Make a Kinograph to Digitize Film Reels
An open-source negative scanner for digitizing film.
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Vintage Film About Cardboard Box Crafts
DIY tutorial videos (er, I mean films) have been around since well before the internets, as this little gem unearthed and GIFified by OKKULT Motion Pictures proves.
Print the Legend: Exclusive First Look Preview
The first full-length 3D printing documentary, “Print the Legend” will make it’s debut Sunday at SXSW Film as part of their Startup Alley programming focused on the intersection of entertainment and technology “shaping the means of viewing, sharing and producing content”.
How-To: 3 Most Popular DIY GoPro Projects
Check out the three most popular GoPro project tutorials according to DIYGoPro.com. Learn how to make these three rigs with step-by-step video tutorials, instructions, and part lists.
When is a Camera not a Camera?
When it’s a Mac Mini? It might look like a film camera, but “the Betty” is a custom camera housing for a Silicon Imaging SI-2K Mini Camera Head and an Apple Mac mini.
Making Movies with Kids
Anyone who has kids will, at one time or another, point a video camera (or smartphone) at them and make a little home movie. But how about getting kids involved in making movies? Bianca Giaever doesn’t have kids, but the young filmmaker has created a great short film called “The Scared is Scared,” based on a story invented by a six-year-old boy named Asa. Bianca’s questions and Asa’s often flip-flopping, cute-as-can-be answers form the narration of the movie. Bianca takes Asa’s imaginative story and brings it to life as he tells it. It’s clever, funny, and poignant. She offers advice on how to go about making a movie with kids.
DIY Microwave Popcorn
Here’s a money saver: Stop buying those boxes of prepackaged microwave popcorn, and do it yourself, cheaper and healthier. All you need is a brown paper bag and some popping-corn kernels, which you can purchase cheaply in bulk. Self-proclaimed tinkerer Wardie discovered this a few months ago, and shares the details on his blog, Wardie’s World. He also figured out how to successfully salt air-popped popcorn without oil or butter!
