Migrating from FCP 7 to Adobe Premiere Pro

Export 'xml' from 'Final Cut Pro - 7' with version 5 and check the option box to take the outside clips.

Open 'Adobe Premiere Pro' and import the 'xml'  and reconnect the media from the sequence timeline or browser if it's offline. 

Locate the clip in your system or from your hard drive. 

When you are done editing on Premiere you can bring back the rough cut with basic transitions to FCP by exporting a 'fcp xml' in Premiere and import it in fcp from file menu - import.

High Efficiency Video Coding

  High Efficiency Video Coding - HEVC

Eagerly waiting for H.265 codec that supports 4k resolutions for easy playback and streaming over the internet..!

Tech Specs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding

Vlc Player logo changed 1 week before Christmas

One week back I was surprised when the vlc player on my windows 7 operating system changed its logo on account of coming Christmas celebrations.

Sharing huge volume data for free on the cloud

The internet has become a very powerful tool in the modern economy with a open structure in the virtual world. When a video is shared on YouTube or Vimeo we have seen how it can topple down a political power or bridge gaps.

Today many projects are being made in collaborations over the internet for music, cinema and social software development applications, to make the world a better place through digital platforms like computers, touch devices to access and share content. We today hardly write letters or call; instead we 'Skype' or 'tweet' people to communicate.

Here are some website that allow you to send huge volume of data over the internet for free:

1. We transfer

Upload and share unlimited data to people on there email id's up to 2gb per file which is stored on its servers for 2 weeks before it goes offline.

2. Dropbox

Not only you can share your content to other people but you can also sync the uploaded files with your mobile and different computers remotely with your account with the drop box application for mac and windows. (Link)

3. Send It 

You can send files up-to 50 MB for free for a limited period of time.

4. Sound-cloud 

It's the best website for sharing music, voice message for free with the world.

5. Amazon
We know how to shop. Did you know you can store photos.

6. Box
It has 250 MB limit per file.

Its Micromax Vs Samsung Ad War

Its Micromax VS Samsung ad war now back in new avatar. Not long time back it was Pepsi Co and Coke that started making parodies of ads with sprite vs 7up. This new ad campamgin which has sparked a debate on web 2.0

Aja Ki Pro the new video assist

It is very expensive to hire video recorders to capture from tape on hourly basis when shooting on HD. The Aja Ki pro is used along with cameras like Sony F-3, F-35  to stamp time code on tape and on the Aja hard drive, which is a tape less medium, which takes in the same time code as the tape which used for offline editing to save time and money to capture and also saves hard disk space. The Aja ki pro therefore acts as modern day video assist. 

Aja Ki Pro used on Gap Diploma Set with Sony F35

The Aja ki pro video has a lower video quality when compared to the tapes because the video is recorded from monitor SDI out cable and through BNC cables, which carries out the digital signals to Aja Ki Pro with time codes. Hence we only make the offline cuts on final cut pro or avid with apple pro res 422 HQ format or lower resolution format. If you plan to record on higher quality or even SQ which can be later connected via Edl’s or xml files in the lab for conforming and color correction on software’s like Nukoda,Resolve or Auto desk Smoke. Even Apple color can be used to connect with raw data or original clips.

The ‘Aja ki Pro’ contains the same time code as the tape. But due to some reasons if they don’t match then it becomes a problem.

This can occur if during filming you unplug the BNC cable which carries the time code information to the recorder or if you set the wrong tc settings. 

Overall Aja key Pro is the best recorder in the market better than Atmos Samurai in my opinion.

Making Cinema

Cinema is an art. It is just like any other art form like painting, sculpturing, and photography. The only difference between cinema and other art forms is that cinema is a visual medium. It is not like literature or a book. Cinema borrows from all art forms of the world to the screen by incorporating drama.

Cinema in the west can be categorized into genres whereas in the Asian sub-continent a narrative is considered according to the 9 rasas given by Maha Rishimuni in the book Natyashrastra.

There are two types of film forms:

Fiction (Not Real/Imaginative):
Example:
Feature films, Ads, short fiction films

Non-fiction (Real):
Example:
News, events which are real which are documented not acted out are called documentary.

Cinema should never be categorized but now days some consider cinema into categories generally in India:

A. Commercial Cinema
B. Art Cinema

You should consider that cinema is challenging like any other art forms. Art takes its time but there accidents and geniuses. Film making is a different ball game is not home videos on 8mm camera or high definition handy cam it has deadlines, require money and skills if you want to be professional in some aspects of film making. It also requires dedication and lots of practice to be good at it. Every one is not born creative some have to learn to understand there gut feeling it takes time to understand an art subconsciously to develop them. It’s not about good or bad cinema some make it big at first film and some have to make innumerable numbers of tries to succeed.

You can not make films just to be famous. A person has to have an agenda or message to convey to the world. Some of the world’s greatest artists or personalities had a tragedy which made to share the world a story like the Harry potter author J. K Rowling after she lost her close family, her mum when she was young.

There fore,a film maker should find a reason to make films and not go for money or fame.

Also Read:
Film making as a Career
http://utsabnov.blogspot.in/2009/02/talent-matters.html