I might’ve mentioned this before, but a lot of drone videos are starting to look kind of samey. It’s always the “cinematic” (basically a 2.4:1 aspect ratio) slow flyby over some landscape or other, with no real story. Just a bunch of vaguely connected clips of a location. A few people are pushing themselves and trying to come up with something different and interesting. One such person is filmmaker Chris Castor, winner of the narrative category at the Los Angeles Drone Film Festival with his short film, Cardboard Cadet....

It’s been a bit of a journey since the last major release of DaVinci Resolve. Resolve 16 came out almost two years ago, at NAB in April 2019. Finally, last November, Blackmagic announced that Resolve 17 was being released as a public beta, letting us get our grubby little mitts on the newest version to have a play and see what we could break. Today, Blackmagic has announced that DaVinci Resolve 17 is now out of beta and sees its first final release....

The overall notion of boredom is one which may make you feel dragged down or overall just exhausted, but with the newest technologies at our disposal, this has become easier to combat. Many say that the existence of technologies such as smartphones, PCs, tablets, and all other sorts of internet-based technology may be helping us kill off boredom, while others believe that it does the opposite by making us dependent on them....

Along with the pricey (but pretty impressive) EOS R3, Canon has also announced two new lenses: the RF 16mm f/2.8 STM and the RF 100-400mm f/5.6-8 IS USM. Both lenses are made for Canon’s full-frame mirrorless cameras, and unlike the latest camera – they aren’t expensive at all. Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM The Canon RF 16mm f/2.8 STM is a sleek, compact, and lightweight wide-angle prime....

I’m not a fan of western superhero franchises. Yes I fully appreciate that I’m in the minority here and it’s certainly not my intention to turn you away in the first sentence, but rather to solidify the fact that this exploration of colour in cinema does not come from a fanboy solely driven by vapid, one dimensional characters and napkin narratives, but rather pure adoration of a masterwork in cinematography....