Moviewatch: eat.pray.love

I went to watch “eat pray love”, the now movie with Julia Roberts the other day. After having read some rather crushing reviews, my expectations were quite low. But, I do have to admit, I was positively surprised. While Julia Roberts plays a woman who I...

Moviewatch: The American

Just saw “The American”, the new movie with George Clooney. Well, it certainly wasn’t what I expected… which is usually pretty bad. But first things first. The marketing campaign and the trailers suggested a “lone assassin type guy shoots...

Blinky and the Brain

I’ve just finished reading In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing by Walter Murch. What can I say, it’s one of those books I think every aspiring moviemaker (be it in the role of camera man, editor, director or producer) should read. Of...

The harsh climate of Swiss movie making

Comment of a person responsible for a location when asked whether we would be allowed to shoot a scene there: “This man is either crazy or considers us complete idiots.” A simple “NO” would probably have been enough… *sigh*...

Cheating DoF

I’ve got a “prosumer” videocam with the usual “infinite” DoF (depth of field). One of the first things I tried to do is to fake it in After Effects (CS5). The original: As you can see, it has no change in sharpness/focus across the whole...