Damon Cirulli’s 2010 Demo Reel

Here is the unofficial 2010 cut:

Damon Cirulli Demo Reel from Damon Cirulli on Vimeo.

Bacon Care of Bizniz

Grave Dawn Trailer Released

Check out the new trailer for Grave Dawn, Directed by DJ Turner. Shot on the Red and 5D Mark II.

Grave Dawn-Kindest Cut 2009

Cancel Your Cable Bill and Enjoy TV With Mediafox Browser

After a certain southern California cable provider raised my rates yet again, I started researching good ways to find all the same tlevision programming through the Internet.  Don’t get me wrong, I had already been using Hulu pretty heavily before.  And Netflix’s Watch Instantly library keeps getting better every week.

To keep the cable TV company from stealing your soul, just download the Mediafox browser.  This modified version of Mozilla Firefox Portable Edition has several media-related add-ons and custom bookmarks to manage the video, resulting in a near perfect “WebTV” Television-though-Internet experience.  Download this handy browser here.

UPDATE:  The download link has been removed.  The author cannot legally distribute modified copies of Firefox without permission from Mozilla.  Let us know when you’re able to legally release Mediafox!

[via Lifehacker]

Canon 5D Mark II and the Future of DSLR Video

The traditional design of high definition video cameras is quickly becoming outdated, to be replaced by new digital SLR still & video cameras, with a modular design.    This not an entirely new idea. The Red Digital Cinema Company has been aiming with a similar goal in mind for the last few years and with the release of their Red One they were able to offer a camera capable of shooting at 4k resolution and using 35mm lenses for about $50,000 (inexpensive compared to similar high-end camera packages).

In late 2008, the Red Company announced that a new, truly modular DSMC (digital still and motion camera) is on the horizon that would blow the socks of the competitors, and pull back our wigs as filmmakers for a fraction of the price.  Sometime in late 2009* (*This was a optimistic guess), the Epic and Scarlet cameras will hit the market and fully solidify these new types of digital video cameras as the standard for digital content creation.

In the meantime, while we are crossing out the days on the calendar for the Epic/Scarlet release, what are the competitors doing?  Two other DSLR cameras that are capable of shooting high definition are currently available, and are quickly becoming recognized for their stunning visuals and “digital majesty.”  They are the Canon 5D Mark II and the Nikon D90 (we have not used the latter…if you have tried this camera, let us know what you think).

The Canon 5D Mark II is a hot product right now and very hard to find.  To accquire one, I recommend calling up B & H Photo as soon as they open (they get a daily shipment and are EST, so call early).  This is exactly how we ordered ours, since it was back-ordered everywhere else, including their website. After getting the 5DMII, we decided to go all out and buy a full rig for the camera that included the Zacuto Filmmakers DSLR Kit, a Red Rock Micro Matte Box, four Canon lenses and tons of filters, flash cards, a car-pod, Ikan HDMI monitor, and a clown-car full of other tools and accessories (I probably put the owner of B&H’s kid through a year a schooling). Since our camera package is also based on a modular design we can switch in practically any camera, including the Red One, Epic and Scarlet.

New Frontiers in Digital Entertainment and Internet Marketing

As you may have noticed: We are now in the midst of a huge evolutional change in digital entertainment and Internet marketing–but this is only the beginning.

Advertising companies are no longer pulling in the same revenue from traditional media like magazines and newspapers that they once were, and are now allocating more of their future budgets towards other avenues. Furthermore, it appears that news in paper form is on its way to the extinction list like an ill-evolved DoDo bird, while Internet bandwidth continues to increase, drawing an increasing number of web publishers and consumers.

With this increase in bandwidth, video streaming is also becoming more ubiquitous and changing the way television content is being syndicated. No longer do you need hide in the shadows (and quite possibly breaking the law) streaming video or downloading movies, as so many larger networks now post more of their content online for free. Also, companies like Netflix and the iTunes Store make it so much easier to download movies to your computer or stream into your living room entertainment center, via services like Tivo or Xbox 360.