Digital Video - January 2008 - (Page 10) DV UPDATE SHORTS two serious canine bite dents on the front, the glass covering the VU meters was scratched, but not broken, and the rear battery compartment lid was cracked.” Considering the fact that hyenas have the strongest bone-crushing jaws in Africa, the PCM-D1 came through remarkably unscathed. Hopefully, a taste of battery acid has taught that scavenger a lesson he won't forget. Don't mess with Sony.” Jim Kinsey (above) was surprised to find his PCM-D1 (left) — with bite marks (circled). they’d built to surreptitiously film the animals. When he returned the next morning, the PCM-D1 was gone. At first he thought it had been stolen by poachers, but the ground around the blind was peppered with distinctive hyena tracks. A careful search of the area turned the unit up. “It was covered with mud, and the furry windscreen had been chewed up and spat out,” Kinsey reported. “But the stainless-steel roll bar protected the twin electret condenser mikes. There were READ ALL ABOUT IT CANON’S XH A1 HD CAMS MAKE NEWS AT THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Look carefully. The picture that appears on the front page of tomorrow’s Chicago Tribune may not be a “photograph” at all. It might be a frame-grab from a high-definition digital video camcorder. Either way, readers will not be NOT SO BAD JVC AND FUJINON SERIOUSLY SUPPORT THE INDIE COMEDY A VERY BAD DAY. Director Elizabeth Reeder (co-producer of the controversial documentary Bush's Brain) and director of photography Suezean Matarazzo recently wrapped the independent feature comedy A Very Bad Day. Both raved about how Fujinon lenses and the JVC ProHD GY-HD11OU camcorder contributed to the look of the film. Though the production functioned on a minimal budget; they say the film looks rich and beautiful, belying the penny-pinching that went on behind the camera. “We were pretty close to no budget on this project by industry standards,” said Reeder. “I’ve worked on television episodes that have had bigger budgets, but you would never know that by looking at the dailies.” Matarazzo concurred: “This movie looks like we spent a couple of million on it when the truth is we spent far below that. The lens is really the unsung hero of this picture, and it truly opens the door to making independent filmmaking more affordable." Currently in post on the project, Reeder is working to complete the film in time to submit it to the South by Southwest film festival, where Bush’s Very Bad Day director of photography Seuzean Matarazzo. Brain made its debut in 2004. 10 dv january 2008 www.dv.com http://www.dv.com
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