Dogma 16 No. 4 – Frozen Moments

This is a presentation of a short movie produced by Gorilla Film Studios, referred to as No. 4 adhering to the Dogma 16 manifesto, entitled Frozen Moments. It was recorded, edited, mixed, colour corrected and graded by yours truly. Music by courtesy of Jonas Olsen, entitled Vilse (used by permission). No major changes were made … More Dogma 16 No. 4 – Frozen Moments

Lux ex Tenebris (Special Edition) – Camera Test Movie I

Below I have once again appended my very first camera test movie, entitled Lux ex Tenebris. This is the Special Edition of my first footage ever taken with the BMPCC, and my first try to use that camera with the Meteor 5-1 zoom lens. The result out of camrea was very shaky. This version has … More Lux ex Tenebris (Special Edition) – Camera Test Movie I

Dogma 16 No. 2 – A Curious Day at Snooper’s Haven

This is a presentation of my third official short movie produced by Gorilla Film Studios, referred to as No. 2 being the second film adhering to the Dogma 16 manifesto, entitled A Curious Day at Snooper’s Haven. It was recorded, edited, mixed, colour corrected and graded by yours truly. Music by courtesy of POLYNAUT_, used … More Dogma 16 No. 2 – A Curious Day at Snooper’s Haven

Mirrors – Camera Test Movie with the OKS 3-10-1 and RafCamera Adapter

Exactly one month ago my RafCamera Kinor-16SX-2 to MFT adapter with screws arrived. I got it for free from Rafael Pankratau of RafCamera, because the bayonet lock version of that same adapter didn’t fit my LOMO 16 OKS 3-10-1 f/2.1 10 mm. But the simpler version with screws fits as a glove! The lens is … More Mirrors – Camera Test Movie with the OKS 3-10-1 and RafCamera Adapter

Upping my Grade – The DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel

Yesterday, at 21:00 (9 pm) Stockholm time Blackmagic Design held a Camera and DaVinci Resolve Press Conference where the founder and CEO Grant Petty presented three new products, the DaVinci Resolve Micro and Mini Panels, and the Blackmagic Mini URSA Pro camera. Blackmagic Design simultaneously announced that a new version of DaVinci Resolve (12.5.5) had … More Upping my Grade – The DaVinci Resolve Micro Panel

Pimping up the BMPCC – My Wish List for 2017 and beyond…

To recapitulate the past year. Autumn of 2016 saw a major investment in a new digital film camera, the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, plus two SDXC flash memory cards and a dual USB charger to go with the two EN-EL20 spare batteries. I also aquired a brand new workstation that would match up the CinemaDNG RAW workflow … More Pimping up the BMPCC – My Wish List for 2017 and beyond…

A Short Narrative Documentary – The XmasTree Hunt

Herein below is attached my first official short movie presented by Gorilla Film Studios (formerly MasterPlan Productions), entitled The XmasTree Hunt. It was directed, recorded, edited, mixed and graded by yours truly, Tomas Stacewicz. Music by courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) license, and the Jingle Punks. Drone … More A Short Narrative Documentary – The XmasTree Hunt

The Strobe Effect – How to match your Camera to your AC Mains

The other day, I took some shots with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera of our newly decorated Christmas Tree. I only used the light coming from the electric christmas tree LED lights, fed from the mains with 220 Volts, 50 Hz. The scene was shot on CinemaDNG RAW, with the camera set to 24 fps, … More The Strobe Effect – How to match your Camera to your AC Mains

Lux ex Tenebris HQ – The art of maximising your YouTube upload

For the last week or so I have worked tirelessly in finding a way of upolading my first camera test movie entitled Lux ex Tenebris with as high quality to the image retained as possible. Iv’e done all of my editing and grading in DaVinci Resolve 12.5 and when it was time to render the … More Lux ex Tenebris HQ – The art of maximising your YouTube upload

Lux ex Tenebris – Camera Test Movie I

Herein below is attached my first camera test movie presented by MasterPlan Productions, entitled Lux ex Tenebris. It was filmed, edited, mixed and graded by me, Tomas Stacewicz. Music by courtesy of Chase Rayment (starfrosch.com/hot-100/artist/chase+rayment) used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported Licence (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). The movie is 17:32 minutes long and it was published … More Lux ex Tenebris – Camera Test Movie I