May 14, 2012

  After our successfull Post Chat live Meet up at NAB , the Post Chat crew has added a second live event here in Toronto!!! Come Join us for evening of fun and prizes. I am sure there were be also plenty of you tweeting. If you are wondering what is the live event all about ? Hit up our Facebook Page to see photos from our NAB Event,and see our grand...

Apr 25, 2012

NAB 2012 has come to close. I know actually that happened last week, but I have been busy jumping back right into the thic of things as soon as I got back. I had a lot to catch up on. NAB this year was again filled with a ton of new gear in both production and post-production. The most exciting pieces were BlackMagic Design’s Cinema Camera, Sony F700, Adobe...

Apr 23, 2012

BlackMagic Design has recently announced the introduction of a brand new camera known as the BlackMagic Design Cinema Camera. The camera was first introduced last week at NAB at the low price of $2995!! The camera comes boasting a 13 stop Dynamic Range, interchangeable lenses, and a resolution of 2.5k . The images are captured to a 12-bit Raw file onto a SSD. In...

Apr 23, 2012

If you follow Post Chat on twitter then you know it’s basically a twitter only venue. However that has all changed now. Due to massive popular demand, and thanks to the great feedback from NAB this year, we now have a Facebook group for Post Chat. Feel free to join us here for the Post Chat Facebook Group.   Postchat is a weekly twitter-based chat,...

Apr 11, 2012

Avid has just announced an unprecedented limited-time cross-grade promotion on Avid Symphony 6 software that will represent an over 80% discount. Avid Symphony 6 is available to all qualified Avid and Final Cut Pro customers at the special price of only $999 (USD). This limited-time offer expires June 15, 2012.  For eligibility requirements and more...

Apr 2, 2012

Sony has recently announced a brand new camera  to follow up the FS100 and compete with the well received Canon C300 known as the Sony NEX-FS700. The camera is capable of shooting conventional 1080p, and 4K. Yes I said 4K. The Super 35mm image sensor will initially shoot 1080p but as Sony said it’s 4K ready. this means that down the road Sony is planing to...

Feb 22, 2012

Tonight the C.C.E. are having another great filled night with a Q&A period. Join us for a great night as Editors Lisa Grootenboer, C.C.E., Wendy Hallam Martin, C.C.E., Co-Producer Bill Goddard and Visual Effects Producer Bill Halliday present scenes from The Borgias and The Tudors and share their insights with us. Following the Q&A will be social time...

Feb 9, 2012

A good friend of mine and well known filmmaker and DP Philip Bloom recently asked me to write a guest post for his website. The subject would be Avid Media Composer 6, its new features, and it’s place in the post-production market.  Philip has been an Avid editor, but because previously Avid required proprietary hardware the cost was too expensive to use...

Feb 5, 2012

This week has been a busy one, as I have been involved in a few Avid workshops. The week began with York University where I was instructing local student to the basics of Avid Media Composer 6. The students at York University had all been trained on Final Cut Pro 7.  I was invited to speak at York University about the basics of Avid and how the industry has...

Feb 2, 2012

Avid  today announced the release of its first video editing application for the iPad—Avid Studio, available immediately at the Apple App Store.  As the first iPad app for video editing to offer frame-by-frame editing accuracy and access to all kinds of media, Avid Studio for iPad allows users to quickly and easily create and share exciting, highly...

Feb 1, 2012

Filmmaking has always been an art of passion. We do it because we love it. Over the years cameras and gear have played a big part in how we look at the world thorough the view finder. With the recent news that Kodak is going under. I though it was a great time to just take a look at some of the turning points and evolution of cameras for filmmaking in hollywood...

Jan 16, 2012

After much deliberation on a some new glass I finally picked up the Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens. I picked mine from B&H Photo where it has been on sale this holiday season.  Since it was the holiday season, I did not expect my lens to arrive until much later. Also considering the high volume of boxing day sales, well I was not  holding my breath....

Jan 16, 2012

I know it has been some time since my last posting. It was a very busy holiday season. However, I am very happy to announce Tej’s Tech Blog has an all new look.  We have been all been hard at work here at AOTG to upgrade the look and provide our readers with a more interactive and user friendly website.  Tej’s Tech Blog will continue to look at the...

Jan 3, 2012

2011 saw the announcement of 2 of the biggest cameras to hit the scene, the RED Scarlet – X, and the Canon C300. Both of the cameras were also either coincidentally or purposely announced the exact same day. The RED Scarlet – X boast 4k recording (4096 x 2160 ) or 5k stills at 12FPS continuous capture speed.  The body is built like a tank and is...

Nov 24, 2011

AOTG has released a new mobile app for the iPhone and iPad.  Now it’s possible to get all your news about post-production on your iOS devices. The AOTG app supports push notifications, as well as videos from the Canadian Cinema Editors, and Australian Screen Editors. The app also supports location services providing you with the ability to find...