VMI News June 2024

READ VMI's Fully Revised Easyrig Guide

Easyrig systems alleviate camera weight, easing shoulder, freehand, and gimbal operation and have evolved into various models catering to different cameras and shooting styles.

This fully revised article delves into Easyrig principles and its diverse range, including jackets designed for the women's form, and guidance on choosing the right model.

Case Study - A Real Bug's Life. Shooting an EPIC

A Real Bug’s Life is an ambitious and innovative Disney+ docuseries that uses cutting-edge technology to reveal the micro-world over nine episodes.

“Capturing scenes relies on two things,” says cinematographer Robert Hollingworth, “the skill of entomologists and precision technology to scale down dramatic camera techniques to where a blade of grass is a skyscraper.”

VMI to give KIFF Talk: Shooting On A Shoestring

VMI's Barry Bassett is giving a talk at the forthcoming KIFF Film Festival in Kingston on Friday 21 June on how to shoot on a Shoestring.

Book Now for Earlybird tickets.

Bootcamp Films are READY

A 6-week Production Bootcamp took 28 youngsters with little or no prior TV experience to creating these very impressive pop videos which are now available to view on pre-release.

This was all possible courtesy of funding from the DfE and Herts Local Enterprise Partnership plus generous sponsorship from SEGRO, training provider The JGA Group and VMI and I am sure that you will agree, the results speak for themselves.

We hope to run another of these later in the year. Follow us on the socials to keep up to date.

Cannes Proves 35mm is Back In Fashion

Cannes 2024 nominees and winners shows most films were shot with Super 35 sensors, particularly using ALEXA 35 Mini and Alexa Mini, instead of ARRI Mini LF and Sony VENICE, restoring Super 35 to be the new gold standard - Well maybe not actually that new then!

SUSTAINABILITY

VMI Bristol Celebrates 1st Diesel-Free Anniversary

These saved an estimated 9.5 metric tonnes of CO2 last year and being charged mainly from our solar panels, or from fully sustainable sources, makes Bristol deliveries effectively net zero!

Visit IBC on Eurostar!

The annual kit-fest in Amsterdam is an essential date in our diaries but travelling to the show without air travel has often been hard to arrange.

So this year, The Flint has booked an entire carriage on a Eurostar train to provide a unique networking event whilst conveying passengers to Amsterdam in stress-free comfort and with a reduced carbon footprint.

Video of the week

The Red Witch knows a thing or two about warming. Maybe that's why she's lent her voice to the Climate Majority Project's new short.

WE ARE IN THE DANGER ZONE! THIS is why we need to take action now and can all make a difference.

Thanks to Neil Howman of The Flint in sharing this with us.

VMI wins Ecologi Gold

Ecologi announced on Earth Day (22 April), that their judging panel had awarded VMI with a Gold Award for its carbon reduction successes.

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