Browsing Archive: October, 2017

It has arrived...

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, October 8, 2017,

After weeks of waiting for stock to arrive, then waiting for it to ship, then waiting for the courier company to get their s*** together and deliver my box, then filing a complaint against said company to get their s*** together so they can deliver my box...my box arrived.

Some of the most iconic images in cinema have been filmed with Steadicam rigs. From hard-hitting action sequences to beautiful floating shots through elegant movie sets, cinematographers have "flown" large cameras on Steadic...

We used a boom mic. In a news studio

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, October 8, 2017,

One of the highlights from Insane September was to film an interview with eNuus journalist and NWU Alumni Award recipient Daniëlla van Heerden.

We really enjoyed meeting Daniëlla and she was kind enough to arrange her interview to be filmed in the same eNuus studio where she reads the Afrikaans news every night. Daniëlla is a master of her craft and a super nice person on top of that, and it was a real privilege to have filmed her.

Ferdi and I are probably also the only crew to have ever u...
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New on the Optentia channel: We-DELIVER mini-series

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, October 8, 2017,

There's been plenty of new things happening at Optentia Research Focus Area recently. New on their YouTube channel is a three part mini-series for the NWU's We-DELIVER project. This series took us all the way from Vanderbijlpark to Mahikeng and the Lokaleng Community on its outskirts to film footage.

This was my first shoot with a new shoulder rig and a new set of Rokinon cinema lenses and I'm really thrilled with quality of the footage we shot. Part of the fun of this job is seeing new place...
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Rokinon Cine DS primes

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, October 8, 2017,

Since I started using a Sony NEX-FS100 a few years ago as my primary camera I started looking at lenses. To be honest I had (and still have) a lot to learn because as a video guy I grew up with camcorders that already had glass on the front of the camera. You never removed it. You just turned the focus ring, pressed the zoom rocker and off you went.

Then came the DSLR video revolution and suddenly everyone got into cine-style filming. That included me.

I used a Canon 50mm prime for most of my i...

No this blog isn't dead...I've just been busy

Posted by Corne Scheepers on Sunday, October 8, 2017,

We're back!

If you're one of the two people who follow my blog on a regular basis (thanks Dad!) you might have noticed that the dust and the cobwebs have been gathering on this page for a few weeks now. Actually months. Yes, I haven't posted anything for months due to being busy. Really busy.

Okay, and maybe also a bit lazy...

September 2017 saw Match Frame Media producing and delivering no less than 37 individual videos. Yes folks, 37. How the hell we managed that I really have no idea! Needle...