Canon supports all aspects of filmmaking, from pre-production to production through post.
A daily hub for filmmakers, the Canon Creative Studio is a place for hands-on experimentation with Canon equipment, thought-provoking chats with industry experts, relaxing with your fellow crew members, and enjoying a coffee or snack on us.  Whether your passion lies in cinematography, production design, or post-production, you can come see impossible at the Canon Creative Studio.Â
Are you attending the 2016 Sundance Film Festival? If so, you may request access to attend the invite-only Canon Creative Studio by clicking below. A select number of guests will be confirmed, subject to capacity.
Canon Live Learning Walking Tours
Get hands-on training with the new EOS C300 Mark II. Loren Simons, Canon’s Senior Product and Sales Trainer, will lead small groups on walking tours through scenic downtown Park City, exploring the camera’s high-sensitivity shooting capabilities, dual-pixel CMOS autofocus, and internal HD/2K/4K recording system. Two sessions held daily, 11am and 1:30pm. Advanced registration required; sign up here.
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NoFilmSchool.com Live Podcast Interviews
NoFIlmSchool.com has partnered with Canon to launch a new filmmaking podcast out of the Sundance Film Festival, debuting 10 episodes featuring interviews with top Festival filmmakers. The podcasts will be recorded live at the Canon Creative Studio, so you are invited to join in on the conversation. Full schedule below.
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4K Post-Production Demo with Adobe Premiere Pro CC
Director, Editor, and Colorist Jon Carr will lead a live demo of the EOS C300 Mark II's post-production workflow. Get acquainted with the camera's 15 stops of dynamic range and new Canon Log 2 picture profile. Using Canon's DPV-3010 4K reference displays, Carr will share his tricks of the trade for ingesting, editing, and coloring 4K footage in Adobe® Premiere® Pro CC on an HP Z840 workstation.
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Polly Morgan Photo Exhibit
Leading cinematographer Polly Morgan (Holy Hell, The Intervention) will unveil a gallery of never-seen-before original images, shot with a range of Canon EF lenses. Her stunning images were all printed with the new Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1000.
Sundance FF Filmmaker Portrait Studio
Canon invites cinematographers, editors, production designers, directors, and other filmmakers of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival to get their portrait taken by photographer Michael Ori. Guests will go home with an 8" x 10" copy of their stunning portraits, printed on the new Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1000. A selection of the images will also be featured in an online gallery on Indiewire.com.
Canon Live Learning | Walking Tour with EOS C300 Mark II
Join Canon Live Learning for a hands-on workshop with Canon’s newest cinema camera, the EOS C300 Mark II. Loren Simons, Canon’s own Senior Product and Sales Trainer, will lead intimate groups on walking tours through scenic downtown Park City, exploring the camera’s high-sensitivity shooting capabilities, dual-pixel CMOS autofocus, and internal HD/2K/4K recording system. Â
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 -  Loren Simons (Sr. Product and Sales Trainer, Canon)
Podcast | Collaborations: Â Cinematography & Production Design
Whether building a set or shooting it, these filmmakers share the same obsessions: color and light, space and texture. The relationship between cinematographers and production designers is as balletic as it is symbiotic. Cinematographer Wolfgang Held and production designer Darcy C. Scanlin discuss collaborating to build the visual language of Sophie and the Rising Sun.
-  Wolfgang Held (DP, Sophie and the Rising Sun)
-  Darcy C. Scanlin (Prod. Designer, Sophie and the Rising Sun)
Canon Live Learning | Walking Tour with EOS C300 Mark II
Join Canon Live Learning for a hands-on workshop with Canon’s newest cinema camera, the EOS C300 Mark II. Loren Simons, Canon’s own Senior Product and Sales Trainer, will lead intimate groups on walking tours through scenic downtown Park City, exploring the camera’s high-sensitivity shooting capabilities, dual-pixel CMOS autofocus, and internal HD/2K/4K recording system. Â
 -  Loren Simons (Sr. Product and Sales Trainer, Canon)
Podcast | Documentary Cinematography
From run-and-gun to sit-down interviews, documentary shooters are always ready to pick up their camera and go. Join Nick Higgins and Martina Radwan as they discuss topics like making the most of natural lighting, lens choice for staged interviews, and their top tips for making beautiful non-fiction films.Â
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-  Nick Higgins (DP, O.J. Made in America)
-  Martina Radwan (DP, Trapped, The Eagle Huntress)
Canon Live Learning | Walking Tour with EOS C300 Mark II
Join Canon Live Learning for a hands-on workshop with Canon’s newest cinema camera, the EOS C300 Mark II. Loren Simons, Canon’s own Senior Product and Sales Trainer, will lead intimate groups on walking tours through scenic downtown Park City, exploring the camera’s high-sensitivity shooting capabilities, dual-pixel CMOS autofocus, and internal HD/2K/4K recording system. Â
 -  Loren Simons (Sr. Product and Sales Trainer, Canon)
Podcast | In Conversation with Roberto Schaefer, ASC, AIC
With credits as diverse as Best in Show, Monster’s Ball, and Quantum of Solace, cinematographer Roberto Schaefer is a versatile master behind the lens. In this intimate, one-on-one conversation, we will explore Schaefer’s career, including his work on the buzzy Miles Davis narrative Miles Ahead, starring and directed by Don Cheadle.
 -  Roberto Schaefer, ASC, AIC (DP, Miles Ahead)
Canon Live Learning | Walking Tour with EOS C300 Mark II
Join Canon Live Learning for a hands-on workshop with Canon’s newest cinema camera, the EOS C300 Mark II. Loren Simons, Canon’s own Senior Product and Sales Trainer, will lead intimate groups on walking tours through scenic downtown Park City, exploring the camera’s high-sensitivity shooting capabilities, dual-pixel CMOS autofocus, and internal HD/2K/4K recording system. Â
 -  Loren Simons (Sr. Product and Sales Trainer, Canon)
Canon Live Learning | Walking Tour with EOS C300 Mark II
Join Canon Live Learning for a hands-on workshop with Canon’s newest cinema camera, the EOS C300 Mark II. Loren Simons, Canon’s own Senior Product and Sales Trainer, will lead intimate groups on walking tours through scenic downtown Park City, exploring the camera’s high-sensitivity shooting capabilities, dual-pixel CMOS autofocus, and internal HD/2K/4K recording system. Â
 -  Loren Simons (Sr. Product and Sales Trainer, Canon)
Podcast | Making Short Films
Working with shorter runtimes doesn’t make a filmmaker's job any easier – or any less fulfilling. Dir/DP Bernardo Britto and DP Bérénice Eveno speak about the dynamic visual style of the festival’s most competitive category: the Shorts Program.
-  Bernardo Britto (Dir, Glove, Jacqueline (Argentine))
-  Bérénice Eveno (DP, solemates, Verbatim:  The Ferguson Case, The Free World)
Canon Live Learning | Walking Tour with EOS C300 Mark II
Join Canon Live Learning for a hands-on workshop with Canon’s newest cinema camera, the EOS C300 Mark II. Loren Simons, Canon’s own Senior Product and Sales Trainer, will lead intimate groups on walking tours through scenic downtown Park City, exploring the camera’s high-sensitivity shooting capabilities, dual-pixel CMOS autofocus, and internal HD/2K/4K recording system. Â
 -  Loren Simons (Sr. Product and Sales Trainer, Canon)
Panel | A Decade of DSLRs: Creative Minds Talk the Evolution of Hand-Held Filmmaking
Location: Â New Frontier Microcinema (Gateway - 136 Heber Ave)
Join Canon U.S.A., Inc and a panel of inspiring filmmakers for a lively screening and Q&A in honor of the 10 year anniversary of the Canon EOS 5D.  These experts will reflect on the first time they picked up a DSLR for video, pull back the curtain on their creative process, and share what’s next in the world of cinematography. The DSLR was just the beginning -- you are the reason the filmmaking revolution is not over, and Canon can’t wait to help you see the impossible.
 -  Bryce Fortner (DP, Too Legit)
 -  Lauren Greenfield (Photographer & Dir, The Queen of Versailles)
 -  Tom Hurwitz, ASC (DP, Nothing Left Unsaid)
 -  Joe Passarelli (DP, Anomalisa)
 -  Tim Smith (Sr. Film and Television Advisor, Canon)
Canon Live Learning | Walking Tour with EOS C300 Mark II
Join Canon Live Learning for a hands-on workshop with Canon’s newest cinema camera, the EOS C300 Mark II. Loren Simons, Canon’s own Senior Product and Sales Trainer, will lead intimate groups on walking tours through scenic downtown Park City, exploring the camera’s high-sensitivity shooting capabilities, dual-pixel CMOS autofocus, and internal HD/2K/4K recording system. Â
 -  Loren Simons (Sr. Product and Sales Trainer, Canon)
Canon Live Learning | Walking Tour with EOS C300 Mark II
Join Canon Live Learning for a hands-on workshop with Canon’s newest cinema camera, the EOS C300 Mark II. Loren Simons, Canon’s own Senior Product and Sales Trainer, will lead intimate groups on walking tours through scenic downtown Park City, exploring the camera’s high-sensitivity shooting capabilities, dual-pixel CMOS autofocus, and internal HD/2K/4K recording system. Â
 -  Loren Simons (Sr. Product and Sales Trainer, Canon)
Podcast | Collaborations: Cinematography and Editing
On set and on location, the cinematographer captures the raw style that will determine the look of the movie, then passes the torch to the technician who will assemble the film from the visual puzzle pieces provided. Cinematographer Richard Henkels and Editor Michelle M. Witten will discuss the relay race-style relationship between DP and editor and their work on festival documentary Author: The JT Leroy Story.
- Richard Henkels (DP, Author: The JT Leroy Story)
- Michelle M. Witten (Editor, Author: The JT Leroy Story)
