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Behind the Camera: What Is It About Film?
There's something about the film look that creates the kind of mood necessary for us to leave reality behind and embrace the fantasy of the movies. Bill Johns shows you how to make your DV productions more film-like, and even offers free software to help you get started.

Editing on a Notebook
FAST Purple.Field In Action
by Romain Geib
Matthias von Mutius has been on the road with his camera for years. Now, modern recording and editing technology has given him the independence he sought, letting him edit segments on a notebook using FAST Purple.Field.

DV Film, Tape, Gets Titles from EyeballNYC
Tape, Richard Linklater’s experimental digital video film starring Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke and Robert Sean Leonard, which debuted at the Sundance Festival, features titles designed by EyeballNYC art director and designer Jory Hull.

SCETV Shoots NatureScene Series with Panasonic DVCPRO HD
South Carolina Educational Television/SCETV (Columbia, SC) is acquiring its premier production, the 23-year-old NatureScene natural history series, with Panasonic’s AJ-HDC20A DVCPRO HD 2/3-inch 2.2 million pixel FIT 3-CCD camcorder.

JVC'S DV-500 At Yahoo! Broadcast Services
JVC announced that Yahoo! Broadcast Services relies on JVC DV-500 camcorders for the daily acquisition of remote and studio footage used for delivering video webcasts.

DV Format Rugged Enough to Hit the Road
The advent of the digital video camcorder has enabled a whole generation of documentary filmmakers to ply their trades in the most remote of places. From the Arctic to the middle of the Pacific Ocean, DV is fast becoming a force in the capture of extreme situations.

Caporale Studios Shoots Feature Films with Panasonic 480p DVCPRO50 Camcorder
Director of Photography Michael Caporale tells his story about using Panasonic's AJ-PD900WA 2/3-inch DVCPRO50 Progressive camcorder for shooting both theatrical feature production and general assignments.

DV Feature Film: PsyClone
Join DV filmmaker Bill Johns as he works his way through shooting a DV feature. He's made good progress so far, but feels now that he's on thin ice. Here's his story of shooting PsyClone on DV.

Bexel Boosts Commitment to HDCAM Production
PARK RIDGE, NJ (Jan. 2001) -- Bexel Corporation has increased its commitment to high definition with the recent purchase of Sony's HDW-F900 digital camcorders. Since placing its first order for 10 of the cameras, the Burbank, Calif.-based rental company has ordered five more and plans to purchase another 15 next year.

NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers Use Panasonic DVCPRO50 Progressive
LOS ANGELES, CA (Dec. 2000) -- The National Basketball Association's Cleveland Cavaliers (Cleveland, OH) have purchased Panasonic DVCPRO50 Progressive scan equipment to produce player and personnel features for broadcast on Fox Sports Net and the local UPN affiliate.

Traipsing Through the Indian Jungles with DV Cameras and a Will to Live
The DV format has emboldened filmmakers to make the films that they want to make with the resources that are available to them. One such filmmaker is Ruby Pictures, which just completed Will to Live, an English-language feature film shot with DV cameras in Calcutta, the Indian jungles, and in Southern California.

Subway Films Uses Matrox RT2000 to cut Girl Gone Bad
Matrox Video Products Group announced that Subway Films, an independent film and television production company based in Los Angeles, has produced Girl Gone Bad, a documentary for PBS TV, with the help of a Matrox RT2000 realtime editing platform.

Fujinon Lenses and DVCPro Used For The Shape Of Life
Sea Studios Foundation and National Geographic Television have co-produced an eight-part television series called The Shape of Life.

First HDTV National Geographic Special Now In Production
The National Geographic Society has selected Panasonic's compact DVCPRO HD format to acquire the National Geographic Special for PBS. The program will be about explorer Robert Ballard's search for evidence of human habitation below the Black Sea.

NFL's Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens Upgrade to Panasonic DVCPRO
The National Football League's Buffalo Bills (Buffalo, NY) and Baltimore Ravens (Baltimore, MD) franchises have recently converted to Panasonic's DVCPRO digital component video format, purchasing AJ-D910WA DVCPRO50 2/3" 3-CCD EFP/ENG camcorders and AJ-D450 DVCPRO studio editing VTRs to assist in team training.

Roo Productions Produces Arizona's First DV Feature Film, Secret Messages
What happens when you take one man’s script, eight talented crewmembers, and 25 dedicated actors, mix them together for a year with almost no money and dream of creating a movie? That was the question asked in November of 1999, when pre-production of Secret Messages commenced. Roo Productions, an independent production company, produced Arizona's first DV feature-length film -- in under a year.

StarMedia Network Uses JVC DV Cameras And VTRs For Santana Tour
StarMedia, the world's largest Spanish and Portugese Internet portal, has purchased JVC's Professional DV-500 cameras and DV-600 editing decks for use on the Santana Tour as well as coverage of fashion shows, live video chats with celebrities and special interviews with rock stars and pop icons of Latin America.

Panasonic DVCPro HD to be Used For 13-Episode International Travel Series
LOS ANGELES, CA -- Noted television production company Bennett-Watt Entertainment, Inc. (Issaquah, WA) has purchased Panasonic Broadcast’s new high-performance AJ-HDC20A DVCPRO HD 2/3-inch 2.2 million pixel FIT 3-CCD camcorder and AJ-HD150 DVCPRO HD studio VTR to support production of a 13-episode travel series. 

Canon Donates Digital Camcorders to Operation Migration
Canon U.S.A. will demonstrate its support for human and avian aviators during the week-long Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh 2000 that takes place at the Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin now through August 1.

Flight Line, Upcoming PBS Vietnam Memoir, Shot In Panasonic DVCPRO50 Progressive Format
Flight Line: The Army Helicopter Pilots of Vietnam, an hour-long documentary with narration and on-screen appearances by Harrison Ford, was shot last month with Panasonic's AJ-PD900WA 2/3" DVCPRO50 Progressive camcorder.

Matrox RT2000 Real Time Editing Platform Empowers Kangoo Films
Matrox Video Products Group announced that Kangoo Films/Les Productions Kangoo, a Montreal project studio, is using the Matrox RT2000 realtime editing platform to produce a documentary on the cross-Atlantic Mini-Transat sailing race that occurs every two years from Concarneau, France to Guadeloupe, French West Indies.

Jumping Into DV Editing: Pat Leong is a DV enthusiast and writer who has had quite a bit of experience purchasing and using DV systems. In this detailed chronology, he takes you step-by-step through his experience of selecting, buying and optimizing a DV editing system.

Quantum Project, First Direct-to-Internet Movie, Shot in Entirety With Panasonic DVCPro50 Progressive Format
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 2, 2000) -- Quantum Project, the first film specifically produced for distribution over the Internet, was shot last month in Hollywood with Panasonic’s DVCPRO50 progressive AJ-PD900WA camcorder.

Making Time Code by Denise Harrison
Director/writer/producer/composer Figgis, already noted for projects such as Leaving Las Vegas, Internal Affairs and One Night Stand, has done the unthinkable, at least to those of us who didn’t think of it first. In Time Code, he not only shoots in one long, uncut 93 minutes of digital video, he does it with four different actors and locations.

DV from Lens to Screen by Charlie White
Tony Wood of Smoking Monkey Productions knows how to make sure his DV productions can pass muster at even the most persnickety broadcast TV station. We watched his process carefully, from lens to screen. Here's our peek at the Secrets of the Smoking Monkey.

Filmmakers Gregory Nava, Barbara Martinez-Jitner Shoot, Edit American Tapestry Documentary With Panasonic DVCPRO
Noted director Gregory Nava and producer/director Barbara Martinez-Jitner have completed a 90-minute documentary, Gregory Nava on the American Dream in the 20th Century: The American Tapestry, that was shot and edited with Panasonic DVCPRO50 equipment. "Tapestry" premiered on Monday, Nov. 8, 1999 and aired throughout December on a national cable network.