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Accessorizing Your 1DC for Cinematic Capture
Part 1 A few weeks ago, I wrote about dialing in all the menus so that your camera was ready to capture imagery that was cinematic and film friendly. These next two posts will be about the...
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Accessorizing Your 1DC for Cinematic Capture: Part 2
Last week we got your Canon 1DC looking like a movie camera and not a DSLR. This week our focus is on adding the little bits that energize video village and make the camera focus puller friendly....
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Contest – Where’s the GoPro in Need for Speed?
“The Need for Speed Page on the HurlBlog” I felt it was important to build a page that has a specific interest in the trailblazing, innovating and specifics of creating Need For Speed. So our web...
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Shane’s Gear Bag
I have been asked by many of our readers to share details regarding my personal Gear Bag. I use a vast array of tools to be able to tell all types of stories and wanted to break it down with detail....
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Here’s the GoPro in the Need for Speed Trailer
GoPro Shot 1 GoPro Shot 2 Thanks so much to everyone who gave it a shot and entered our Where’s the GoPro in the Need for Speed Trailer? contest. It wasn’t easy, but eight of you correctly answered...
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Canon C500 vs. Film Camera Test
March 14 is right around the corner, the theatrical release of Need for Speed. On opening night, when everyone sits in their seats and the lights go down in the theater, hopefully you’re in a 3D...
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Turning Your GoPro Hero 3 into a Cinematic Movie Making Machine
Part One With Need for Speed’s release right around the corner and several press articles coming out about how we pulled off this movie, I wanted to give all of you an insider’s perspective on how I...
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Need For Speed: Innovation, Gear and Cinematography
Pulling Back the Curtain In a few days, all of you will be able to see what I have been discussing on the HurlBlog for over a year. March 14th is the domestic release of Need for Speed in 2D and 3D....
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Flanders CM 250 – The Lighting and Exposure Monitor of the Future
Last November, I was a speaker at CCW in New York. I have done this small show two years running and love the size and the vibe of the audience. I did one keynote each day and the rest of the time I...
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Kitting Out Your MoVI for Cinematic Capture
Earlier this year, I left a whirlwind Location Scout that encompassed Paris, Torino, Trento, Milan and Venice and looked to my future. That future includes the new film Fathers and Daughters that I am...
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DP-7 Pro Set Up for Cinematic Filmmaking
There are a ton of on-board monitors on the market and each one is trying to set itself apart from the pack. I have always been a fan of the company SmallHD, not only because of the products that they...
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Tiffen Diffusion Filters and Steadicam
Innovation in Digital Sensor Capture Tiffen has been one of our blog sponsors for over four years. They have been incredibly supportive of my innovative ideas brainstorms and creative process and have...
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Blackmagic Cinema Camera: Putting It Through the Paces
Blackmagic Cinema Camera It has been almost two years since I started prepping Need for Speed in the fall of 2012. The slew of camera tests that I conducted gave me a comprehensive ability to go...
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The New HP DreamColor: It’s all about the Color Space
I was looking back at all my old BTS pictures from Act of Valor with the old HP DreamColor display drilled to a Pelican case and said to myself, “Look how far we have come.” With the release of the...
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CineGear: On the Couch with Nino
I’ve been going to Cinegear for a long time. It’s such a great opportunity to be outside, see old friends, crew members, and vendors who have helped me along in my career. Since Fathers and Daughters...
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Color Correction Made Easy
Part 1: Matching Sensors with Spyder Datacolor When you are mixing formats and different lens types like I have done in the past on Need for Speed and recently on Fathers and Daughters, you need to...
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Part 2: Color Correction Made Easy
Canon C300 Matching Different Glass with Spyder Datacolor I know all of you do not have large budgets. This is why I try and help you get your creation looking its very best at a reasonable price tag....
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Blackmagic Cinema Camera: The Perfect Training Ground for Cinematographers
Looking back to the beginning of my career as a cinematographer, what was my training ground? I started shooting music videos and that was on Super 16mm film. Back then, music videos ruled. I shot...
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Many of you have been asking lately for video of my speaking appearances. We are working to edit some of these for release in the Inner Circle, but I remembered that we did have this one available. In...
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Leica Glass and a C500 Sensor Own the Night for Acura
Six months ago, I wrote a post “Why Do We Want Flat Glass?” that was an example of what power posts would be like for the Inner Circle. It shows you what I am looking at as an artist and as a...
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