To be able to charge with the USB Cable, you need to have the necessary USB drivers installed on your PC first. Connect one end of the USB Cable to the USB/Charger Port on your phone (as shown above) and … Continue reading →

How does a film retriever work? Your film retriever has two tongues and a hard plastic back bit. Insert both tongues (the big one and the small one) into the spool.Insert the small tongue by moving the knob into position … Continue reading →

While Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece films will always remain an enigma, his go-to cinematographer John Alcott offers a revealing lens into his films. Did Kubrick edit his films? More than any other modern film-maker Kubrick wrote, directed and edited his own … Continue reading →

The film was shot and conceived for 1:1.85 ratio screening (and the camera viewfinders had the 1.85 framelines marked on them) This is the standard ratio that widescreen films in the US are projected in. The 1:185 crop was achieved … Continue reading →

Here’s Johnny is actually a reference to Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show. He was welcomed by the announcer with these words. It sounded so crazy and so good, that Kubrick decided to leave it as it was. Why did Jack Torrance … Continue reading →

Julia Stiles (1999) “I got the sense he was averse to becoming any kind of teen idol. I think he felt like ’10 Things’ had more substance, but he anticipated that if he did more movies like this, he’d get … Continue reading →

The movie The Shining, released in 1980 and directed by Stanley Kubrick, was shot on film using ARRIFLEX 35 BL Camera and Cooke Varotal 20-100mm T3. 1 Zoom Lens, Zeiss Super Speed Lenses with John Alcott as cinematographer and editing … Continue reading →

He chips away at the mask throughout the movie, revealing his true identity, his shadow persona, which is Joker, the person he was meant to be. The bathroom dance is one of the first chipping away at the mask, where … Continue reading →

iMac power consumption and thermal output iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, 2017) 21.5-inch Retina 4K display, 3.6GHz Intel Quad-Core i7, 32GB 2400MHz DDR4 SDRAM, 512GB Solid State Drive, AMD Radeon Pro 560 with 4096MB memory Power Consumption Thermal Output Idle CPU … Continue reading →

between 3 to 8 years. iMacs typically last between 3 to 8 years depending on how they are configured. Most iMacs will come with larger hard drives as a standard configuration. A Mac Mini is usually more of an entry … Continue reading →

As a general rule, the hardware lifespan for both MacBook Air and MacBook Pro is 8-10 years, while the battery will require replacement in 4-5 years. However, the ability to run the latest software depends on laptop specs, such as … Continue reading →

Does the ARRI Alexa Mini LF have autofocus? No. No professional cinema camera has autofocus. Does ARRI have autofocus? “Do Arri cameras have autofocus or autoexposure functionality?” Absolutely not. Professional cinema cameras are all manual. This is true of film … Continue reading →

Currently, the PS5 outputs 1080p to 1440p displays, meaning that those using monitors with that resolution are missing out. Does PS5 support 1440p 120Hz? Neither. The PS5 supports 4k120Hz so you should go for a 4k144Hz monitor or an 1440p144Hz. … Continue reading →

In short, proxies are low-resolution video files that can take the place of larger-resolution video files in your timeline. This is important because low-res files render faster in your video editing app — which is especially useful for RAW and … Continue reading →

Transcoding is the generic term for re encoding any video into a video with different settings. Proxies, are the lower quality files you reference while editing, but if you set up correctly in Premiere, it knows to give you the … Continue reading →