Many people have been after us about screenings to see “The Key,” and if you’re not in L.A. for the screening at Sunset Gowers Studios this Friday, then you’ll be able to catch it for free on the new ItzOn.tv next week. Here’s the schedule so far (Central Times): Wednesday (6/1) 6:57pm, Thursday (6/2) 12:33am, [...]
It is a great honor for us at Crooked Path Films to join the ranks of many other talented filmmakers to win our first Telly Award. Our film, ”Transforming Mobile Devices,” was chosen to be among the other prestigious award winners in the 32nd Annual Telly Awards to receive the award. The film was created for Texas Instruments to [...]
Kevin Smith, probably best known as “Silent Bob,” and filmmaker/radio host interviewed director Jim Blumetti and star Gabrielle Blumetti this past Monday about our film “The Key.” The broadcast took place on Smith’s podcast/internet radio show site Smodcast. Please listen in here: Kevin Smith interviews Jim and Gabrielle Blumetti about “The Key” by richard-allen-crook [...]
When I was at NAB…the highlight of the convention was looking at my next possible camera. (And dinner at AquaKnox in the Venetian…but I’ll save that for another blog post) What I found out is that I am crazy about the new FS100 and was glad to see something that (finally!) came out that has [...]
I’ve had a chance to test out the new Technicolor CineStyle in depth and wanted to share my final thoughts. Overall this THE best attempt to create a LOG-C curve (or “Flat” profile). The folks at Technicolor mentioned at NAB that this profile was created to best suit THEIR post color grading workflow…which is the best in the world. For [...]
Here’s a quick test I did with the new profile, comparing to stock profiles and “super flat” profiles and how it all holds up to color grading. You can get the profile here: http://www.technicolor.com/en/hi/cinema/filmmaking/digital-printer-lights/cinestyle Just a note, I’ll be doing a three part video tutorial on color grading that starts with shooting for post and [...]
I know there are a lot of questions about the Technicolor Picture Profile for Canon cameras, and I got a good explanation today at the Canon/Technicolor booth. The Technicolor Cine Style is a profile created by Technicolor to gain the most latitude for post grading. The picture style is uploaded into the any Canon DSLR [...]
For the first time in relative history, we as filmmakers are in a unique technological position to help out our environment. The ability to consume less in the digital world is a great thing…but we can all do more, including myself. Even if it’s just an adoption of one of the principles listed below, your [...]
Here’s a list of what’s offered and descriptions about each. A NOTE ABOUT USING FLAT PICTURE STYLES: The purpose of using a flat picture style while shooting video is useful if you plan to color grade the footage in post production. The picture style is not intended to be used as an in-camera method of [...]
We were tasked with providing a glimpse into the not-so-distant future of mobile technology thanks to the innovations happening over at Texas Instruments. Enjoy! (View the press release here: http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/07/ti-announces-omap-5-two-high-performance-and-two-low-power-core/) Texas Instruments: Transforming Mobile Technology from Crooked Path Films on Vimeo.
