Cinefex – The Movie Special Effects Magazine
Cinefex is an amazing quarterly magazine that came out in March 1980. Growing up...I remember trolling my local bookstore in Detroit and always hoping that the new edition of this...
Tags: filmmaking
#VashiVisuals Giveaway –
10 Free DSLR Cinema Books
To celebrate the 6th month of the Vashi Visuals Blog launch...I'm giving away 10 FREE copies of "DSLR Cinema: Crafting the Film Look with Large Sensor Video Cameras" by Kurt...
Billy Wilder Likes Long Takes
(Average Shot Length)
[caption id="attachment_1724" align="alignnone" width="536"] Billy Wilder edited "The Apartment" in one week[/caption] Vashi Nedomansky vashivisuals.com @vashikoo
Creative Inspiration Through Podcasts
Often when I'm doing paperwork, logging footage, color grading or locating the source of weird smells in my studio (cats leaving "presents")...I will listen to a podcast. There are so...
Raiders of the Lost Ark – Analysis Part 1
The Long Take
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) is for me, the quintessential action/adventure film. It contains 1459 individual shots and has an Average Shot Length of 4.6 seconds. There are several...
The Ultimate Aspect Ratio Guide For Filmmakers
[caption id="attachment_1317" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Aspect ratios throughout cinema history[/caption] The boundaries of the canvas that filmmakers use can take many forms. The Aspect Ratio of the frame size...
10 Most Profitable Movies of All Time
[caption id="attachment_1242" align="aligncenter" width="714"] Nice to see so many genres represented.[/caption] Vashi Nedomansky vashivisuals.com @vashikoo
Rotorview Steadicam – $4000 3-Axis Stabilizer
[caption id="attachment_1196" align="aligncenter" width="1659"] 3-axis handheld gimble stabilizer[/caption] I expect to see an onslaught of 3-axis handheld gimble stabilizers over the next couple months. Rotorview Sweden has one available...
10 Steven Spielberg Films (ASL)
[caption id="attachment_870" align="aligncenter" width="625"] Steven Spielberg varied his pacing across genre.[/caption] Vashi Nedomansky vashivisuals.com @vashikoo
10 Filmmaking Sites You Should Be Reading
[caption id="attachment_839" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Thank you to Premiumbeat.com[/caption] Thank you to Clay Asbury and Premiumbeat.com for choosing VashiVisuals.com as one of their 10. I started this website to share my...