In film making terms, the aspect ratio is the proportional relationship between the height and width of the screen image...and is perhaps one of cinema's most important (but least recognized or understood) technologies. Sometimes an aspect ratio is determined by a technological limitation (e.g. using an antique camera). However, in the modern film making world, directors and directors of…

Watch this clip from the motion picture The Humanity Bureau, starring Nicolas Cage, Sarah Lind, Hugh Dillon, and Jakob Davies. Java Post Production was proud to contribute visual FX and colour grading to this dystopian thriller. Set in the near future, The Humanity Bureau sees the world in a permanent state of economic recession and facing serious environmental problems as a result of global…

Here is a before and after look at the work done by our animator, Tomás Ibar, for our recent Java Post Production St. Patrick's Day animation. In the video above, you can watch Tomás' original 2D concept sketches play beside the final 3D animation.  

Happy St. Patrick's Day from our mascot, Beanie, and everyone at Java Post Production and Java Post Aerial Photography!  

Java Post Production was proud to contribute visual FX and colour grading to The Humanity Bureau, starring Nicolas Cage, Sarah Lind, Hugh Dillon, and Jakob Davies. Hitting theaters on April 6th, The Humanity Bureau is a dystopian thriller set in the near future that sees the world in a permanent state of economic recession and facing serious environmental problems as a result of global warming.…

The Java Post Aerial Photography crew recently traveled to the Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area in Saskatchewan, Canada as part of an on-going video project for Environment and Climate Change Canada. We had previously done both ground and drone photography there in the spring and fall of 2017 and wanted to go back to capture aerial footage during the winter season. It was a bright, crisp…

Our mascot, Beanie, gets hit by Cupid's arrow and finds his true love. Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at Java Post Production and Java Post Aerial Photography! To view examples of our film, commercial, corporate and industrial video work, and aerial drone photography, CLICK HERE.

Most movie fans are familiar with boom microphones...those big microphones on long poles that are held above the actors when scenes are being filmed. But what is not often seen - because you're not supposed to see it - are the small microphones, called Lavalier microphones (or "Lavs" for short), that are hidden beneath the actors' costumes. With all the different kinds of…

"Forced perspective" is an in-camera effect (meaning it's done live, on-set, with no computer graphics) which allows filmmakers to create shrinking and enlargement effects. For example, scenes with Gandalf having dinner with the Hobbits in the "Lord of the Rings" movies. In this video, John Hess from Filmmaker IQ explains the math and science behind this optical illusion.…