Snaptrack Cinerails Camera Dolly System
By Cooper James Are you just starting out in the film industry? Are you a News Shooter? A one-man band? Want to add some movement to your film or your interview? Then we have an affordable dolly...
View ArticleExposing Your Image Using False Color on a Flanders Scientific Monitor
By Shane Hurlbut, ASC @shanehurlbutasc You all have heard me talk many times about getting that “sweet spot” and “dialing in my exposure.” A few of you who attended the Illumination Experience Tour...
View ArticlePart 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....
View ArticleBlackmagic 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 for...
View ArticleAct of Valor: A Case Study in Out of the Box Filmmaking
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...
View ArticleLeica 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...
View ArticlePanasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 Gear Review
This is David Weldon, Shane’s assistant. Welcome to the first of many gear reviews coming to the Hurlblog. A few months ago when I came on board the HV Team, Shane approached me and said, “We need to...
View ArticleCollaborative Innovations with Freefly Systems MōVI
The MōVI has always been seen as a trick shot device, one that could be hooked up to a rope, lowered out of a window, passed off and then run down an alley, dropped down into a man-hole cover, then...
View ArticleBlackmagic 4K URSA Tests Part 1
Going Inside the New Blackmagic URSA 4K Camera for Cinematic Capture Happy Holidays to everyone from Lydia, myself and our amazing staff at Hurlbut Visuals. You are so special to us and we cannot thank...
View ArticleTop 10 Hurlblog Posts of 2014
Happy New Year to everyone from the Hurlbut Visuals team! We had a wonderful 2014 with the release of Need for Speed, shooting Fathers and Daughters, launching Shane’s Inner Circle, and coming to 25...
View ArticlePanasonic Lumix DMC GH4 VLog-L Latitude Test
By Shane Hurlbut, ASC @shanehurlbutasc Many of you out there have been strong backers of the Panasonic GH4. I did not personally like what I saw in my initial test a few months back as this camera had...
View ArticleSmall Size, Big Value: The Canon 5D Mark II As A MovieMaker
The Canon 5D Mark II is approximately 2.5 pounds with a still lens, 4.5" high 3" deep and 6" long. Wow! It is nimble and inexpensive so you can have multiple camera bodies working in different...
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