Browsing Archive: November, 2017

2017. The record year.

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, November 18, 2017,

2017 was a record year for Match Frame Media. Again it feels weird to even write that when I look at the broken state of the world around me. But I am truly grateful to be blessed. After seven years my business continues to grow, both in terms of quality and quantity. During September alone we produced 37 individual videos…I still have no idea how that happened or how we even managed that! But we did.

Note that I say “we”. Because I didn’t do this alone. This business is not just ab...

Varizoom Camera Rod System

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Tuesday, November 14, 2017,

I'm slowly turning into a VariZoom fanboy...

If you've been following my blog (and who doesn't!) you'll recall I Frankenstein'ed together a camera rod system myself a few months ago to use with my VariZoom shoulder rig. It worked well but it weighed a ton and I realized that I needed something more compact and also something that I didn't have to remove from the shoulder rig first to use on a tripod or slider. I have a very nice Genustech follow focus unit that fits my new set of Rokinon lense...

Turning "Meh" into "My Goodness!" with Magic Bullet Looks

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, November 4, 2017,

I first worked with Red Giant's Magic Bullet Looks a few years ago. It was the demo version and I loved what it did to spice up some rather mediocre 1080i camcorder video. But I pretty much just dumped presets over my footage without really knowing what I was doing. Fast forward to the present where I now have a better understanding of what goes on in Media Composer's waveform and vector scopes and grading as a whole, and the Magic Bullet Looks suite takes on a whole new meaning.

If you're se...

And this is why you should be shooting 4K now

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Saturday, November 4, 2017,

4K, or UHD is all the rage right now. So what is all the fuss about? Well, the resolution of UHD images is absolutely gorgeous! If you need convincing just walk into any electronics store and take a good look at the 4K ready monitors and the demo material Sony, Panasonic and many others are peddling now.

But other than beautifully crisp images there's a very good reason to start upgrading at least one or two of your HD cameras to UHD soon. Most of us edit 1080p HD projects and output that as w...