Murray Suid

Murray Suid

August the 1st, 2014 (Dipping in the macro world)

August the 1st, 2014 (Dipping in the macro world)

As Schopenhauer said: each person, each creature lives in its own world. And as human beings we often oversee the world of the “others”, especially the macro world and its inhabitants. But when we open our eyes widely we discover heroes and victims, actors in a a strange, itchy, crazy and armored world. The stories…

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“Unknown”: the art of one-person moviemaking

“Unknown”: the art of one-person moviemaking

New Delhi filmmaker Akhilesh Tripathi wrote, directed, starred in, edited, and scored this astonishing sci fi short.

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“Julie Drinks”: a music video introducing Willodean

“Julie Drinks”: a music video introducing Willodean

“Julie Drinks” was directed by Renee Faia and produced by Sheri Hellard. This iPhone 5 video showcases the founders of Cheap Lullaby Records Eric Holden and Randy Wooten in their new band, Willodean. Here, they’re joined  by singer Dan Barrett from the Austin roots band Porterdavis. Renee is a musician as well as a director. You can see her performing…

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“MKE Lagoon”: aerial cinematography with a GoPro

“MKE Lagoon”: aerial cinematography with a GoPro

Aerial photography isn’t new. A French photographer Gaspar-Felix Tournachon took the first still photos from a ballon in 1858. Half a century later, in 1909, an unknown German cameraman shot the first aerial movie—”Wilbur Wright ind seine Flugmaschine.” By the 1920s, Hollywood moviemakers were producing spectacular aerial footage that featured everything from wing walkers to dramatic crashes.…

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High-quality slow-motion technology coming soon to mobile devices

As MMM has reported in several articles (SloPro, Shooting SloMo Using a Spotting Scope), mobile moviemakers already have the ability to create slow motion effects. But image quality has been an issue. Now, according to  an article by Mikael Ricknäs in PC World, Toshiba has developed a camera sensor (T4KA3) that makes possible a frame rate of…

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Why you should enter video contests!

Why you should enter video contests!

These days, you don’t have to trek to Madison Avenue to be a Mad Man.  As it has done with so many genres, the Internet has democratized commercials. Now indie moviemakers can earn cash creating video ads. But there’s more to it than money. According to Justin Johnson, founder of Online Video Contests (OVC), entering contests is…

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