Broadcast Show - 4K and Storytelling in filmmaking

I attended two seminars at the Broadcast show by Philip Bloom, these were on '4K' and 'Storytelling in flim-making'. The following are notes and thoughts on these seminars:

4K

-  4K is '4x better than HD' - it allows great scope for cropping and zooming in edits for a HD film without losing any picture quality dependent on which camera is used.

- However using 4K shouldn't be an excuse for lazy cinematography and shot choice.

- Expensive - 4K takes up a lot of data (4xHD) so hard-drives are important - as well as equipment/camera

- There aren't really any screens that can show 4K, (cheapest are around £5,000) any uploads online and the quality is reduced.

The below are videos illustrating how 4K cameras can be used to record a concert (Muse's) and what this entails.

Story telling, filmmaking

- The creativity is important, whilst good gear helps often having limited tech can help innovation and give better ideas. A camera will help, but won't make you better.

- Try and understand everything

- Pre production is very important.

- Learn from mistakes and improve your ability.

- Push yourself and take chances in your work.

- A showreel should be a max of 3 mins, it should be short and snappy with best stuff at the start (to grab attention).