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DJI Osmo 360 II: The Camera That Debuted on a Rocket, Not a Store Shelf

September 1, 2026

Articles, Camera Reviews, Filmmaking, Gear, News

DJI’s newest camera, the Osmo 360 II, hadn’t even reached most store shelves when it ended up filming a rocket landing. Riding along on the same launch: twelve of DJI’s…

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We’ve Had This Fight Before: What the Film vs. Digital War Can Teach Us About the AI Panic

August 7, 2026

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AI, AI Video, Articles, Filmmaking

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Every generation of filmmakers picks a hill to die on. A few years ago it was celluloid versus digital. Now it’s AI. History suggests the people who end up shaping…

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Netflix Paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI Company. Here’s What It Actually Does (Spoiler: It’s Not What You Think)

July 23, 2026

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Ben Affleck spent four years quietly building an AI company in stealth mode, and it just made him roughly $587 million richer, according to Netflix’s own SEC filing. Not bad…

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Cannes Just Proposed an “Organic” Certification Label for Films — We Already Built That for Video

July 23, 2026

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Somewhere in a boardroom in the south of France, someone looked at 130 years of cinema and said: “You know what this industry needs? A label. Like on a carton…

PortraiTO – People of Toronto

April 27, 2017

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Articles, Filmmaking, Films

PortraiTO is an innovative project about a series of micro-documentaries of people who live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that have an interesting story to tell and that represent the spirit and…

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Side by Side Digital vs Film

June 17, 2014

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Articles, Filmmaking, Films, Gear

Documentary Side by Side looks at the history of film-making and whether the advent of digital technology spells the end of celluloid. “The documentary for me started with the…

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DJI Osmo 360 II: The Camera That Debuted on a Rocket, Not a Store Shelf

We’ve Had This Fight Before: What the Film vs. Digital War Can Teach Us About the AI Panic

Netflix Paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI Company. Here’s What It Actually Does (Spoiler: It’s Not What You Think)

Cannes Just Proposed an “Organic” Certification Label for Films — We Already Built That for Video

PortraiTO – People of Toronto

Side by Side Digital vs Film

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