200R, LE300R, and LE600R, a trio of full-color RGB COB LED fixtures that integrate the power supply into the lamp head and cover a 1800K to 10,000K CCT range with HSI, RGBW, and GEL modes plus 14 built-in effects. The three lights draw 230W, 330W, and 635W respec...

CVP Sony FX5 Hands-On Event Series Underway Across Europe – Here Are the Upcoming Dates

CVP has kicked off a European hands-on event series for the new Sony FX5, giving filmmakers a chance to get the sought-after Cinema Line camera into their hands before deciding on a purchase. The tour opened at CVP Fitzrovia in London on July 30, and it now continues through August with stops in ...

HOVERAir VERSA: a pocket camera that flies

HOVERAir's VERSA clips on wings to convert a pocket gimbal camera into a self-flying drone.

Carlos El Asmar – A Letter to the World

All my life, I have carried a feeling I couldn’t name, a sense of being alone, of being other, of something inside me being wrong. As a kid, my mind, my heart, and my body rebelled, trying to tell me something I wasn’t yet able to understand.

5 Screenwriting and Storytelling Tips From 'Dungeon Crawler Carl'

It's kind of crazy to think about, but maybe the biggest panel at this year's Comic-Con was for a giant book series that just sold to Peacock and will become a live-action show very soon.Yes, I'm talking about everyone's favorite boxer-clag hero and his loyal feline friend.If you haven’t wandered...

The Anthology Trick for Making Your First Feature Film

Making stuff is hard. There are obstacles every step of the way. But at so many points of your filmmaking journey, the thing holding you back might just be… you. You have to finish the script. You have to be brave enough to pitch. You need to build momentum. You need to make connections. It’s all...

Vecna, Demogorgons and Young Will: Inside the VFX of Stranger Things S5

VFX Supervisor Betsy Paterson breaks down Stranger Things season 5. The best visual effects don’t replace reality, they convince reality to play along.

Saramonic’s SG MS1 Stereo Shotgun Microphone Brings 3 Output Modes and Adjustable Stereo Width

A new stereo condenser shotgun microphone is on the market, and this one is worth a look if you’re interested in finding new ways to enhance audio recording across your various video and filmmaking setups.Released by Saramonic, the SG MS1 is an ultra-compact and lightweight stereo condenser shotg...

Capture Tiny Subjects in Tack-Sharp Detail With These New Laowa Aksen Ultra Macro Lenses

While in many cases, more of a niche for photographers than videographers, shooting up-close and hyper-macro videography can be a fun, if not highly challenging, pastime if you’re up for it. The key, of course, is to have the right gear, and these new Laowa Aksen Ultra Macro lenses are here to he...

Why Horror Is the Last Real 'Genre Film' Left at the Box Office

It feels like every week there's a new horror movie opening in theaters that's getting lots of traction and buzz. While they're not all like Weapons, Backrooms, and Obsession, even smaller performers like Evil Dead: Burn do well at the box office. We're in an era where it feels like comedy, roman...

Movie Myth Monday: Did the Mafia Really Try to Stop 'The Godfather' From Being Made?

I love mafia movies. I think they usually dig into what it means ot be American and pull apart the dream or other societal issues like rising and falling that make for great drama. You have to wonder if the mafia likes seeing themselves on screen. There was that great bit in The Sopranos about ho...

A New Pocket Camera Drone is On the Scene With HOVERAir’s Self-Flying VERSA

While the DJI drone ban might be the biggest news in the aerial drone space right now (or at least in the United States, where it is effectively in place), there are other drones being released that are worth checking out.The latest comes to us from HOVERAir, which has a new self-flying camera dr...

Looking for a Good Nifty Fifty? Pergear Has a New 50mm f/1.4 Full-Frame Manual Focus Lens to Peep

Who doesn’t love a good nifty-fifty? One of the best lenses to have in your bag for all types of shots is a trusted 50mm; having one with you is never a bad idea.If you’re in the market for a new one, this 50mm from Pergear could be worth considering thanks to its bright f/1.4 maximum aperture an...

Film Quote of the Day: The John Wayne Line from 'Hondo' That Still Defines the Western Hero

I love my dog. I remember when I saw the video of the woman punching a bear to save her dog, and I thought, I would do the same thing. I would run into a burning building to save my dog.So all that to say, today's film quote of the day resonated with me immediately.It's a John Wayne line, deliver...

Nikon vs. Viltrox – Chinese Patent Office Declares Nikon’s Z-Mount Patent Invalid

China’s patent office has declared one of Nikon’s Z-mount-related patents entirely invalid, handing lens maker Viltrox a significant win in the legal dispute between the two companies. Nikon can still appeal the ruling in court, but for now, a key patent in its case against the Shenzh...

Laowa Aksen Ultra Macro Lens Series Released – 1-5x and 5-10x Magnification, Parfocal Zoom, Optional Coaxial Light

Laowa has introduced the Aksen series, a full-frame parfocal zoom ultra macro lens lineup consisting of the Aksen 45mm f/2.8 1-5x Ultra Macro APO and the Aksen 17.5mm f/1.7 5-10x Ultra Macro APO, each offered in photo and cine variants. The lenses keep focus locked while you change magnification,...

Sony Proposes to Acquire Lens Maker Tamron – What a Takeover Could Mean for the Lens Market

Sony has made a non-binding proposal to acquire Tamron and turn the Japanese lens maker into a wholly owned subsidiary of the Sony Group, Tamron has officially confirmed. The company has established a Special Committee to review its options, and while no financial details have been disclosed, a d...

Nexus G1: Camera adds CINAF autofocus, U-Mount

Nexus's forthcoming G1 cinema camera gains CINAF, a new and interesting-sounding hybrid autofocus system, and now ships with U-Mount as standard.

Nexus G1 Update – CINAF Autofocus for Any Lens, U-Mount Now Standard, Production Nears Final Stretch

Australian camera startup Nexus has released Project Update #11 for its modular Nexus G1 cinema camera, and it packs two major announcements: CINAF, a sensor-fusion autofocus system that promises cinematic subject tracking with absolutely any lens, electronic or fully manual, and the news that th...

Zombies, iPhones and VFX

Issue #63 of befores & afters magazine covers the visual effects of 28 Years Later. The post Zombies, iPhones and VFX appeared first on befores & afters.

Godox Litemons LE200R/300R/600R: price, specs

Godox has launched RGB versions of its Litemons LE lights, the LE200R, LE300R and LE600R, priced from $299 to $599, which add full-color control to the previously Bi-color series.

Osmo Pocket 3: DJI's best US Pocket 4P alternative

Replay: With the Pocket 4 and 4P locked out of the US, we revisit our long-term Osmo Pocket 3 review. The camera is now cheaper and still officially available stateside, with all the benefits that brings.

KOLOR BASIS for FCP

Back in June I introduced you to KOLOR, a boutique software development company focused on professional grading tools for Apple Final Cut Pro. At that time they introduced their first product, the free Colour Space Transform plugin and its companion input and output device transform presets. They...

Frame.io update: search, Comparison Viewer, and more

Frame.io's recent updates add a full-screen search page, an updated Comparison Viewer with Pixel Diff, a redesigned iOS app, and new integrations with Leica, Adobe, and Accsoon.

GoPro Mission 1 Pro Update: Slow Motion, Time-Lapse & Wireless Mic Tests

GoPro Updates: I’m following up on my last update with more hands-on tests and info on the Mission 1 Pro and the new GoPro Wireless Mic Kit. Plus I finally mounted the Mission 1 Pro correctly to the Fluid Pro gimbal – lol. (I got called out on that from my last article). But I [...]Re...