Easy guide to production
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) About two weeks ago Samsung announced the PM1633a solid state drive with a massive 15.36 terabytes of storage space. The unit it available for around $10,000 (or less if you shop around) and I titled the article with "the world's largest SSD." Well, thanks to … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) The trailer for Robert Zemeckis' World War II drama Allied has arrived and it shows the sweeping romantic epic fans were hoping for. Starring Brad Pitt alongside Oscar winner Marion Cotillard, the film centers on a British spy and a French Resistance fighter who … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Being born in the 80s and being a fan of Transformers franchise, nothing was more amazing and heartbreaking than 1986's Transformers: The Movie. Never before have children seen a bloodbath of their favorite characters being killed off in such amounts that would … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) One of the victims of today's modern cinematic multiplexes, is that we've traded the ambient movie palace experience for multiple choice in movies and the technology that projects them. Nearly extinct are the gorgeous art deco movie palaces of Hollywood's golden age, … [Read more...]
By Kevin P. McAuliffe (doddleNEWS) In our last lesson (click here), in our look at Apple Motion 5, we wrapped up our talk on Behaviors. In this lesson, I want to start talking about effects, and we’re going to start out by talking about where you can find all your standard and third party … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) You know what seems to be getting very passé in Hollywood? Numbered titles seem to be on their way out. The only Marvel films that are sequentially numbered, for instance, are the Iron Man films. This seems to be spreading everywhere as Bad Boys 3 has now been … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Director Patty Jenkins has slammed 'false' claims that Wonder Woman is a 'mess,' following a leaked letter from an alleged former employee of Warner Bros. The letter, which criticizes studio CEO Kevin Tsujihara for his handling of blockbuster films, particularly the … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Blackmagic has released a new update to DaVinci Resolve 12.5, which promises enhancements that include Apple ProRes Decode for Windows and a plethora of additional editing tools. … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Jonah Hill will start shooting his directorial debut, skateboarding drama Mid-90s, in February from a script he penned. The 32-year-old's project, which he likened to Larry Clark's cult classic Kids and Shane Meadow's sensational This is England, will also be … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Game of Thrones star Jason Momoa has reportedly landed the titular role in Relativity's troubled The Crow reboot. Following the production company's bankruptcy - and the hiring, departure and re-hiring of director Corin Hardy – the movie is somehow still … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Marvel Studios has successfully brought many comic book characters to life on the big screen. It's done so by being as faithful to the characters as they appear on the page as possible but that doesn't mean changes haven't been made to them. With many exciting … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) We finally have some information about Bryan Fuller's upcoming Star Trek television series, Star Trek: Discovery. The showrunner revealed some tantalizing information about the new series at the show's Television Critics Association panel. Fuller has confirmed … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) The second full-length Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer just premiered, and reintroduced us to the classic Star Wars character Darth Vader. Now it seems that the next anthology spin-off film will do the same with another beloved character: Lando … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) The new Rogue One trailer debuted during the 2016 Olympics, and it's online NOW. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frdj1zb9sMY One of the things that director Gareth Edwards seems to excel at is making everything look massive. Whether or not … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) If you've been watching the Rio Olympics, you've probably seen that cool Google commercial where people are capturing their priceless moments on their mobile device and they run out of storage space. It's an ingenious bit of marketing. The iPhone is incapable of … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Despite many misconceptions, the most important part of cinematography and photography isn't the camera but the light. Finding the right time to shoot something outdoors is a bit of a feat, but fortunately there's an app for that. GoldenHour.One is a simple iOS … [Read more...]
