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Cinevate Webinar: Getting Better Audio

Our sponsored Webinar series is ramping up for its 4th installment now and for this session we’re doing something a little different. While the previous installments dealt with camera, composition and movement, the upcoming webinar deals with picking the right … Continue reading

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Stillmotion’s Share Project

Stillmotion's Share Film Project

Somehow between shooting the SuperBowl, winning multiple Emmy awards for their documentary, A Game of Honor, and countless other shoots Stillmotion still finds time for passion projects. Enter Share. Stillmotion started Share to give back, creating, in this case, a … Continue reading

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New Dromos Hi Hat Board in Action

New Dromos Hi Hat Board in Action

Earlier this year we introduced the Dromos Hi Hat, a versatile Hi Hat and Bowl Riser combination that allows for low angle shots while maintaining pan, tilt and leveling control at any angle. Any film set grip truck will have … Continue reading

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Simplis Dual meets GoPro Hero 2

Simplis Dual meets GoPro Hero 2

Colin Fox of the Internal Combustion Group has shared media with us in the past but this week’s video has something unique. I don’t think that it would be a stretch to say that everyone and their uncle has a … Continue reading

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APA Short Film Contest Winners

APA Short Film Contest Winners

The American Photographic Artists (APA) recently wrapped up their first short film contest with the winners announced at NAB. As a sponsor, Cinevate not only got to set the criteria for our prize’s category but also got to judge and … Continue reading

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Stillmotion Receives Multiple Emmy Awards

Stillmotion takes home multiple Emmy Awards

The Sports Emmy’s award ceremony took place April 30th and we are happy to announce that Stillmotion was awarded multiple Emmys for their ‘A Game of Honor‘ documentary. They received 3 awards in the following categories; Outstanding Promo (Trailer), Outstanding … Continue reading

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MINDCASTLE Production receives Emmy Award

MINDCASTLE receives Emmy Nominations

It’s been a good week for some of our friends. This week we get to send out double congratulations, in this case to our pals Casey Warren and Danielle Krieger of MINDCASTLE. Casey and Danielle were involved in several Emmy … Continue reading

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Tracking Shots Ep.17 – A Loaded Western

Tracking Shots Ep.17 - A Loaded Western

NAB is still making its way into our posts even 2 weeks after the fact. In this case it’s because we finally got to meet Tracking Shots regular, Adam Colton. He was easy to spot from the longboard in his … Continue reading

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Webinar: Basic Camera Movement

Webinar: Camera Movement

This ongoing webinar series is dedicated to teaching photographers the skills they need to create compelling HDSLR video. In this chapter, join Victor as he teaches you how to increase the production value of your film projects by adding simple … Continue reading

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Lights, Camera, Action – Nikon D4 Music Video

Nikon D4 Music Video from Bill Frakes

You may have heard us say this before but it’s absolutely true; our favorite part of NAB is seeing old friends and making new ones. One of the many folk we ran into was our old pal Bill Frakes of … Continue reading

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Post NAB 2012 + Media Recap

Post NAB 2012 + Media Recap

And we’re back! The Cinevate gang in attendance at NAB has safely returned and are back to our usual shenanigans. Hopefully you caught some of our updates via Facebook/Twitter from the show floor but if not we have got you … Continue reading

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NAB 2012

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NAB 2012 is here and in the blink of an eye we’re already into day 3 *exhale*. In standard NAB fashion there is a plethora of cool events happening, new products launching and amazing people stopping by the booth. In … Continue reading

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Tracking Shots Ep.16 – Return of the Rockstar

Tracking Shots Ep.16 - Return of the Rockstar

Our Tracking Shots series started off almost exclusively with content from Travis Valtierra featuring slick slider shots of extreme sports athletes in action. Happily, he’s back with more slider goodness from his Rockstar webseries ‘Todd Potter Is…‘. Eight episodes in, … Continue reading

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Sony announces the NEX-FS700

Sony announces the Sony FS700

Usually there are floods of rumors circulating a new camera before we actually see an official announcement but with Sony’s now confirmed FS700 there were hardly a few whimpers (or maybe we have  just been distracted with the Canon 5D … Continue reading

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Customer Showcase #12

Customer Showcase #12

Customer Showcase returns with a submission from Nick Thomas of Deluxe Design Group. Nick has sent us a music video he co-directed for Winnipeg group, Mise en Scene. Nick sent us the video, some really solid behind-the-scenes pics, and some … Continue reading

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Event Cinema Workshop – April 15th NAB

Event Cinema Workshop April 15th, 2012

If you’re going to NAB this year and arriving a day early we know a couple of guys you should go see. Wedding and Event cinematographers Kevin Shahinian and Joe Simon are hosting a one-day, hands on session from their … Continue reading

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Tracking Shots Ep.15 – Sunny Side Up

Tracking Shots Ep.15 - Sunny Side Up

The madness of our big move to a new building and the concurrent Moving Sale has made the gang here at Cinevate especially busy. Of course, that’s just my excuse for having neglected our regular series including Tracking Shots. Happily, … Continue reading

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Nikon D4 Film + Rental Information

Nikon D4 Film from Bill Frakes

As the Nikon D4 slowly starts to make it’s way into consumer hands I thought we’d share one of the D4 test films, this one from our pals at Straw Hat Visuals. Shot by Bill Frakes and Laura Heald in … Continue reading

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Behind the Scenes with Imaginarium

Behind the Scenes with Imaginarium

Update: April 2nd, 2012 Just caught Imaginarium’s 2nd BTS piece, ‘Creating the World of Love & Hate‘ which focuses on building the world using the footage captured and adding in a variety of VFX shots as well as the copious … Continue reading

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Visual Masterpiece Workshop – Tustin, California

Visual Masterpiece Workshop

Update – If you missed out on the March workshops don’t worry as two new dates have been added, April 19th and April 20th, 2012. By now you’re probably familiar with the folks over at Visual Masterpiece. If you haven’t … Continue reading

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Webinar: Beyond the Still – Focus

Webinar: Beyond the Still Chapter 2 - Focus

About this webinar series: Our live, online webinar series is dedicated to teaching photographers the skills they need to create compelling HDSLR video. If you joined our live webinar last week, you learned about how focus can be used as … Continue reading

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Canon Announces the 5D Mk III

Canon 5D Mk III Announced

The internet has been a buzz these past few weeks with Canon rumors galore, all circulating the new Canon 5D Mark III. Well, it’s finally here. The camera looks almost exactly like it’s older brother though a bit of a … Continue reading

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Beyond the Still Webinar: Chapter 2 – Focus

Beyond the Still - Free Webinar

Beyond the Still: Chapter 2 – Focus FREE LIVE VIDEO SEMINAR WITH VICTOR HA MARCH 2ND AT 1 PM EST It’s almost time for the second chapter in our free webinar series for photographers learning to shoot video with their … Continue reading

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Arri ALEXA Shoot with MINDCASTLE

Arri Alexa pilot from MINDCASTLE

The folks over at MINDCASTLE continue to amaze. Casey Warren sent over some behind-the-scenes pics from their latest shoot and they’re all kinds of awesome. Lots of Arri Alexa in action on our Atlas 200 camera slider, on our brand … Continue reading

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Indie Feature Film Trailer – Shot on Canon 5D Mk II

Indie Feature Film Trailer - Shot on Canon 5D Mk II

Straight from our assembly floor, Cinevate veteran Trevor Zurkan just recently put together the following teaser trailer for his upcoming film, Quiver. Trevor directed the film that shot over 6 weeks this past summer in Thunder Bay and the surrounding … Continue reading

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Not just another HDSLR workshop

Not Just Another HDSLR Workshop

Ever since the HDSLR market exploded there have been countless workshops trying to educate aspiring filmmakers to turn their 5DMarkII into a movie making machine. One of the major issues with workshops is that filmmakers speak a different language than photographers. … Continue reading

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Canon C300 Canada Launch Event

Hands on with Canon C300 at Canada Launch Event

If you have the internet then you already know about Canon’s C300. The camera debuted in Los Angeles back in November where attendees could get their hands on the new Cinema EOS camera. Since then there has been a flood … Continue reading

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Introducing Trawly – Compact Camera Dolly

Trawley - Compact Camera Dolly

Introducing Trawly – A compact, lightweight and versatile camera dolly. By adding wheels to our universal Simplis base plate, we add an entirely new dimension in functionality. With Trawly, it’s easy to adjust the legs and wheels to pull off … Continue reading

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Free Session with Cinevate at Hunt’s Photo and Video – February 15th

Free Session with Cinevate at Hunt's Photo and Video

Every now and then one of our Cinevate representatives will stop by a reseller’s and do in-store training or informational sessions open to the public. Such is the case this coming Wednesday, February 15th at Hunt’s Photo and Video in … Continue reading

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Fusion 2012 Trade Show – Vancouver

Beau Photo's Fusion 2012 DSLR Videography Symposium

We’re heading out West! Beau Photo is putting on their 2nd Fusion show and we’ll be returning with a bunch of toys for you to try out. The show takes place on Saturday, February 25th and runs from 8:30 AM … Continue reading

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