MATT HAYSLETT
SALT III – High Speed Lens Shootout
Welcome to the 2013 Southland Alternative Lens Test “Wide F%$@*^G Open” Edition. This was a coordinated effort between the following individuals: Will Keir, Phil Holland, Matt Uhry, Matthew Duclos, Jeff Whitehurst, Evin Grant, Ryan Patrick O’Hara, Luke Edwards, Charlie Pickle and myself. I’d like to begin by thanking our Sponsors who not only donated their
DetailsSpeedLooks from LookLabs: The Ultimate Digital to Film Look
In the past I have written about the differences of digitally acquired images and the characteristics of film. Film being analogue has a slightly different response to light, color, and detail than it’s digital counterpart. The chemical process that film goes through mixed with the film stock used create iconic “looks” most try to achieve
DetailsBright Tangerine Matte Boxes – Why They Are The Best
Recently I received my order for the Bright Tangerine “Strummer”, a 15/19mm swing away matte box. Needless to say it’s the best matte box I have ever owned or used. Whats with the name Bright Tangerine you ask? I don’t know but honestly I don’t care. This is a killer matte box that functions like
DetailsGet Up and Running in Davinci Resolve 9 with cmiVFX
In a previous blog I wrote about my grading app of choice, Davinci Resolve. Well the new version is out and it’s a complete reworking of the program. There are now an additional 90+ features and improvements over the previous version 8. If your looking for a quick intro and tutorial on the use of
DetailsThe Best of “Invisible” VFX
I speak for many when I say there are a lot of bad vfx out there. Most notably the Syfy channel films but even larger budget films suffer from a case of bad vfx from time to time. Personally I’m a fan of ”invisible” vfx as I like to call it. I enjoy fx that
DetailsMatthayslett.com Website Design by Justin The Designer
I’d like to take a moment to promote the designer of my website Justin Synder. If your looking to build a site or just need one designed he’s your man. I gave him an idea on what I wanted it to look like and the styling and the rest is history. My site was created
DetailsFilm look with RED footage
I’ve been hearing a lot of complaints recently that RED looks too digital because it’s footage is so clean. There seems to be the common collective that film grain is the thing that is missing from the RED’s look. Here are several tools to give you that film grain look, as well as the emulation
DetailsWhy shoot RED? And the case for a RAW format Digital Cinema Camera
“This is the best looking footage I have ever shot, These are the best images I have ever seen!” – John Schwartzman ASC, Director of Photography The Amazing Spider Man “Epic is the best camera I have ever used”. –Darius Wolski ASC, Director of Photography Prometheus “Epic. It’s hard not to face the
DetailsThe Digital Revolution
Here’s a great documentary on the digital revolution and how it impacts artists in every field. Some interesting points are made such as Hitchcock wouldn’t make it in the industry in today’s times. Interesting thought… Check it out: http://www.presspauseplay.com/
DetailsCommon file types and storage requirements
Advanced Digital Services Hollywood has put together a handy chart to aid in estimating storage requirements for the common Digital media formats. You can find the original chart here.
Details4K – The Future (Death of 1080p)
Just thought I’d give you a look into the not so distant future. At CES, TV makers show off lighter, sharper sets Original article. By Nathan Olivarez-Giles 13 January 2012 Los Angeles Times LAS VEGAS — As always, the Consumer Electronics Show, the world’s largest personal technology confab, has been filled with hundreds of new TVs,
DetailsDavinci Resolve Lite – Greatest color grading app on the planet
I think this is one of the most underrated free color grading apps on the planet. I happen to own a full version license but the Lite version includes almost all the features with the limitations of a maximum output at 1080p, no noise reduction, and your limited to one GPU. Either way you still
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Shot on Red
I thought I’d take a second to list productions that have been captured with Red Digital Cinema camera’s. There are far too many to list but here are a few: FEATURE FILMS: Upcoming: *42 (The Jackie Robinson Story) * Flight (Rob Zemeckis/Denzel Washington) * Hitchcock (Biopic) * Oz the Great and Powerful * Total Recall
DetailsRed R3D Workflow Diagram
There seems to be a common misunderstanding of how to deal with RED footage that ultimately sways clients to go for other digital camera systems. Time and time again I hear complaints of how difficult things are workflow wise. Think about this, if you shoot on a dslr you must first transcode the footage into
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