Cinevate – Tools for Filmmakers and Photographers

Customer Showcase #8

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Luke

It’s Friday and that means a couple of things. First, the glorious weekend is finally here – although for us it might include some shoveling. Second, it’s time for our Customer Showcase! This week we have a video courtesy of … Continue reading →

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VFX Before-and-After Behind the Scenes

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Luke

Our pals at Imaginarium have just released a companion video to their latest commercial video for local phone/internet/cable provider, TbayTel. Just in time for Christmas, it’s a fun, light-hearted video featuring a whack of visual effects (composited by RennerVFX). Here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News | Tagged DSLR Core Package, green screen, Imaginarium, Tbay Tel commercial, VFX BTS | 1 Comment

Stillmotion + Showtime’s ‘A Game of Honor’

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Luke

A Game of Honor Trailer from Stillmotion + Showtime

Update – November 24th, 2011 – Patrick has just updated the Stillmotion blog with some info on the Behind-the-Scenes special airing TONITE on Showtime. Here’s what he had to say; “Tonight at 10 PM EST (November 24th) you can catch … Continue reading →

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Customer Showcase #7

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Luke

For this edition of our Customer Showcase we actually have a one-of-a-kind setup. We’re showcasing media from full-time photographer and beginning cinematographer Pascal Depuhl. Pascal’s been a photographer for years and, like a lot of pro photographers, he’s finding that more … Continue reading →

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Canon’s PL Cine Zoom 14.5-60mm Footage – ‘Lost in Cannes’

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Luke

Before we dive into the Cine Zoom footage I thought it appropriate to give a bit of background on our pal Sébastien Devaud. Sébastien is a bit of a Canon ambassador overseas. He was recently at a few major shows … Continue reading →

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Stillmotion + RED Epic BTS

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Luke

Hopefully you caught our 3rd episode of Ask Cinevate featuring special guest Patrick Moreau of Stillmotion (if not don’t worry, it’s right here). Patrick and Joyce (aka Lil’ J) stopped by Cinevate HQ to say hello and show off their … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News | Tagged Atlas 200, Atlas 200 Slider, cinevate follow focus, Durus Follow Focus, follow focus, Mattebox, Patrick Moreau, RED Epic, RED Epic footage, Stillmotion, titan swing away mattebox | 5 Comments

Customer Showcase #6

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Luke

For our sixth Showcase we’re using a submission from Steve Gribben and Ton-Essa La’Rocque of Loudbyte Cinematography. Loudbyte focuses primarily on wedding films (and, as you’ll see, not your typical wedding films) with Steve and Ton-Essa as shooters and editors … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate Customer Showcase, Cinevate News | Tagged Atlas 30 Camera Slider, Atlas 30 footage, Customer footage, Customer Showcase | 3 Comments

Canon Announces the Canon EOS C300

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Luke

After more hype than the internet could handle it’s finally here – Canon’s Historic Global Announcement! If you’ve been tapped into the online speculation today then some of the details won’t come as a huge surprise, but are occasionally impressive. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News | Tagged C300, Canon announcement, Canon C300, Canon EOS C300, Canon PL camera, Canon PL mount, Canon S35 camera, EOS C300 | 11 Comments

Cinevate Bags – Protected by Tenba

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Luke

The Cinevate/Tenba Family of DSLR rig and Slider Cases

If you caught the return of CineMan last week then you probably noticed him with a mysterious Cinevate bag. Well, mysterious no more! Our new line of DSLR Rig and Slider slider cases are now available and ready to ship! … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News | Tagged camera slider and grip case, Cinevate bags, Cinevate DSLR bag, Cinevate Slider bag, core production case, director's bag, dslr rig bag, slider bag, Tenba, Tenba bag, video backpack, Video Roadie | 7 Comments

Tracking Shots Ep.11 – Breathe featuring Amanda Powell

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Luke

Tracking Shots featuring Amanda Powell and Atlas 10

One of my favourite Tracking Shots to date is the ‘High-Speed Human Dolly’ piece from the guys at Loaded Boards. Happily, they’re back again with another killer video this time featuring pro longboarder, Amanda Powell. Adam Colton, who’s been putting … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News, Tracking Shots | Tagged Amanda Powell, Atlas 10 Camera Slider, Atlas FLT Camera Slider, Loaded Boards, longboarding, Tracking Shots | 5 Comments

Loaded Boards Contest + Win an Atlas FLT

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Luke

We’re happy to share a contest being run by the guys at Loaded Boards dubbed the “Loaded Motion Video Contest”. The premise is simple; “You are to make a super rad longboarding video with all moving shots; NO STATIONARY SHOTS … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News | Tagged Atlas FLT, Atlas FLT Camera Slider, Cinevate Contest, win an atlas flt | 8 Comments

Ask Cinevate Episode 5 – Why a Mattebox?

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Luke

It’s back! We’re seeing the return of our semi-neglected Cinevate series this week in the 5th installment of Ask Cinevate. Part of the blame lies on the fact that we were on the road a few times these past weeks … Continue reading →

Posted in Ask Cinevate, Cinevate News | Tagged car mount, Cinevate Mattebox, dslr car mount, mattebox filters, neutral density filters, Swing-away mattebox, tiffen filters, Titan SwingAway Mattebox, why use a mattebox | 17 Comments

PDN PhotoPlus

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Luke

Another trade show in the bag! PDN PhotoPlus took place over the weekend in New York and it was a huge success with upwards of 20,000 attendees. A lot of people seemed really keen on our Atlas 10 and Atlas … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News | Tagged Atlas 10 Camera Slider, Atlas FLT Camera Slider, Cinevate, PDN PhotoPlus, PhotoPlus, Simplis DSLR Rig, Trade shows | Leave a comment

The Adventures of CineMan #8

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Luke

I hope you haven’t forgotten about our old pal CineMan. He’s back and he’s brought with him some pretty cool items… This is only the first of several bags and cases for our products – all protected by Tenba! If … Continue reading →

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Customer Showcase #5

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Luke

If you’ve been following closely than you may have noticed our Customer Showcase usually comes out on Fridays, so we’re a bit premature this week (but don’t worry, we’ll have something special for ya tomorrow). Like our inaugural showcase piece, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate Customer Showcase, Cinevate News | Tagged Cinevate customer footage, Customer Showcase | 1 Comment

Fall Camera Announcements – Canon, Nikon, Sony, RED & GoPro

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Luke

Fall Camera announcements galore! Canon, Nikon, Sony, RED, and GoPro

I know new cameras come out every year but this year feels like the year for new cameras (I’m sure next year will as well…) On one hand, there’s the prospect for a new toy, new technology and capturing a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News | Tagged Canon, Canon 1D X, Cinevate, GoPro, GoPro Hero 2, Nikon, Nikon D800, November 3rd announcement, RED, Red Scarlet, Sony, Sony A77 | 4 Comments

Customer Showcase #4

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Luke

And we’re back for week 4 of our Customer Showcase. It’s getting harder and harder to choose the videos as more entries roll in, but keep your eyes peeled each week – your video could be next! This week comes … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate Customer Showcase, Cinevate News | Tagged Atlas FLT Camera Slider, Cinevate Customer Showcase, Customer footage, Durus Follow Focus, Escape Studios | 8 Comments

Tracking Shots Ep.10 – David Robin + Cinevate at the Emmys

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Luke

For our first double-digit episode of Tracking Shots we’re featuring some pretty classy footage from our pal David Robin. David has been shooting events at the Emmys (and the Oscars) for 6 years now and I can tell you that … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News, Tracking Shots | Tagged Atlas 10, Atlas FLT, David Robin, Dirty Bit, Tracking Shots | Leave a comment

Customer Showcase #3

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Luke

Three weeks and counting and we’re seeing some truly awesome videos from you guys! Keep the submissions coming – the more you submit the more we can share. For this week’s Showcase we have a couple of videos submitted by … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate Customer Showcase, Cinevate News | Tagged Atlas 30 Camera Slider, Customer footage, Customer Showcase, SAPAC, university of michigan | 1 Comment

Tracking Shots Ep.9 – Sunday NFL Countdown

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Luke

If you’re a football fan then you’re gonna recognize some faces in this week’s Tracking Shots. Our old pal Casey Warren was kind enough to share this amazing video created for the Sunday NFL Countdown. Tasked with capturing the personas … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News, Tracking Shots | Tagged Atlas 30 Camera Slider, Casey Warren, Cris Carter, Durus Follow Focus, ESPN, Mike Ditkas, Mindcastle, Proteus Cage, Sunday NFL Countdown, Titan SwingAway Mattebox, Tracking Shots | 3 Comments

Customer Showcase #2

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Luke

4120 Productions featured in this week's Customer Showcase

After our recent visit to New York for the CineGear show all I can think about is the Arri Alexa and Atlas 200 combo. That’s partly why we chose this week’s video for our 2nd edition of the Customer Showcase … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate Customer Showcase, Cinevate News | Tagged Atlas 200, Atlas 200 Slider, Cinevate Customer Showcase, Customer Showcase | 2 Comments

Tracking Shots Ep.8 – Fastest Production Car on the Planet

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Luke

Colin Fox Captures the record breaking Dodge Viper

This edition of Tracking Shots caters to those with a need for speed. Colin Fox of Internal Combustion Group has shared with us the Dodge Viper ACR Record Video that was shot in Nürburgring on September 14th, 2011. Colin has … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News, Tracking Shots | Tagged Atlas FLT, Cinevate, Dodge Vi, Simplis Dual, Tracking Shots | 2 Comments

Cinevate’s Free Shipping Sale

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Luke

Due to popular demand we’ve extended the sale! This offer expires Oct. 31, 2011 or while supplies last. We love being located up here in beautiful Thunder Bay, Ontario – the wilderness, the peace and quiet and the … isolation? … Continue reading →

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CineGear NY + D-Clic Montreal

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Luke

Part 1 – CineGear NY 2011 It’s Fall and that means trade show season is up-and-running once again. To kick start our antics on the road we were in New York this past weekend for the 1st CineGear to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News | Tagged Arri Alexa, Atlas 200 Slider, Cinegear, Cinegear NY, D-Clic, Lozeau, Trade shows | Leave a comment

Cinevate’s Customer Showcase

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Luke

Throughout the years here at Cinevate, we’ve been lucky enough to receive countless videos from customers eager to share them with us. Whether the video is a big budget production or a customer’s first attempt at capturing motion, we love … Continue reading →

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Tracking Shots Ep.7 – Love + Hate Short Film

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Luke

For this installment of Tracking Shots we’re featuring a short film recently shot here in Thunder Bay. You may recognize the production company’s name – Imaginarium (they’ve done a lot of stuff for us in the past, including the extremely … Continue reading →

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Tracking Shots Ep.6 – Surfin’ USA

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Luke

Skateboarding, wakeboarding and longboarding – which extreme sport could we possibly feature next? This week’s Tracking Shots is our first (though I suspect not the last) surfing video, courtesy of Adam Klevin of Westside Pride Media. Adam and his company … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News, Tracking Shots | Tagged Adam Klevin, Cinevate, Clay Marzo, Simplis, Simplis Ultimate DSLR Rig, Tracking Shots | Leave a comment

Customer Atlas FLT Camera Slider Review

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Luke

Through some recent forum browsing I’ve been finding a lot of questions around our Atlas 10 and Atlas FLT sliders, so much so in fact that 2 of the last 4 episodes of our Ask Cinevate series have been dedicated … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News | Tagged Atlas FLT, atlas flt customer review, Atlas FLT review, customer review, dslr camera slider review | 1 Comment

Tracking Shots Ep.5 – Giants & Race Cars

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Luke

Tracking Shots Ep. 5 featuring Vinny Minton

For our latest episode of Tracking Shots we’re extremely happy to bring back our old friend Vinny Minton. You may recognize Vinny as the pro inline-skater turned cinematographer, or maybe as the guy who shot the opening for an episode … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News, Tracking Shots | Tagged Atlas 30, Camera Slider, Cinevate, Core Package, Tracking Shots, Vinny Minton | 10 Comments

Event Cinema Workshops

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Luke

So you’ve got an expensive new camera, a decent set of sticks, some 15mm rails, and maybe a follow focus and a slider. You’re all set, right? Sure, your videos are going to look great, especially with some slick sliding … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinevate News | Tagged Cinevate, Event Cinema workshop, joe simon, kevin shahinian, Patrick Moreau, Stillmotion | 1 Comment