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Wind River - Movie Review
By: Sarah Mason on Aug 7, 2017 at 5:41:35 pm
Sarah Mason and Jake Essoe review WIND RIVER, a new film directed and written by Taylor Sheridan (SICARIO, HELL OR HIGH WATER) starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen.
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Comic-Con Diaries 2017
By: Sarah Mason on Aug 7, 2017 at 5:36:35 pm
Sarah Mason & Jake Essoe of The Harold & Maudecast return from San Diego International Comic-Con 2017 to recap all the fun, news, announcements and craziness of the most popular Con in the world. Highlights include Virtual Reality (VR) Con, Justice League, Aquaman, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok & Black Panther + Infinity War sneak peek, Stranger Things, Westworld, Buffy 20, Geoff John's update on Doomsday Clock, Hodor & the Game of Thrones cast, some awesome George Romero anecdotes from The Walking Dead panel, showfloor goodies, cosplay & CONAN!!!
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Framestore Puts Hulk Into Action
By: Creative COW on Aug 3, 2017 at 11:25:34 am
International Oscar-winning creative studio Framestore is showing its cross-platform capabilities yet again by bringing the powerful Marvel character Hulk to life on both film and commercial platforms. The Film team in London and Integrated Advertising team in Los Angeles collaborated on the latest CG characterization of Hulk for upcoming Marvel Studios releases and Renault’s commercial ‘Renault Kwid.’...
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RED Digital Cinema RAVEN Camera Kit Available Exclusively Through Apple.com
By: Creative COW on Aug 3, 2017 at 10:35:00 am
RED Digital Cinema announced today that its RED RAVEN Camera Kit is now available exclusively through Apple.com and available to demo at select Apple Retail Stores. Priced at $14,995, it includes everything you need to start shooting and editing, including lens, card reader, batteries, case, and more, plus Apple FCPX software....
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Blackmagic Design Introduces Fusion 9 with VR
By: Creative COW on Aug 3, 2017 at 8:46:45 am
Blackmagic Design today announced Fusion 9, a major update to its visual effects, compositing, 3D and motion graphics software. Fusion 9 has been designed to support the latest workflows and features new VR tools, entirely new keyer technology, planar tracking, camera tracking, multi user collaboration tools and more -- along with a price reduction down from $995 to only $295. Read why customers are already praising its speed, power, and ease of use....
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An Oral History of My Illegal Internships
By: Kylee Peña on Jul 28, 2017 at 2:02:55 am
Whether by necessity or the evolution of a specific kind of culture, internships have emerged as a dominant “foot-in-the-door” for the post production industry. Among those internships, the unpaid variety tend to dominate in a way that is not seen in many other fields such as business and medicine. Sure, unpaid internships aren’t exclusive to post production; however, for some reason we’ve collectively decided that the single biggest way to prove one’s merit is by working in some capacity for free.
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Game of Thrones Season 7 Premiere - Review
By: Sarah Mason on Jul 19, 2017 at 4:12:53 pm
Winter is here! And Thrones is finally back to fill our Sunday nights with Dragons, Dire Wolves, White Walkers and Giant Zombies. The premiere episode kicked off on July 16, "Dragonstone". We find our old friends haven't changed much. Jon and Sansa are arguing over strategy, Cersei is the Wicked Witch of the South, The Hound is still grumpy, but might have grown a conscience, Arya is more of a badass then we ever imagined, Samwell Tarly is knee deep in shit and asking Professor Slughorn for books from the restricted section, and Daenerys has finally come home to Westeros...
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Countdown to Thrones & SDCC
By: Sarah Mason on Jul 15, 2017 at 6:02:40 pm
This week on The Harold & Maudecast, Episode 302, Countdown to Thrones & SDCC. Hosts Sarah Mason and Jake Essoe Countdown to the Season 7 premiere of Game of Thrones with recaps, theories, predictions and more. With San Diego Comic Con only three weeks away, we've got the list of the hottest panels and a preview of what to expect at SDCC 2017. Now playing in theaters, BABY DRIVER, Edgar Wright (SHAUN OF THE DEAD), new action heist film hits theaters and we give it our full Justice & Doom review.
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Baby Driver - Movie Review
By: Sarah Mason on Jul 15, 2017 at 6:01:36 pm
Sarah Mason and Jake Essoe of The Harold & Maudecast review the film BABY DRIVER, written and directed by Edgar Wright (SHAUN OF THE DEAD) starring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jamie Foxx and Jon Hamm.
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A Letter to Incoming Female Freshmen in Media Programs
By: Kylee Peña on Jul 9, 2017 at 11:20:08 pm
A lot of so-called “open letters” on the internet address the outgoing graduates of programs. And while they should bask in the glow of congratulations and good luck because they worked hard, they earned it, and they have some serious challenges on the horizon, this letter isn’t for them.
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Bridging the Gap to Opportunity: A Conversation with 3 First-Time NAB Show Attendees
By: Kylee Peña on Jul 3, 2017 at 6:53:13 pm
Imagine this: you’re in your early twenties, at the start of your career in post production. You come from a working class family with no connections in the media industry, and you’ve had many challenges to overcome along the way. You’ve been working hard to maintain momentum by keeping your bosses happy at your day job — a day job that doesn’t pay you quite what it should — while taking on side projects and extracurriculars at night. You do all the right things, including networking and getting involved in your community.
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Interview w/ Actor Alex Essoe for MIDNIGHTERS
By: Sarah Mason on Jun 28, 2017 at 12:01:35 am
Sarah and Jake from The Harold & Maudecast sit down with actor Alex Essoe to discuss her new film, MIDNIGHTERS, a thriller/horror about a couple who try to cover up a gruesome crime and find themselves in a Hitchcockian web of deceit and misdirection. The film premiered at the 2017 Los Angeles Film Festival. MIDNIGHTERS is a horror/thriller from Director, Julius Ramsay (The Walking Dead), written by his brother Alston Ramsay. Co-starring with Essoe is Perla Haney-Jardine (STEVE JOBS), and Dylan McTee (Sweet/Vicious) and Ward Horton (ANNABELLE).
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Riding the Creative COW for 16 years
By: Dennis Kutchera on Jun 17, 2017 at 3:13:34 pm
Creative COW is now 16 years old as of April 2017. The COW is the most amazing peer to peer creative technology resource website on planet Earth. This article from 2016 by Tim Wilson, popped up again recently in my Facebook newsfeed and it is still a good read. https://library.creativecow.net/wilson_tim/Founding-Creative-COW/1
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My East to West Coast Moving Adventure
By: Katie Toomey on May 21, 2017 at 10:55:49 pm
My shoes are squishy and soaked. I'm holding up the biggest umbrella I own and using my phone precariously like a flashlight. At 3AM, the sky is dark and pouring rain. I had peeked outside the stained motel curtains in exhaustion right before venturing out and spotted rain. It wasn't merely raining, it was actual torrential pouring rain!
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Uncharted 4 Review - Is it Really All That?
By: Sarah Mason on May 9, 2017 at 8:21:28 pm
Jake Essoe host of Confessions of a Basement Dweller on The HMC takes a deep dive into Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, the best selling Playstation 4 game ever at 8.7 million copies sold. Is it that good? Fan boys say hell yes, Jake says, hell maybe not. Listen to his review. 7.9/10
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HMC Asks: Audience or Customer?
By: Sarah Mason on Apr 27, 2017 at 7:02:59 pm
This month on The HMC we are examining content creation in the age of smart phones, Netflix and other distractions. In this preview of The Harold & Maudecast, Sarah Mason and Jake Essoe discuss the concept of Audience vs. Customer. Who are we in today's re-classified content viewing world. Are we audiences or are we customers, or both?
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Can Quality Content Survive The Age of Distraction
By: Sarah Mason on Apr 27, 2017 at 7:02:04 pm
Sarah Mason of The HMC Network (www.thehmcnetwork.com) sits down with screenwriters Stephen Godchaux (Dead Like Me, Spin City, Roseanne) and Warren Lewis (Black Rain, The Thirteenth Warrior) to whether or not quality content can survive in the age of distracted viewing. They explore; what's in store for traditional broadcast television and theatrical film releases, audiences vs. customers, how Netflix and Amazon pulled off the greatest coup ever, why and how audiences are migrating more and more toward streaming content, binge vs. event night and what shows are revolutionizing the way we watch content.
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ARRI Camera Showreel 2017
By: Creative COW on Apr 24, 2017 at 9:21:59 pm
ARRI ALEXA SXT, AMIRA, ALEXA Mini, and ALEXA 65 get to strut their stuff in this collection of some of the highlights of some of the world's highest-profile cinematography. In addition to footage from recent releases such as The Fate of the Furious, Moonlight, Rogue One, Ghost in the Shell, Lion, Toni Erdmann, Blader Runner 2049, plus much, much more. With 9 minutes to luxuriate in a stunning range of work from across the globe, you still won't want to miss a frame.
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AJA Ki Pro Ultra Plus: 4-Channel HD Recording, with 4K Apple ProRes/Avid DNxHD Support
By: Creative COW on Apr 24, 2017 at 6:07:07 pm
AJA Ki Pro Ultra Plus is a Multi-Channel Apple ProRes recorder offering up to 4-Channels of simultaneous HD recording, or in Single-Channel mode a 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD Apple ProRes® or Avid DNxHD® MXF recorder and player supporting the latest connectivity including 3G-SDI, Fiber and HDMI 2.0, as well as large raster high frame rate workflows, including 4K 60p....
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Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 14
By: Creative COW on Apr 24, 2017 at 5:44:53 pm
Blackmagic Design today announced DaVinci Resolve 14, the biggest release in the history of the product, and an update. New features include up to 10 times performance improvement, a whole new audio post production suite with Fairlight audio built into DaVinci Resolve, and multi user collaboration tools that let multiple people edit, color and mix audio from multiple systems, all in the same project at the same time. What this means is that DaVinci Resolve 14 is like 3 high end applications in one. Customers get professional editing, color correction and the new Fairlight audio tools, with a new reduced...
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DJI Introduces Ronin 2, A More Powerful, Versatile and Intelligent Stabilizer For Film And Video Professionals
By: Creative COW on Apr 24, 2017 at 10:05:52 am
DJI, the world’s leader in creative camera technology, today introduced Ronin 2, the three-axis camera stabilizer redesigned to give filmmakers the freedom to capture any scene they can imagine. Based on DJI’s transformative gimbal technology, Ronin 2 has more power and torque to carry larger cameras, is more versatile to be used in every situation, and has more intelligent features to allow for unprecedented camera moves that help realize every creative vision.
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HP Announces DreamColor Cinema 4K 31" and 24" Displays, Secure Mobile Workstations
By: Creative COW on Apr 24, 2017 at 8:09:23 am
Today at NAB, HP Inc. announced true Cinema 4K displays, arming color professionals with new features, like color-critical accuracy and automatic calibration, to produce the films and animations of tomorrow: the new HP DreamColor Z31x Studio and HP DreamColor Z24x G2 displays. Also announced: the HP ZBook Studio, HP’s premium mobile workstation built for creative visionaries including filmmakers, architects, and engineers, featuring high performance, sleek design, up to 16.5 hours of battery life, and the industry's highest security....
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Panasonic at NAB Show 2017
By: Creative COW on Apr 24, 2017 at 6:55:31 am
Panasonic’s booth at NAB is going to packed with the range of goodness that showgoers have come to expect, including the Cinema VariCam Experience, a look at the control room of the future, cloud-based news production, transparent and AR displays, and much more that we’ll be reporting throughout the week. Just before the show officially opened, Panasonic offered a preview of some of what’s in store for their customers, at the show and beyond, starting with a new camera system for live broadcast of 360-degree uncompressed 4K/30.
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New Video Features from Adobe Stock
By: Dennis Radeke on Apr 24, 2017 at 1:19:37 am
We are undergoing a video revolution. Over 1 billion hours of videos are being consumed per day on YouTube alone, and by 2020, nearly 80% of all Internet traffic is projected to come from video consumption. Stock video plays an important role in fulfilling this demand, gracing televisions, movie theatres, computer screens, and everything in between.
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ARRI ALEXA Goes Wireless!
By: Creative COW on Apr 23, 2017 at 10:38:55 pm
In a move that will increase efficiency on set, ARRI has integrated a high-quality and low-latency HD video transmitter and a WiFi radio into the new ALEXA SXT W model ("W" for Wireless). Based on the popular ALEXA SXT Plus, the SXT W will replace the ALEXA SXT Plus and ALEXA SXT Studio models. As always, there are attractive upgrade options for existing owners of ALEXA SXT EV and ALEXA SXT Plus cameras.
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Videoguys NAB 2017 Preview
By: Videoguys on Apr 22, 2017 at 12:54:20 am
Jim Bask from Videoguys offers a sneak peek at some new products and technologies that you'll want to take a closer look at this week, whether you're able to attend the NAB Show in person, or whether you'll be playing along from home. That includes the NewTek TriCaster TC1, the G-Technology G-RACK 12 along with Thunderbolt Solutions, Boris FX's Imagineer Mocha VR, Glyph Atom rugged portable solid state drives, streaming systems from Matrox, PTZ Optics, and much, much more.
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