It was only a matter of time before Film Riot 's Ryan Connolly put in his two cents on the two newest competing cameras, the Canon C300 and RED Scarlet.

One of the best aspects of Ryan Connolly’s short film Losses is its sound, although when you hear the Film Riot host talk about it, you get the feeling he’s not entirely happy with it.

As is the case with every week, there were a number of big stories, announcements, and releases in the world of online video over the past seven days. Odds are pretty good you didn’t catch them all. So each week we put together this weekly online video news round up, covering news, opinions, tips, and more, to help you get caught up for the week ahead

Fighting should be an easy thing to capture on film, right?

After watching Losses , Film Riot host Ryan Connolly’s short action film shot on the RED Epic, you might wonder how he was able to do all the things he was able to do in such a short amount of time.

Film Riot host Ryan Connolly got to test drive one of Hollywood’s newest toys, the RED Epic camera, and played around with it for a couple of episodes .

Your house is a veritable tool shed of special effects. These are special effects you can do in-camera, rather than trying to figure it out in After Effects. In Episode 127 of Film Riot, host Ryan Connolly shows you several things you can do with just a pressure washer and an iron

Do you wish you could get just the right sky for your scene, but the blasted sky just won’t cooperate?

The latest episodes of Film Riot take a look at a dream camera, the RED Epic , a camera that has been used to shoot Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, next year’s The Amazing Spider-Man, and Peter Jackson’s future mega-blockbuster The Hobbit.

Episode 119 of Film Riot, “CineStyle for Better Images and Best Export Settings for Web,” discusses how to get the best image from your camera and how to to get the highest quality web video with a respectable amount of bandwidth use.