Part Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves, part Goonies on skateboards, director Lije Sarki’s Concrete Kids tells the story of two nine-year-old boys from Venice, CA, who set off on a mission to cross Los Angeles on skateboards at night to reach the Staples Center by morning for a contest. Now streaming on Amazon Prime, the […]
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In Dopesick Nation, recovering addicts Frankie and Allie take on the heroin epidemic by working to save as many addicts as they can. Premiering on Viceland in September 2018, the series take place in southern Florida and also tries to expose the corruption and exploitation that takes place in the rehab industry. The majority of Dopesick Nation was shot by […]
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The Panasonic VariCam LT has been seen as fairly inaccessible to your average indie filmmaker due to its price. However, those days are over (at least until September 2019), as the VariCam LT has seen a major price drop, making the camera that used to shoot some of the industry’s best shows available to even […]
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This summer marks the 50th anniversary of one of Los Angeles’ most notorious murder cases. The Haunting of Sharon Tate follows 26-year-old actress Sharon Tate (Hilary Duff), a rising star about to have her first baby with her husband, director Roman Polanski. Fraught by terrifying dreams, Tate’s worst nightmares come to life with the appearance […]
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Judd Overton is a multiaward winning director of photography who recently shot the series “No Activity” (on CBS All Access) and “The Letdown” (on Netflix) using the Panasonic VariCam 35 and VariCam LT. We recently spoke with Overton about his work at Panasonic Hollywood, where he was one of several presenters speaking about their work […]
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NEWARK, NJ (January 31, 2019) – Panasonic has announced a free firmware upgrade, Ver. 3.0 (aka EVA 3.0), for the AU-EVA1 cinema camera that greatly improves the camera’s capabilities, including 4K60p 10-bit capture, hardwire remote control via USB-Ethernet adapters, and the addition of a user button function for quick switching of shooting modes and frame rates. […]
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Filmmaker Jodi Savitz studied theater and gender studies at Northwestern University’s School of Communication, and began her career as an actress before pivoting into documentary filmmaking and cinematography. She completed her first short film while studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “I was surrounded by first class equipment and experienced filmmakers which gave me a good head […]
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