Category Archives: Video

"Muse" Awarded "Best Film Editing"


Muse from Edmond Terakopian on Vimeo.

In the best traditions of film award acceptance speeches, I never expected to get this award.

My first ever short film, Muse, was invited to be shown at the International Independent Short Film Festival Donetsk 2009, held on July 30 in the Ukraine.

I’m overjoyed to say that I just received an email from the organisers saying that it has won this award!



The following message was sent along with the certificate:


Dear Edmond,

please, find attached file with certificate your movie Muse is awarded and accept congratulations from me and festival juri consisted of young independent filmmakers. Hope you will enjoy it!
Also Festival Committee has interviewed attendees about all films screened and your film received good feedback: spectators like beautiful visual pictures of London, play by the actress, sound. Also your film has been first five ranked of 16 participated films by audience voting.
Thank you again for participation and all the best for your filmmaking!
Hope to see new films from you to invite to participate in next festival sessions.
Best regards from Ukraine, Sergiy.”

I am absolutely overjoyed by this. I’d really like to take this opportunity to thank Stef for all her patience and support during filming, Enrico Blatti and the Blue Chamber Orchestra for the fabulous soundtrack, Canon for the loan of the 5D MkII, Apple for supplying Final Cut Studio and Rode for supplying the microphones.

42 Seconds Of Brilliance

The is stunning. A 42 second long short film (guess we might need to call this an ultra short?) called “Last Day Dream” by Chris Milk. Absolutely stunning. This is truly an education in how to edit and be to the point with your story.

A Life Alone

I just came across this amazingly sensitive and very touching multimedia piece by Maisie Crow, the winner of the Ian Parry Scholarship. Its called “A Life Alone”. Its well worth watching.


A Life Alone from Soul of Athens on Vimeo.

For 63 years, Tom Rose and his wife, Mary, built a life together on his family farm on Canaanville Road. Then last year Mary passed away, leaving Tom to face the future alone, surrounded by a lifetime of memories.

Maisie Crow: Photography, Videography and Production
Jenn Poggi: Senior Producer

Newspapers According to the Daily Show

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
End Times
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show
Full Episodes
Political Humor Newt Gingrich Unedited Interview

This is extremely funny, sad and then again funny.

Tiananmen Square: a night of despair


On the 20th anniversary of the tragic events at Tiananmen Square, The Guardian’s Dan Chung has put together some spectacular films using footage from 1989 married to recent interviews and footage of the square yesterday. These are well worth a watch:





The New York Times has a couple of very interesting posts and images of the iconic and brave moment when a man blocked the tanks.

Behind The Scenes: A New Angle On History a fifth image of the “Tank Man” emerges.

5D MkII Manual Control For Video

Apologies for the delay in bringing this to you, but I was having surgery when this was announced!

Canon Enables Manual Exposure in Video on EOS 5D Mark II


LONDON, UK, 27th May 2009:  Canon announced today it will release a firmware update for the EOS 5D Mark II allowing users to manually control exposure when shooting video.  The new firmware will be available for download from 2 June 2009 on Canon Europe’s support web site.

Following the launch of the EOS 5D Mark II in September 2008, Canon’s Research and Development team has listened closely to customer feedback to develop additions to the camera’s movie recording functionality.     

Allowing EOS 5D Mark II owners to achieve even more stunning video results with the camera, the firmware update will include the following manual controls when shooting video:

·        Full aperture selection 
·        ISO speed: Auto, 100 – 6400 and H1 
·        Shutter speed: 1/30th – 1/4000th second 

This is huge news. I for one was convinced to start shooting video purely because of the camera. However, with the fully automated exposure, it became a challenge to override it with various cheats. With this firmware update, its going to allow so much more freedom and it’ll really allow every ounce of the camera’s stunning visual capability to be harnessed. I for one can’t wait to give it a try. I just hope that a similar update is in the pipeline for the audio.

Addendum:

The firmware is now live and can be downloaded HERE.