Friend to digital cinema foundry Patrick Lawler and often featured on dcf has just completed his 2011 demo reel. There is a lot of power in a demo reel. Read on…

This one is just fun!

Shot as a part of the campaign for the National Museum of Hip Hop. Shot with a Canon 5D Mark II and Canon & Nikon Glass. Submitted by Ruben Late. Read on…

The official video for Clapton Fox’s “Scan Brown Mink”. The promo was shot in Dalston, East London on the Canon EOS 7D using the Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L and Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L lenses. Submitted by: Ben Lankester

A stunning film from Will Hoffman and Daniel Mercadante to accompany Radiolab’s Words episode. With an original score by Keith Kenniff. Shot on RED.

This is the video for Kraak & Smaak’s infectious song ‘Squeeze Me’. A Fingerflipping video for K&S. Duo-directed with Superelectric. Nominated: D&AD 2009. In-book honours for Kraak & Smaak “Squeeze me”. 1st place at music video festival in St.Petersburg and the Dutch Music video Competition.

Here is this really cool visual effects piece filmed with a Canon 5D Mark II and composited by Frenchman David Bobichon. If you’re interested in using VDSLR’s in composite work David has clearly demonstrated that they are adequate for doing visual effects. Created in 3DS Max and Nuke, David was kind enough to share with us the behind the scenes making of. Read on…

Stargate Studios a California based visual effects house is charged with performing a camera tests from time to time for companies like Sony, Canon and Arri. Their latest test is with the new ARRI Alexa camera, testing low light capability, dynamic range and visual effects integration. They were too busy working on a pilot to provide us a write-up on their results but we have included a “behind the scenes” video of their shoot. Read on…

So in an earlier post, I sort of took a shot at timelapses. They are popping up all over the web and have mixed watchability value in my opinion (I know that doesn’t sound right). Anyway, I’m posting one here for you. I think there are elements to this timelapse that transcend the normal watch the sky go by video. Read on…

Auzzie from down under Josh Miller has this really cool surfing teaser that he’s put together primarily to test post workflow from different cameras, he’s shared with us his write-up. Read on.

Philip Bloom was kind enough to put together a write-up of his most recent personal project “Sea.” Read on.

We were also able to catchup with the director & director of cinematography Arev Manoukian of the hugely successful Nuite Blanche on vimeo to feature his write-up. Here are his production notes, read on!

Finally was able to catch up with Patrick Lawler to get his write-up on his viral “GoPro HD – Skimboarding In A Storm” that we featured last week. Read on to view his write-up!