You have you new Fuji X pro 1 well before you start shooting there are a few things I advise purchasing all pictured in the above picture. Dont worry none of what I am suggesting is very expensive but it is very practical. Firstly the lens hood that comes with the camera while nice and…
Further Fuji X Pro 1 Observations
Yesterday I took the X Pro 1 out and did some shooting at the queen victoria market. The light was lousey it was busy and a lot of fun. The thing that is so great about the camera is I can have it around my neck always at the ready. Because it is so small…
The Fuji X Pro 1
I have now had my new camera for a few weeks and have been doing some shooting. The X pro 1 is a very quirky camera but hey for me that is one of its selling points. What has blown me away is the level of detail captured by its APSC sensor The picture above…
UNI POST WEEK 6 WORKING ON MY EFFECTS SCENE
So were now at the end of week 7. I am working fevourishly on the first effects sequence of my project. Here is a screen shot For a simple 20 second sequence of a plane flying through clouds there is a lot involved. Firstly the plane is a 3d model composited in using the colour…
Uni Post WEEK 5 PROPORTIONS
So I started this week in my new fill in role at channel 31, editing there promo’s. It was fantastic to be back professionally editing after a break of over a year. I most enjoy working through creative and technical problems , sometimes coming up with answers that rant on the face of it obvious.…
Uni Post Week 4 Creative Process and Organisation.
This week there are a few issues and discoveries I wish to touch upon, relating to me and the creative process. Firstly, this week I started in a voluntary capacity training to work as there promo producer. Whilst I was training ,I was reminded the importance of process in the creative arena. The work ,…
University week 3 post Keying in After Effects
Today I started layering elements down for my After Effects project. After a bit of research I came across Mocha which is a plugin for After Effects. As you can see from the screen shot above I was in need of a simple way to key in a sky Mocha provides a simple way to…
Uni Week 2 post
Another week gone and ideas are a plenty. The subject’s I have chosen are tying together nicely .They have given me a clear idea of what I will do for my After Effects projects and how I will go about doing them. The reason I undertook the compositing subject was because I believed it was…
University Post Grad Week 1
I have always been a technical and creative person but professionally getting the right set of skills to push my career forward has sometimes been difficult. In a creative industry such as television when I was starting out I had to take whatever position I could get. I ended up editing news and current affairs.…