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Blackmagic Camera Introducing Digital Film for iPhone!
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/ca/products/blackmagiccamera
You can adjust settings such as frame rate, shutter angle, white balance and ISO all in a single tap. Or, record directly to Blackmagic Cloud in industry standard 10-bit Apple ProRes files up to 4K! Recording to Blackmagic Cloud Storage lets you collaborate on DaVinci Resolve projects with editors anywhere in the world, all at the same time!
Lucasfilm to shut Singapore operations, affecting more than 300 employees
Lucasfilm is winding down operations in Singapore after nearly 20 years in the country, with parent company Disney citing economic factors affecting the industry.
According to an ILM employee in Singapore, there are 340 staff members in the company and work will continue until the end of the year.
ElportDigital – Adhesive TRANSPARENT LED NANO FILM
95% TRANSPARENCY – 4000NITS BRIGHTNESS – 3.9mm PIXEL PITCH INVISIBLE LED
https://www.onqdigitalgroup.com.au/post/adhesive-transparent-led-film-the-benefits-of-using
Patrick McIntire – how much real money does a $25 million film that grosses $100 million at the box office make?
Patrick McIntire
Motion Picture Producer at Universal Pictures & Part Time Instructor at UCLA
“So how much real money does a $25 million film that grosses $100 million at the box office make? Not nearly as much as you think…
First off, the exhibitor (theatre chain) takes 50% on average of the box office receipts. So now your $100 million is down to $50 million. Then there’s the distribution fee, which domestically averages about 30% (in this case, about $15 million). This brings your $50 million down to about $35 million. But we’re not done yet…
P&A (marketing) averages roughly the same amount as the budget of the film worldwide, or about 60% of the budget domestically (US). This varies depending upon the performance of the project. But we’ll use the average (60% of $25 million (the budget) is $15 million). This is then taken from the $35 million, taking you down to $20 million roughly. A far cry from the advertised $100 million gross.
If the project was privately financed (equity investor or investors), they get first monies in and first monies out. At a $25 million investment, the remaining monies go directly to the investors. Leaving $0 initially for producers. Yes, ancillary rights will make up the losses (cable, streaming, airlines, etc.), but this is to show how a movie’s box office claims are not as they appear. Studio films with larger budgets see much higher costs and often don’t turn a profit at all. Profit sharing (backend) can be next to nothing if the film is a bomb. This is just an example and only takes into account domestic box office. But it’s meant to show how misleading a film’s advertising that claims $100 million at the box office can be. Gross receipts are exciting to share. Net receipts? Not so much.”
Comments:
“this equation needs add the variable that in the majority of studio film and tv projects, the taxpayers of the municipality where the production is based and posted pay up to 40% of the cost of the production in the form of a rebate and other financing incentives while the profits on the movie are taxed in another location usually chosen to minimize tax liability.“
Film Production walk-through – pipeline – I want to make a … movie
https://www.behance.net/gallery/35474413/Design-Triangle-(re-make)-2016
https://www.behance.net/gallery/9112935/Wonderful-Creative-Process-Chart
Or the more realistic version
Startup tools and support sites
Making an animated movie for free
http://www.pixelsham.com/2020/12/07/an-open-source-pipeline/
Types of Film Lights and their efficiency – CRI, Color Temperature and Luminous Efficacy
nofilmschool.com/types-of-film-lights
“Not every light performs the same way. Lights and lighting are tricky to handle. You have to plan for every circumstance. But the good news is, lighting can be adjusted. Let’s look at different factors that affect lighting in every scene you shoot. ”
Use CRI, Luminous Efficacy and color temperature controls to match your needs.
Color Temperature
Color temperature describes the “color” of white light by a light source radiated by a perfect black body at a given temperature measured in degrees Kelvin
http://www.pixelsham.com/2019/10/18/color-temperature/
CRI
“The Color Rendering Index is a measurement of how faithfully a light source reveals the colors of whatever it illuminates, it describes the ability of a light source to reveal the color of an object, as compared to the color a natural light source would provide. The highest possible CRI is 100. A CRI of 100 generally refers to a perfect black body, like a tungsten light source or the sun. ”
https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-color-rendering-index/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_rendering_index
| Light source | CCT (K) | CRI |
|---|---|---|
| Low-pressure sodium (LPS/SOX) | 1800 | −44 |
| Clear mercury-vapor | 6410 | 17 |
| High-pressure sodium (HPS/SON) | 2100 | 24 |
| Coated mercury-vapor | 3600 | 49 |
| Halophosphate warm-white fluorescent | 2940 | 51 |
| Halophosphate cool-white fluorescent | 4230 | 64 |
| Tri-phosphor warm-white fluorescent | 2940 | 73 |
| Halophosphate cool-daylight fluorescent | 6430 | 76 |
| “White” SON | 2700 | 82 |
| Standard LED Lamp | 2700–5000 | 83 |
| Quartz metal halide | 4200 | 85 |
| Tri-phosphor cool-white fluorescent | 4080 | 89 |
| High-CRI LED lamp (blue LED) | 2700–5000 | 95 |
| Ceramic discharge metal-halide lamp | 5400 | 96 |
| Ultra-high-CRI LED lamp (violet LED) | 2700–5000 | 99 |
| Incandescent/halogen bulb | 3200 | 100 |
Luminous Efficacy
Luminous efficacy is a measure of how well a light source produces visible light, watts out versus watts in, measured in lumens per watt. In other words it is a measurement that indicates the ability of a light source to emit visible light using a given amount of power. It is a ratio of the visible energy to the power that goes into the bulb.
FILM LIGHT TYPES
Consumer light types
Tungsten Lights
Light interiors and match domestic places or office locations. Daylight.
Advantages of Tungsten Lights
Almost perfect color rendition
Low cost
Does not use mercury like CFLs (fluorescent) or mercury vapor lights
Better color temperature than standard tungsten
Longer life than a conventional incandescent
Instant on to full brightness, no warm-up time, and it is dimmable
Disadvantages of Tungsten Lights
Extremely hot
High power requirement
The lamp is sensitive to oils and cannot be touched
The bulb is capable of blowing and sending hot glass shards outward. A screen or layer of glass on the outside of the lamp can protect users.
Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide lights
HMI’s are used when high output is required. They are also used to recreate sun shining through windows or to fake additional sun while shooting exteriors. HMIs can light huge areas at once.
Advantages of HMI lights
High light output
Higher efficiency
High color temperature
Disadvantages of HMI lights:
High cost
High power requirement
Dims only to about 50%
the color temperature increases with dimming
HMI bulbs will explode is dropped and release toxic chemicals
Fluorescent
Fluorescent film lighting is achieved by laying multiple tubes next to each other, combining as many as you want for the desired brightness. The good news is you can choose your bulbs to either be warm or cool depending on the scenario you’re shooting. You want to get these bulbs close to the subject because they’re not great at opening up spaces. Fluorescent lighting is used to light interiors and is more compact and cooler than tungsten or HMI lighting.
Advantages of Fluorescent lights
High efficiency
Low power requirement
Low cost
Long lamp life
Cool
Capable of soft even lighting over a large area
Lightweight
Disadvantages of Fluorescent lights
Flicker
High CRI
Domestic tubes have low CRI & poor color rendition.
LED
LED’s are more and more common on film sets. You can use batteries to power them. That makes them portable and sleek – no messy cabled needed. You can rig your own panels of LED lights to fit any space necessary as well. LED’s can also power Fresnel style lamp heads such as the Arri L-series.
Advantages of LED light
Soft, even lighting
Pure light without UV-artifacts
High efficiency
Low power consumption, can be battery powered
Excellent dimming by means of pulse width modulation control
Long lifespan
Environmentally friendly
Insensitive to shock
No risk of explosion
Disadvantages of LED light
High cost.
LED’s are currently still expensive for their total light output
https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/lP0V/hdri-collection-1-23-studio-lights-lamps-and-softboxes
Filmatick – THE ESSENTIAL SOFTWARE FOR PRE-VISUALIZATION OF FILM AND MEDIA
Script Mapping, Scene-by-Scene Breakdown, Set & Character Development, Animation, Lighting, Music, offline editing and Sound Effects.
