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Your Wednesday Links: Canon 5D Mark III Gets a Workout

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Cinema5D: Canon 5DmkIII vs RED Scarlet test

DareDreamer: Three Reasons Not to Buy the 5D Mark III Right Now

Philip Bloom's first impressions of the Canon 5DmkIII and his video review - The big takeaway seems to be to plan on doing a sharpening pass in post. UPDATE: Stu agrees with Bloom.

LATimes: Slingshotting 'Battle Royale' DVD off 'The Hunger Games'

Letterboxd - Currently in invite-only beta. I tried it out. It's kind of like Pinterest for film nerds. A good way to keep a movie diary.

Film Bakery: The Secret World of Color Correction

MovieLine: Disney’s Dark Arts Exposed in Little-Seen Sweatbox

Cartoon Brew: How much does YouTube pay their top animators? - These revenue numbers should apply to all filmmakers, not just animators.

Wired: From Reddit forum to screenplay

LATimes: Internet to surpass DVD in movie consumption, not revenue - Wow, that was fast.

YOUR WEEKLY WISDOM:
If you know the story you are telling, you know the answer to any question a crew member can ask you.

OLD POSTS UPDATED:
Film Lights Comparison - added link to Shane Hurlbut's Home Depot Lighting Kit
HD Cameras Comparison - lots of updates centering around the 5DmkIII

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