Filmmaking Central

It's Monday, and there's a lot going on!

There's a ton of talk about Black Friday deals for gear and other filmmaking tools. Stay tuned as we outline some of the best deals here on the newsletter as they roll out!

Lots of new tech in today's episode as the holidays are rolling around and everyone is itching to get back out into the world and start shooting.

HBO is releasing a few trailers for new shows to keep an eye out for. Things are ramping up!

What are you looking forward to in 2021?

The Latest

My RØDE Reel 2020 Winners Announced | CineD

The winners of this year’s My RØDE Reel have officially been announced. After receiving more than three times the number of entries (from 114 countries) than in 2019, the winning filmmakers come from 12 different countries. They will share the prize money of $1 million in cash and a huge amount of filmmaking gear. The overall judges’ panel winner is Timothy Hay from South Africa and his film AMANZI OLWANDLE (Ocean Water).

IFC Midnight's Nightmares 'Come True' Out of AFM - Bloody Disgusting

Come True stars Julia Sarah Stone (“The Killing”) as a troubled teenager seeking help for nightmares, only to release dark forces from within.

Ryan Murphy on Netflix's 'The Prom' and Meryl Streep Rapping - Variety

The Emmy-winning director talks about shooting during the pandemic and discovering Jo Ellen Pellman and Ariana DeBose.

Hulu Drops Trailer For Tekashi69 Doc ’69: The Saga Of Danny Hernandez’ – Deadline

Hulu has dropped a trailer for under-the-radar Original documentary 69: The Saga Of Danny Hernandez about the rapper known as Tekashi69.

‘The Crown’ Season 4: Gillian Anderson on Margaret Thatcher —Interview | IndieWire

Margaret Thatcher and the Queen “don’t even need to talk — they could eat cucumber sandwiches and it would be interesting,” she said.

The Industry

HBO Max Lands Amazon Fire TV Carriage Deal, Ending Six-Month Drought – Deadline

HBO Max has filled in a major gap in its distribution scheme, setting a deal with Amazon Fire TV to make the streaming service available in more than 40 million U.S. homes, starting Tuesday.

Acting Techniques: Understand Your Actors and Their Methods

Let’s break down the most popular acting techniques, provide notable examples, and see how your talent’s process can improve your film.

10 Films Whose Cinematography Perfectly Matches Their Concept – Taste of Cinema – Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

Cinematography has the power to send an okay film to stardom. Cinematography also, on some rare occasions, has the ability to merge with the conception of a film, creating a mind-blowing whole that is at once stunning, beautiful, and inspiring. Between the use of color, framing, depth, and overall composition, here are ten films that accomplish just that.

Home Alone at 30: how the unlikely Christmas comedy has endured | Comedy films | The Guardian

No one could have predicted that a simple family film would have been such a box office smash in 1990 or that it would remain a favorite decades after

The Tech

Sony FX6 to be announced on the 17th November - Newsshooter

The much anticipated Sony FX6 will be officially announced on Tuesday the 17th of November at 4 pm GMT.

This $130 Video Desk Setup Rocks!

A Crazy desk rig that mounts your camera, microphone and lights on one stand! Perfect for live streaming, Youtube videos, video meetings and more!

Dolby Cinema for Filmmakers and Audiences - PremiumBeat

What really makes the Dolby Cinema experience so unique? Let’s take a look.

Exploring Colour Quality Systems in Production: Lamphouse efficiency, modifier efficiency and more by Phil Rhodes - ProVideo Coalition

If we didn’t care about efficiency, tungsten lighting is the best technology ever developed. It has near-perfect color rendering, it’s lightweight, inexpensive, and dimmable. It’s great. Sadly, we do have to care about efficiency.

Kondor Blue Sony a7S III Cage Released | CineD

Accessories manufacturer Kondor Blue just released its Sony a7S III cage that features a ton of 1/4″-20 & 3/8″-16 mounting points, built-in NATO rails on top and left sides of the cage, an HDMI cable protector, and so on. Let’s check it out.

Get your Cine lenses during Sigma’s Black Friday by Jose Antunes - ProVideo Coalition

Sigma America offers limited time savings until December 7, 2020, and the company is also offering 0% financing on Sigma Cine lenses through the end of the year.

Creative Solutions Season of Thanks Sale - Newsshooter

It’s that time of the year where brands ramp up their sales for Black Friday/Cyber Monday.

Creative Solutions which consists of SmallHD, Teradek & Wooden Camera has started their sale with various discounts on a wide range of products.

The sale is on now, until 11:59pm Monday, November 30.

Accsoon CineEye 2 Review - Newsshooter

The original CineEye was a big hit with budget filmmakers as it allowed you to stream an HDMI signal directly to smartphones and tablets through Wi-fi.

RED Komodo vs ALEXA Mini vs Canon C300 III Side-by-Side Comparison | 4K Shooters

The ARRI ALEXA Mini, the Canon C300 III, and the RED Komodo are cameras that are in high demand right now for one simple reason: they are simply the best of the best.

Justin Philip and his crew of accomplished cinematographers pit these systems against each other to figure out who is the King of the big three! But, as it is will all quick comparisons, there is a chance you might not see a big difference.

What To Watch

VOTD: Watch Taika Waititi's Coca-Cola Christmas Commercial – /Film

This year, before getting back behind the camera for Thor: Love & Thunder, Waititi decided that he wanted to make tears come out of our face with an epic new Coca-Cola commercial for Christmas.

Taika Waititi’s Coca-Cola Christmas Commercial

[Trailer] HBO's "30 Coins" Brings Enormous Creatures to Religious Horror Series! - Bloody Disgusting

Directed and co-written by acclaimed horror master Álex de la Iglesia (The Day of the Beast, Witching & Bitching, The Last Circus), HBO/HBO Max’s new series “30 Coins” takes viewers into a world where nothing is as it seems, and nobody can be trusted.

The Stand Trailer: The Prophet vs. The Dark Man – /Film

It might seem a weird time for CBS All Access to release its TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King‘s pandemic apocalypse thriller The Stand, but perhaps it will be a form of escape to see a pandemic-stricken Earth become a battleground between good and evil.

Exclusive: 'Baskin' Director is Back This December With Post-Apocalyptic 'Girl With No Mouth' [Trailer] - Bloody Disgusting

Billed as a “grim post-apocalyptic tale for the whole family,” we’ve learned today that director Can Evrenol‘s (Baskin) new movie Girl With No Mouth is releasing early next month.