What are you shooting your movie on?

[Robbie Comeau]

Just curious here...

DVX100B my self!

Robbie

[Zak Forsman]

HVX200 w/ 35mm adapter... probably the brevis.

[Robbie Comeau]

Scariest thing of my life. So when I made this thread, I hit Submit Thread, and THEN it took me to the poll, where I write in each poll option. I didn't know it already put this thread to public. So I take my time adding in all of the options, and when I hit submit, ZAK FORSMAN made a post, so I thought, how the HELL did he do it so fast? But I guess it posts it publicly write after I hit submit the first time...

Oh well.

Robbie

[Cliff Wildman]

dunno about the camera, but we are shooting in 'COMOVision'

[Jaime V]

DVX100b Here.

[ilauzirika]

dunno about the camera, but we are shooting in 'COMOVision'

oh that's an unfair advantage:embarasse
if I end up shooting i'll try with a hv20

[Zak Forsman]

Scariest thing of my life. So when I made this thread, I hit Submit Thread, and THEN it took me to the poll, where I write in each poll option. I didn't know it already put this thread to public. So I take my time adding in all of the options, and when I hit submit, ZAK FORSMAN made a post, so I thought, how the HELL did he do it so fast? But I guess it posts it publicly write after I hit submit the first time...

Oh well.

Robbie

i added my selection to the poll.

[Robbie Comeau]

Sorry?

[Zak Forsman]

huh?

[Cliff Wildman]

como again?

[Robbie Comeau]

What do you mean you added your selection to the poll?

[Cliff Wildman]

Scariest thing of my life.

como, if that's as scary as it gets for you, you've led a very blessed life indeed.

[Larry Rutledge]

I'm going to draw each scene of my film out on an Etch-a-sketch, then photograph the etch-a-sketch screen with a polaroid camera. Then I'll scan the polaroid, and photograph the image on my screen with my dSLR. I'll then download that image to my computer and print it out. The printed image will then be faxed to Brandon Rice down in So. Cal. and he will hand draw the image in colored sand and photograph that with a film SLR and send me the negative, which I'll scan into my NLE and put as the next frame in the footage.

I think I'll be done sometime early 2020 :grin:

[Zak Forsman]

What do you mean you added your selection to the poll?

1. you posted thread.
2. i posted a reply with "HVX200"
3. you added the poll option
4. i selected "HVX200" in the poll
5. this part.

[hunter richards]

Dreaming of: Arri 235 with kodak 5219

Lets see if I can find a money tree...

[HBlack]

Where's the HV20 option?

Not that I'm shooting one or anything.

[mikkowilson]

I'm going to draw each scene of my film out on an Etch-a-sketch, then photograph the etch-a-sketch screen with a polaroid camera. Then I'll scan the polaroid, and photograph the image on my screen with my dSLR. I'll then download that image to my computer and print it out. The printed image will then be faxed to Brandon Rice down in So. Cal. and he will hand draw the image in colored sand and photograph that with a film SLR and send me the negative, which I'll scan into my NLE and put as the next frame in the footage.

I think I'll be done sometime early 2020 :grin:


Ok, I think you are joking .. no way you can get enough polaroid film for that to work.


- Mkko

[Brandon Rice]

I'm going to draw each scene of my film out on an Etch-a-sketch, then photograph the etch-a-sketch screen with a polaroid camera. Then I'll scan the polaroid, and photograph the image on my screen with my dSLR. I'll then download that image to my computer and print it out. The printed image will then be faxed to Brandon Rice down in So. Cal. and he will hand draw the image in colored sand and photograph that with a film SLR and send me the negative, which I'll scan into my NLE and put as the next frame in the footage.

I think I'll be done sometime early 2020 :grin:

Dude, don't give away our method! :furious3:

[Postmaster]

HVX with DIY Adapter - yesss baby!

[Moojangles]

well at least theres enough others using the ol' DVX so i can get help converting to 16:9 or perhaps just shoot squeezed... hmmm.

[tmnt]

HVX with Brevis and Canon FDs.

[Rodney V. Smith]

DVX100A with DIY Adapter (brand new screen and it's clean and pretty)

[pmark23]

HVX, but maybe DVX. During that time I'm working on a project with a RED, so maybe will be able to get a few days to use that. We'll see...

[Matty_g]

Where's the Genesis option?

[Gohanto]

GS500. I must be the poorest person here.

[HDkilledFILM.]

Dreaming of: Arri 235 with kodak 5219

Lets see if I can find a money tree...

Oh god yes, give me 35mm again.... :2vrolijk_08:

I know my name is HDkilledfilm, but that doesn't mean I don't love it.

[Kdawg]

GS500. I must be the poorest person here.


Naaaa, just the only one not in debt :undecided

Canon XH A1 here maybe the DVX100b for some shots, I dunno

[MattinSTL]

Not thrilled about shooting on a couple DVX's... but that's gonna' have to do it for this one.

[Arrik]

HVX definitely, with a Brevis or SG Pro..... still not sure which one.

[ChipG]

Three Sony F23's but am think about changing it to a HV 20 just to show people it's not the camera, it's the film maker....

[Tom Marshall]

Hopefully a RED...

[Charlie Anderson]

I'm doing 2 films personally on the HVX (possibly on the M2 as well, we'll see), and I'm shooting another film on a modded iPhone to record video.

Haha I get my own option!

[Will Clegg]

HVX and M2. Hopefully with the microX if they ship on the date promised.

[Dustin R. Rogan]

DVX100b all the way :kali:

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Three Sony F23's but am think about changing it to a HV 20 just to show people it's not the camera, it's the film maker....
Bring it! There were a few HV20's in Love Fest, including mine.

[Max R. Wilson]

Shooting on a JVC HD-110u if i get it in time, or my good old trusty DVX100B.

Maybe RED, but i will have to pull some strings to get that to happen... :nads:

[13th Judas]

guys, what step-up rings should i use on my nokia. i'm thinking of attaching it to g35.

EDIT:

i found one on EBAY :2vrolijk_08:

[Charlie Anderson]

wait, you have a G35?

[Sprocketboy]

I'm shooting with the HVX200 sans the adapter. I'll have a ton gear to work with I don't need an adapter hampering me. Time is money. :smile:

That's not a bad title for a film.

[13th Judas]

wait, you have a G35?

it's supposed to be a joke :undecided. well, i guess i should start treating this fest seriously from now on.

[Jim Montgomery]

Noticed the Sonys missing. Sorry but it will be EX1 with Letus and XDCam 350

[Max R. Wilson]

Noticed the Sonys missing. Sorry but it will be EX1 with Letus and XDCam 350

same as the JVC cameras. But i realize that there are really to many cameras to list them all.

[Loki]

I am performing mine live in front of every audience via interpretative dance.

[traviscool]

I'm being optimistic saying a DVX100A I am still looking for a good place to purchase it but I hope to have one soon.

[Ki-Ki]

At the moment Camera phone and a simple Digital Camcorder.

[AmyO]

A bit premature to start an official thread, but if I do get one in the can, I'll be shooting on a DVX100a with a Letus35a adapter.

[Ted Arabian]

DVX100B here

[hungrych]

Rocking the xh-a1 LEX combo

[FS Pro]

HVX 200 with Red Rock M2 adaptor :o)

[Noel Evans]

Noticed the Sonys missing. Sorry but it will be EX1 with Letus and XDCam 350

Deserves a place on the list as well. Also no HPX option.

[Robbie Comeau]

I had the EX1 and took it off. I forget why...

I totally forgot about the HPX!

[dory_breaux]

I had the EX1 and took it off. I forget why...

cause HVX>EX1

[FREUDENBERG_FILMS]

Timeshifter will be shot using the HVX202en camera. ;0)

[rc444]

Just curious here...

DVX100B my self!

Robbie

Great poll, I just thought I'd say you should include the JVC 110 in the poll too. It would be interesting to see how many people are shooting with this camera.

By the way, how did you create that poll? It would be neat to be able to learn how to do that. It could be quite a fun thing to do on the DVX website if other similar polls were to occur.

Is there are website where I can learn the code to this?

thanks,
rc444

[yommytacoe]

HV20 - DIY 35mm adapter. fershizzle.

[Robbie Comeau]

Great poll, I just thought I'd say you should include the JVC 110 in the poll too. It would be interesting to see how many people are shooting with this camera.

By the way, how did you create that poll? It would be neat to be able to learn how to do that. It could be quite a fun thing to do on the DVX website if other similar polls were to occur.

Is there are website where I can learn the code to this?

thanks,
rc444

You can create the poll when you make a new thread, just here on DVXuser.

At the bottom, will give you a poll option!

[dory_breaux]

DVX100b, verry likely no adapter for either of my projects, altho it would be siiiiiick.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

I'm in, Red #27 will be my horse, possibly riding alongside another Red as well

[Kholi]

Four entries with RED ONE this way. =B

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Four entries with RED ONE this way. =B

Four? Mine and the one other. What are the other two?

[ZFarms Productions]

We're using an HVX.

[Wild Imagination Films]

I hope to shoot most of the film on the DVX100a. I may also use an HVX200 and perhaps even a splash of the LGeNV. Should be interesting to see if they play well with each other.
Editing in Vegas Pro on my Gateway.

[Kholi]

Four? Mine and the one other. What are the other two?

I wasn't talking about you or the other. Was talking about four different RED ONE entries.:2vrolijk_08:

[Loren Simons]

Canon XHA1 and canon fd lenses here =) :engel017:

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

I wasn't talking about you or the other. Was talking about four different RED ONE entries.:2vrolijk_08:
So six total Red entries for TimeFest? Why haven't these other four you know about made their presence known?

[Kholi]

Is it against the rules to NOT make a fest thread?

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Is it against the rules to NOT make a fest thread?

No, I just mean stop being silly coy and say who these four other entries are. I don't have a thread and don't intend to for some time, but I will be making an entry.

[Kholi]

Now what's the fun in revealing that if they don't want to be revealed? Come on SHAWNEOUS.

I can say that they're all trying their hardest to avoid the "DVXuser Look".

[hunter richards]

Well, our budget fell through so no Arri with vision3...

But we are using something better than film now anyways...and I hate to say it shawn..Its better than a Red too..
http://dsclabs.com/images/PC%20Pete%20Wages%20DSC%20PXL%201E%20PC%20W.jpg

Meet scarlet! Just doing some calibrating now...

[Justin Kuhn]

I told my directing class about the fest and now everybody want to shoot their own entry! The school just got a RED and we all got the OK to use it. Dunno who Kholi's four are though.

[dory_breaux]

man, i hope you are joking... cause that thing looks exactly like a S8 camera... lol.


Well, our budget fell through so no Arri with vision3...

But we are using something better than film now anyways...and I hate to say it shawn..Its better than a Red too..
http://dsclabs.com/images/PC%20Pete%20Wages%20DSC%20PXL%201E%20PC%20W.jpg

Meet scarlet! Just doing some calibrating now...

[The Student]

Well, our budget fell through so no Arri with vision3...

But we are using something better than film now anyways...and I hate to say it shawn..Its better than a Red too..
http://dsclabs.com/images/PC%20Pete%20Wages%20DSC%20PXL%201E%20PC%20W.jpg

Meet scarlet! Just doing some calibrating now...

Oh snap! That's Fisher Price's PXL-2000 Pixel Vison camera!

Awesome dude, I thought it too looked like a super-8 camera. Which I'm debating on using for my entry.... Still going though the script and budget outline for mine.

Good luck dude!

[Matty_g]

I'm jealous that all you red entries will have Ibloom's software soon!
UGH!

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Matt, are you shooting Red again?

[hunter richards]

The fisher price camera is available for rent with supercompressed composite output at 1/2 SD resolution..perfect for web posting.

900/day call for scheduling...

we also have a 1/6" lens adapter system for ultra deep dof

[Matty_g]

Not sure if i'm going to be making my own entry this time.
I'm talking to a few people about possibly working on theirs.
We'll see.
I am in camera love though.

[dory_breaux]

The fisher price camera is available for rent with supercompressed composite output at 1/2 SD resolution..perfect for web posting.

900/day call for scheduling...

we also have a 1/6" lens adapter system for ultra deep dof




oooo can i reserve it???

[Brian Parker]

XH-A1 here...no adapter. Oooh baby, I like it raaaaw...

[Mattykins]

If we enter...I currently have three 16mm films slated and shooting...

But if we do enter I will be using an Aaton LTR, 16mm, I think using Vision 3...depending on how our test went. If not we might use Fuji's Reala.

Odds are we won't be able to enter. But we will try. :)

[Justin Kuhn]

Oooh baby, I like it raaaaw...

Clearly you ain't nuthin to f$$k wit sir.

[dory_breaux]

Oooh baby, I like it raaaaw...

thats what she said.

[Mark Harris]

Looks like HPX with an HVX for B-Cam.

[ChipG]

Bring it! There were a few HV20's in Love Fest, including mine.

That fest had an impressive turnout!

Really enjoyed it!

Sometimes you forget what camera is used when you get into it...

Enjoyed every minute of it and hopefully I will be able to afford to take off work to enter the next fest...

[lonearcherfilms]

HVX202EN here dudes.

[Sacksnack]

I'm using "Your Mom's digital camera." Is it still set up in the bedroom? I'll only use it during the day. Tell her she'll have it back by tonight. Thanks Robbie.
-Kevin

[Robbie Comeau]

She said it's cool, just don't break it.

[Sprocketboy]

I'm using "Your Mom's digital camera." Is it still set up in the bedroom? I'll only use it during the day. Tell her she'll have it back by tonight. Thanks Robbie.
-Kevin

So you're the guy putting all those comments on YouTube. :)

[sfoster]

After seeing what people are using on this poll, I am so tempted to switch to shooting on my camera phone. I just can't find a step ring for the 35mm adapter! Can anyone help me out with this??? ;) Here is the phone I'll be using.
http://www.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/red-samsung-sgh-a707.jpg
This is the red camera everyone has been talking about right???

[sfoster]

Here's a production grab.http://www.witprod.com/images/Crew.jpg

[Zak Forsman]

nice bokeh, i bet.

[dory_breaux]

LOL sfoster!

[sfoster]

nice bokeh, i bet.
Well you know, with such a high resolution camera bokeh is all you get. The circle of confusion is so large it takes up the whole frame!

[Vader]

Roar four people with red cameras.. **cries**

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Roar four people with red cameras.. **cries**

Lol. why? and it says five, we'll see how many people actually enter. I'd be surprised if it was more than three entries.

[Noel Evans]

Roar four people with red cameras.. **cries**

I dont see how a Red camera compressed down to around SD size is going to make a huge difference.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

I dont see how a Red camera compressed down to around SD size is going to make a huge difference.

That's like saying that a Lambergini makes no difference if you have to keep it below 60mph

[Max R. Wilson]

We just started shooting only in HD and we render out to 425 px wide for web.
You can easily see a difference, the HD downsized is sharper and clearer then DVX footage.

I dont see how a Red camera compressed down to around SD size is going to make a huge difference.

[dory_breaux]

That's like saying that a Lambergini makes no difference if you have to keep it below 60mph

agreed. Its also like saying that 16mm scaled down to like 600xwhateveritis will look worse then DVX footage.

[Kholi]

Lol. why? and it says five, we'll see how many people actually enter. I'd be surprised if it was more than three entries.

Have faith in other RED USERS, Shawneous. It's not like it's a Genesis, Viper or F23. The Camera is everywhere now and priced to rent.

I heard this horror story that you could get one for 1500 w/a full Set of Primes @ IndieRentals for an an entire weekend. That's Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. But, it's an old wives tale.

OR IS IT!?

[Zak Forsman]

Have faith in other RED USERS, Shawneous. It's not like it's a Genesis, Viper or F23. The Camera is everywhere now and priced to rent.

I heard this horror story that you could get one for 1500 w/a full Set of Primes @ IndieRentals for an an entire weekend. That's Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. But, it's an old wives tale.

OR IS IT!?

like most rental houses, indie's weekend rate is a single day rate. their "ultimate" Red One rental package includes a set of primes and is advertised at $1750 for the weekend. i've personally negotiated a rate better than $1500. probably shouldn't say how much lower. but keep in mind i've rented a lot of gear from them.

[Kholi]

Yes, I know this, Zak.

[Zak Forsman]

oh. i guess i misunderstood your calling that price "an old wives tale".

[Kholi]

I was being facetious.

[Zak Forsman]

that word always makes me think of feces. which is appropriate, i guess... in terms of qualifying it as an exercise in bullsh*tting? kinda?

[dory_breaux]

What a bunch of old women.

DVX still in the lead WHOOP!

[Mark Johnson]

like most rental houses, indie's weekend rate is a single day rate. their "ultimate" Red One rental package includes a set of primes and is advertised at $1750 for the weekend. i've personally negotiated a rate better than $1500. probably shouldn't say how much lower. but keep in mind i've rented a lot of gear from them.

I've heard two people quote a $1,200 weekend rate for Indie's package so that at least has been a price being kicked around on the street for awhile and has been represented to me as the "place to start" your negotiations with them.

Zak, I'm not sure why you shouldn't say what rate you got (there may be a good reason and, if so, enlighten me so I don't f*ck up myself by sharing rates we get). However, my attitude has always been that overall it would probably help us all if we did share widely what good rates we are able to get. Its a competitive industry and the more street awareness there is of "good deals" the more likely rental shops will cut those deals. Unless I'm missing something, it works to everyone's advantage is X company goes to Indie and says, "Hey, our friends at Fat Monster picked up a 2-day rate for your RED package at $900. We'll rent if we can get that rate too."

Sure, Indie and everyone else would love to have people pay their rate card but nobody who's savvy in the biz ever does. There are also more and more small operators who are now set up to rent their REDs and if you catch them with an open schedule you can negotiate favorable deals. Matty G, for instance, works as DIT for a very sweet RED package that has zeiss primes and other goodies. Any DVXUSER in the L.A. basin who wants to shoot on the RED would be foolish not to hit up Matty to see if their calendar is open and what kind of deal they might make. The worst that can happen is he says "no."

[Zak Forsman]

my business partner and I negotiate until we get that old line, "don't tell anyone I gave it to you at this price" -- only reason i hesitate to quote the rate here. i don't want to blow the relationship with indie and other rentals houses (and the obscenely low rates we've gotten) which has afforded SABI the ability to make three features on ultra low budgets since 2004. for example, in late 2006 we shot a feature with two HVX packages that only cost us $1000 total for four weeks -- not Indie Rentals this time. Sure, sharing who the vendor was would benefit anyone here willing to engage them in negotiations, but if my company was mentioned, i fear that the rates we obtain from these places would vanish considering their request to keep the numbers private.

i can give you some tips, though... how we manage to get ridiculously low rates. first, is to write a "donation letter" that explains the project and the artists involved that will appeal to their sense of charity... this is the donation letter we handed to every single vendor we worked with on White Knuckles... not everyone responds to it favorably, but those that do... look out! still, it was just the first step...


Donation / Contribution to White Knuckles – (Independent Project)
A Parable About Forgiveness.

This letter is to humbly request your participation in our micro-budget video experiment.*

Some facts about this project:

1/3 of all profits from this project will be donated to charity & charitable organizations.

This is a micro-budget film that fosters a deep collaborative spirit between all artists involved – from cast to filmmakers to crew.

We are currently casting mostly out-of-work senior actors (60 and up) – These are the experienced actors that possess the talent and charisma of youthful performers, but are often overlooked in Hollywood.* Though our experiment involves an older cast - it is still a timeless story that is accessible to all adults.*

The Story:* White Knuckles is a family drama about an elderly couple that have experienced the love, pain, joys and struggles of an often difficult life - but now must chart a course to forgiveness.* Ultimately, it’s a spiritual story of faith & karma – with the hope that one can find love and new meaning in their life -- regardless of their age or state of mind.

Among those involved that are working for free or minimal deferred pay:* Members of the cast, the producers, the director, writers, directors of photography, production designer, line producers, editors, costume, make-up, post-production personnel, and many of the crew & production coordinators all are working on this project for free, minimal deferred pay, expenses or guild minimums only.*

There is very little money, much of it is from the pockets of the filmmakers themselves - but we are all passionate about this project – and so we come to you for your help.*

Your contribution will be greatly appreciated and will go directly to a worthy artistic endeavor.* We hope that your contribution will come from a place of sharing & creative spirit – as this will be a learning and growing experience for us all.* We hope the results of this experiment will make its way into a marketplace starved for meaningful films.

Thank you for your time and your consideration. If your donation happens to be a check, you can make it payable to Sabi, LLC.* All contributions in the form of food (meal for 10-12 per day), water, equipment, any gifts for the cast, and all blessings are welcome and appreciated!

For more information please feel free to contact the filmmakers directly at (xxx) xxx–xxxx.

Sincerely,

Kevin K. Shah, Zak Forsman, Neha Shah, Jamie Cobb & Sabi Pictures

[Nick Royer]

XL2 for me (and apparently no one else). How come no ones using the Xl1 or 2 anymore? Just curious.

[dory_breaux]

DVX is cheeper and has a much nicer picture (imo). only thing XL2 has on DVX is 169 sensors and interchangeable lenses.

[Nick Royer]

Yeah. I shoot 16x9 all the time, so that's why I bought the xl2. Otherwise I would prefer a DVX.

[dory_breaux]

I'm sure with a better lens and some tweeks in post it could look legit, but I have always been like "hah I bet he shot that on an XL2" whenever i see stuff from it.

[Nick Royer]

You can get it to look a lot better if you modify the presets, but I agree the DVX looks better. If I was buying a camera now, I would just get an HVX but they were closer to $6000 at the time.

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

Oh, I forgot to say that I am definitely in and mine will be shot on two Reds, mine with PL mount lenses and Chazmo's with Nikon lenses. It won't be random either, we will use both for different effects at the proper moments.

[chris f]

I'm going back to my roots: Stock DVX!

[Ken K]

Oh, I forgot to say that I am definitely in and mine will be shot on two Reds, mine with PL mount lenses and Chazmo's with Nikon lenses. It won't be random either, we will use both for different effects at the proper moments.
In other words, while we're off doing the real filming with Shawn's Red, my Red is off in the corner grabbing timelapse shots. ;)

[Shawn Philip Nelson]

In other words, while we're off doing the real filming with Shawn's Red, my Red is off in the corner grabbing timelapse shots. ;)

Well if we had had more than two people present, we could have used both cams more efficiently :-)

[Ken K]

Well if we had had more than two people present, we could have used both cams more efficiently :-)
Okay, good point. :P But oh, what glorious timelapse it was!

[sfoster]

I really am using a camera phone. I don't know how many of you are joking out there, but I plan on finishing up my shoot in the next two weeks. I'm using my red samsung camera phone.

[traviscool]

I'm using my red samsung camera phone.

You could say you used the RED one.

[guymanlymovies]

JVC 100U here

[Kyle Stebbins]

I'm going to draw each scene of my film out on an Etch-a-sketch, then photograph the etch-a-sketch screen with a polaroid camera. Then I'll scan the polaroid, and photograph the image on my screen with my dSLR. I'll then download that image to my computer and print it out. The printed image will then be faxed to Brandon Rice down in So. Cal. and he will hand draw the image in colored sand and photograph that with a film SLR and send me the negative, which I'll scan into my NLE and put as the next frame in the footage.

I think I'll be done sometime early 2020 :grin:

BRILLIANT!

[Blaine]

Well, I guess since the cat is out of the bag, the Fat Monster shot on RED. :thumbsup:

[mik]

I shot my short "5.00" with a stock Canon XL2

[totitefilms]

I used Canon HV20 and Brevis 35mm adapter with Indi Follow Focus Pro.

[Mattykins]

Stock HV20.

Original idea was on 16mm...but I decided not to use it. The shoot was a disaster. Gotta love wasting money at film school.

[Richard J. Johnson]

A PXL 2000. see if anyone remembers this.

[Michael Anthony Horrigan]

Stock HV20, no adapters.

Cheers!