CraigFields

Video is only half the production

As the title suggests, the visual element to any production is only half the experience. The other half is the audible sound made up of music, voice, ADR and so on. Last week, The University held a ‘Skills Week’ – a week of perfecting and recognising our skills with others we wouldn’t usually work with. [...]

London TimeLapse Shoot

I am venturing into London today; Solar powered backpack strapped upon my back and a case full photographic goodies carried on one shoulder. Tripod attached to the bottom of my bag. AH MAN this is heavy! So why am I lugging this stuff around? – It’s the London TimeLapse shoot, which is to go along [...]

How to Build a Hackintosh: Wi-Fi Internet

I’ve had my Hackintosh for almost a year now. It’s still working exactly how it was when I first got everything installed and working. Infact, since Lion came out, it’s more stable than it was! But I believe now, after working over Ethernet – which is fast – I have to switch over to Wi-Fi. [...]

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas! Hope you got everything you could of possibly wanted. Have a great day, Craig! X

Using Twixtor for the First Time.

I’ve been meaning to get round to using Twixtor for a while now and I remember this bit of test footage John, Chris and myself shot for a project earlier on in the year. So I had a crack at it, but it hasn’t come out great. I’m not overly pleased, lots of artefacts etc… but [...]

Everything’s coming together…

… At least, I hope so anyway! – Yesterday, the 6th of December, saw me turn freakin’ 21. Man, I feel old. Anyway, because I love film equipment like the oddball I am, I got myself a Glidecam HD 2000! – Pretty awesome piece of kit. If you don’t know what it is, simply put, [...]

The Day to Night Time Lapse

Here’s a day to night time lapse that I created in the summer during my friend/bosses birthday garden party. I wanted to see if it were possible to create a decent day to night time lapse on auto mode.