Samyang’s new XP Lens line is really heating up. Their new 50mm F1.2 lens is the third lens they’ve added to this lineup touting touts 8k for video and more than 50 megapixels for photography. Chances are this lens will deliver beautiful bokeh and sharp images even low light. I can’t wait to try it out myself.
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Welcome to Shane’s Inner Circle member spotlight featuring Gabe Sheets. Gabe discusses his journey directing his latest film, “Fugue,” and how he faced challenges and what he would have done different in pre-production.
Filmmaker Sherri Kauk shares the challenges of shooting the ultra low budget indie film “Murder Made Easy” and how she worked with the director to nail the look for this project.
Welcome to our first Artist Spotlight of our Inner Circle Members! Our members are what make Shane’s Inner Circle the best filmmaking community YOU should be a part of, and we want to celebrate their stories with this Spotlight Series by sharing them with the world! Read on, be inspired, and join us on the inside so you can take your own work further. Enjoy! -Shane
I asked our Inner Circle member Will Stewart to take BTS stills of our latest Inner Circle content shoot and to use the Fujifilm GFX 50S. This is his take on his experience shooting BTS of our Inner Circle content shoot.
Breaking down a script and creating something tangible for an audience isn’t an easy task. It takes time, it takes meditation, and it takes pre-visualization. Don’t rush this process and enjoy it. You have a blanket canvas… now paint it.
By: Lydia Hurlbut, CEO – Setting boundaries will give you the comfort, ease, and power to navigate your career and your personal life.
On a feature film, it’s important to understand how aspect ratio is going to affect your story, creatively and logistically. Your framing comes down to how the story wants to be told.
How Color Archetypes can affect your work as a filmmaker. Understanding color archetypes takes time, but it’s manageable when applied with common sense.
Properly crafting the cinematography of a movie is a crucial part of the filmmaking process. Let’s talk about a few different styles of film language. There are so many options to choose from when crafting a scene, but it comes down to picking the right ones.
On a feature right now shooting on the beautiful island of Ischia with one of my favorite directors Gabriele Muccino. We are shooting in all kinds of situations and as always, I’m able to turn to Freefly to let my creativity and ingenuity soar.
Take hold of your inspiration and run with it! If that’s one thing I can share with everyone, it is to not avoid what makes you tick as a filmmaker. That soul and essence will be what carries you to greater levels, not conforming to what everyone else wants in the moment, or looks for you to be. Stay true to your style, your passions, and what you want to get out of this industry.
Freefly has been instrumental in flipping the whole paradigm on how I shoot movies. It’s not about the trick shots, it’s more about figuring out how we can use this incredible device that Freefly has created, the MoVI, to shift the paradigm of how we make movies and how it change the dynamics within the movie making industry. Welcome to the future.
This is it – the latest battery pack power showdown. We have Blueshape’s new 140Wh Granite Mini V-Mount running against the Anton Bauer’s Digital 150.
The team here at Shane’s Inner Circle and Hurlbut Visuals wants to continue to support the careers of our members by providing a new platform for exposure: The “Artist Spotlight” hosted on the front page of The Hurlblog. Our new “Artist Spotlight” is a way for our members to share their own stories of how they’ve applied what they’ve learned in the Inner Circle on a recent project. We want to give members the opportunity to dive into detail with their own article that we’ll host here on the Hurlblog.
Throughout my career, I have been interested in using and mastering different mediums to enhance the storytelling experience. Since the dawn of cinema, movies have been captured on celluloid. As time progressed, we introduced new acquisition formats and film gauges like 8mm, 16mm, Super 8mm, 65mm, video tape, and digital video capture. Each new format registers a certain mood/feel due to past experiences with the medium or how it’s been utilized in the history of the moving image. So, how can you utilize different formats to enhance a story?
I wanted to nail the look of Fathers and Daughters in-camera. To do that I turned to Tiffen filtration. The 1989 is Katie’s perspective from when she was 10 years old. This look had to be warm, inviting, colorful, with flares and glowing highlights. The Tiffen Antique #2 gave us this yellow, slightly aged quality to it all. The highlights were perfectly bloomed with the Glimmer Glass #1. These filters were magical and got us right where we want to be, all in-camera.
All of these rules of engagement mean being obsessed with the subtleties. In a 2 hour (plus) feature film, you’re not going to see it. Rather, you’re going to feel it. That’s what the emotion is all about. You want to feel it in some way and not be taken out of the film because of camera work.
In a home, it’s very important to understand the etiquette of breakers, circuit boxes and your power needs. Eric Forand, Gaffer for Shane Hurlbut, ASC, takes you through the do’s and don’ts of household power distribution so your production can run smoothly and quickly!
“How do you seamlessly stitch a one shot sequence together using multiple shots?” This is a great question because not many cinematographers break it down. These are just a few of tips from Shane Hurlbut, ASC to get you in the pocket for the perfect “oner.” Shane’s Inner Circle members received his full in-depth guide to one shot sequences as part of their monthly subscription in June 2017. Sign up today and never miss articles like this to enhance your filmmaking!