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CREATION
January-February 2016
Miller supports
next generation of
Aussie filmmakers
Annually, Australia’s Bond University’s film
and TV students organise the Bond Univer-
sity Film and Television Awards (BUFTA) as
part of their school curriculum.
Last year’s awards programme, which was
hosted by Oscar-winning animator Adam
Elliot, showed 20 films shortlisted for a range
of categories, including “Best Animation”,
“Best Comedy”, “Best Documentary”, “Best
Drama”, “Best Experimental”, “Best Music
Video” and “Best School” category, spon-
sored by Miller Camera Support Equipment.
Joseph White, Miller’s regional sales
manager Asia & Africa, said: “At Miller, we
look to inspire creativity through our cam-
era support solutions and are happy to pair
up with BUFTA to help encourage the next
generation of filmmakers and videographers.
With the support of organisations such
as BUFTA and quality equipment like Miller,
these students have all the tools available to
turn their dreams into award-winning films.”
At the awards ceremony, White presented
the “Best School” award to the Huntingtower
school for the student film SuperTed, as well
as two Air Alloy systems from Miller.
SuperTed is an animated action short film
by Huntingtower student Connick Cheung,
where a comic book superhero enters the
real world and must stop a robotic villain
from destroying the world as we know it.
With this win, Huntingtower students now
have four Miller Air systems to help them
with their projects.
Mel Bead, head of Bruce House, head
of Media, Year 12 Coordinator, HT Grads
Coordinator at Huntingtower, added: “We
are excited to add the Miller Air tripods to
the equipment the students can use for their
practical work. Having a reliable tripod with
so many features makes cinematography a
breeze. The students feel so professional and
positive about their work as they now have
the best equipment to work with.”
Miller Camera
Support
Equipment’s
regional sales
manager
Asia & Africa,
Joseph
White,
presented the
“Best School”
award to
Hunting-
tower School
at the 2015
BUFTA
awards.
Brainstorm
Multimedia has
released the new
After Effects
Tracking Exporter
application for
Adobe After Effects,
in conjunction
with The Foundry’s
CameraTracker
plug-in.
Brainstorm brings virtual
teletransportation closer to reality
Brainstorm Multimedia has released the new
After Effects Tracking Exporter application
for Adobe After Effects, in conjunction with
The Foundry’s CameraTracker plug-in. Ac-
cording to Brainstorm, the new application
allows the generation of videos with tracking
data for Augmented Reality (AR) require-
ments within Brainstorm’s Infinity Set.
The video tracking process consists of
an image analysis in order to extract posi-
tion and rotation information regarding the
camera that originally recorded the video.
From a video tracked in After Effects using
the CameraTracker plug-in, Brianstorm’s Af-
ter Effects Tracking Exporter generates a new
video with integrated tracking information
within the video archive.
Once loaded into Infinity Set, this new
video allows both people and 3D elements
to be inserted within it as AR content.
According to Brainstorm, it remains
the only company in the market to offer
the virtual teletransporter feature, which
allows presenters and other content to be
inserted into videos of remote locations.
This is achieved using Brainstorm’s TrackFree
technology, and with the new After Effects
Tracking Exporter, the teletransporter can be
used even more widely, added Brainstorm.
With the new Exporter, Brainstorm has
also further enhanced its compatibility with
Adobe After Effects, which began in 2014
when Brainstorm showcased the first After
Effects Exporter plug-in. This provided the
toolset to convert 2D After Effects projects
into templates for the Aston family of prod-
ucts, Brainstorm’s solutions for real-time 3D
graphics creation, CG and playout.
SGL has an established history
serving the archive needs of
broadcast facilities around the
world.
SGL’s FlashNet fully integrates
with PAM and MAM systems from
leading industry partners, delivering
a content management solution
that fits all requirements.
E1 camera ready to shoot 4K
Adorama has partnered with Z Camera, a
China-based photography startup, to launch
the E1 camera, said to be the “world’s small-
est” micro four-thirds 4K/Ultra HD (UHD)
camera.
According to Adorama, the E1 is also the
first camera of its kind to be equipped with
The E1 camera
is said to be
the “world’s
smallest” micro
four-thirds 4K/
UHD camera.
an interchangeable lens system, supports
a wide array of autofocus lenses from the
likes of Olympus, Panasonic, Lumix, Leica
and Sigma, as well as a variety of manual
focus lenses.
Lev Peter, chief of marketing at Adorama,
said: “On top of being the world’s smallest
micro four-thirds camera, the Z E1 has posi-
tioned itself as a tremendous asset to the
creative community by being the first to offer
an interchangeable lens system.”
The E1’s features include:
n 4K/UHD cinema video, 24fps with slow
motion in 720p and 16 megapixels.
n Advanced 3D noise filters using mo-
tion-compensated temporal filtering (MCTF)
technology that reduces noise, jitter, blurring
and ghosting.
n Low light performance with the abil-
ity to shoot ISO 102400 while maintaining
image quality up to ISO 6400.
n Controllable by phone via the E1 Cam-
era app, including ‘start and stop filming’,
photo shooting and more.
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