Tag: Danfung Dennis
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Sundance winner Danfung Dennis previews Condition ONE – a DSLR based virtual reality system for news
Link: Fresh from his documentary win at Sundance, cinematic journalist Danfung Dennis has announced some early details of his next project called Condition ONE. It looks to be a highly immersive virtual reality video project which Danfung hopes will allow viewers to experience news events more fully.
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Photojournalist Danfung Dennis Makes A Splash In Tech With Immersive Video
Photojournalist Danfung Dennis Makes A Splash In Tech With Immersive Video – A Photo Editor Photojournalist and Academy Award Nominated filmmaker (Hell and Back Again) Danfung Dennis and his fledgling immersive video company Condition One just received half a million in seed capitol from tech visionary Mark Cuban. As was first reported on GigaOm via…
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Hell and Back Again
lens: As the Afghan war neared a decade’s worth of combat, casualties and headlines, the photographer and filmmaker Danfung Dennis was looking to jolt people’s consciousness. “I was frustrated with photojournalism, and I was frustrated with society back in the U.S. being indifferent to the war,” said Mr. Dennis, who had covered Afghanistan as a…
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DSLR News Shooter | Danfung Dennis scoops Sundance World Cinema Grand Jury Award for Documentary Filmmaking – shot on a 5DmkII
Huge congratulations to photojournalist turned filmmaker Danfung Dennis for winning the top prize in the Documentary Filmmaking category of the Sundance festival awards. He also scooped the World Cinema Cinematography Award for Documentary Filmmaking. His film “Hell and Back Again” was shot on the 5DmkII and follows the story of a Marine fighting in the…
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Photojournalist Danfung Dennis: How I cover the Afghanistan war with the 5DmkII « DSLR News Shooter
Link: Photojournalist Danfung Dennis: How I cover the Afghanistan war with the 5DmkII « DSLR News Shooter: Danfung has been producing incredible work from Afghanistan where he works as an embedded photojournalist. His filming is both editorially and visually compelling – especially given the extreme conditions under which he works. He is currently working on…
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Working in the Middle – The Digital Journalist
Danfung Dennis: Then the riot police surged forward at a full sprint. I ran alongside, photographing them. Did they push me or did I trip? All I know is that the next moment I was airborne, hurtling through space, then crushed to the ground. The riot police trampled over me as they charged towards the…