New Genus Gunstock Camera Rig At SXSW 2011.

By: Jared Abrams

Here is the new gunstock mount camera rig from Genus. This type of rig works well for run and gun situations and easily breaks down for travel. It seems that this is the evoloution of rigs for most manufactures. The Genus looks like one bad ass rig if this is your style. I particularly like the shoulder stock. It looks quite comfy. The Genus Gunstock Mount retails for around $599.

Click here to check it out.

creativeLive with Vincent Laforet. Free Workshop and Gear.

By: Jared Abrams

Vincent Laforet will be teaching an HDDSLR workshop at creativeLive March 4^th-6^th. He will also be giving away a ton of gear. Here is a rip from his blog. Click here to check it out.

“OK here we go!   This coming Friday through Sunday promises to be a very exciting 72 hours!  As most of you who read the blog know – we will be shooting and broadcasting live on web the second part of our creativeLIVE HDDLSLR workshop titled “HDDSLR – Moving From Still to Video with Vincent Laforet”

The workshop will be broadcast free during that 72 hour period and go on sale thereafter.

We will also be giving away an insane amount of gear during the workshop – to be eligible to win it – all you need to do is to follow @creativelive and @vincentlaforet on twitter – that’s it!  We’ll send everyone more details as we get ready to give stuff away.

For those of you who took part in the first workshop a little under a year ago – here’s how this workshop will differ from that one.   The first workshop focused heavily on gear and theory.  We did a little bit of shooting and a quick edit.  This workshop will flip that around – we’ll focus a bit on some new gear, and on some other important things you need to know prior to any shoot.  But most of our time will be spent actually shooting.  We’ll discuss a little theory of course – but ON SET and DURING a shoot.  We will also devote a good chunk of the first day to workflow – both with Apple’s Final Cut Studio and Adobe’s CS5 suite, from ingest to output – and even backup – something a lot of this blog’s readers have been clamoring for for awhile!”

Hand Held Skate Video In NYC Traffic.

By: Jared Abrams

Zack Mctee shot this video with a JAG35 handheld rig and a Canon 5D Mark II in NYC traffic. I grew up in New York and I can say first hand that it took some big stones to shoot this video. Here is a rip from the emil I received.

“After some conversation with my pals from Jag35 I agreed to get rid of all the blue in my kit and replace it with orange. When the new offset shoulder rig showed up I had to go test it out.

I decided to steer away from the typical tests that consist of shallow DOF flower shots and video portraits. Instead, I grabbed my skateboard and put a shoulder rig to the ultimate test of bumpy movement and sketchy situations. Skateboarding is what got me into filmmaking and it’s always fun to get back on the  board with a camera and make something interesting.

I shot it using the Canon 5D Mark II attached to a  jag35 offset shoulder rig. The whole thing was shot on the Canon 16-35mm f2.8 lens.”

Jorgen Escher Anti Moire Plug In For FCP.

By: Jared Abrams

Jorgen Escher has written a FCP plug-in that will reduce the micro-moire found in some HDSLR footage. This will not solve all moiré problems, but may help you clean things up a bit. The video demo has no sound and is quite short. Here is a rip from his site.

“This FCP plugin battles the disturbing problem of micro-moire. Micro-moire manifests itself as red/blue color streaks and pixels that appear in natural and irregular patterns, such as hair, water and grass. Micro-moire is seldom visible on the camera’s LCD display and sometimes not even on a 7″ external monitor. Many a good shot has been spoiled. Get them off the shelf and run them through this new filter!”

Click here for more info.

Click here to download the FCP plug-in.

Source: Philip Bloom