Remember back intheday before DSLR's?

[Tim Joy]

I noticed it last fest, and especially this fest, the DSLR's have really taken over. Rightly so IMO.

I think it's really upped the ante and leveled the playing field in terms of image quality.
While there's no substitute for good production design, lighting, cinematography...etc, for web delivery, especially the 60MB we have to work with, these little cameras can compete with the big boys. Just look at the winners for the last 2 fests. dslrs.

I'm predicting that since most people have joined the "dslr club", in order to stand out, it will be even more crucial to have a great script.

Should be interesting to see.

[chriscurl]

I tell you, after the nightmare I have had getting the audio re-synched up to this DSLR footage, I might take a step back next time.

[Tim Joy]

There are techniques for that. I had an absolute breeze this time, having messing it up on another production.

And yeah, there's a lot of hokey-pokey you have to go through to use these things. But NO WAY would I go back to the dvx, or even hvx/hpx, unless it was more suitable...ie green screen.

[MSpencer]

i shot one on hvx and another on GH-1... i'm not sure which one i liked more.. but it does seem that everyones going more DSLR's on this fest.

[Chris_Marrs_Piliero]

i love the dslr revolution... it rules... chris, what exactly caused you issues because I don't mind the process at all... what are you using to get your sound?

[Bigmagic]

I tell you, after the nightmare I have had getting the audio re-synched up to this DSLR footage, I might take a step back next time.


I'm with ya Chris, I boomed all audio with the DVX but I didn't use a slate and I shot a ton of scenes. I wound up only using the boomed audio in one scene. On top of that Premiere doesn't like H.264 which made me have to spend all day yesterday re-syncing the audio even from the camera. I love the boomed audio though and I will use it on the DVDs I send to the actors. There just wasn't enough time before the deadline.

[Chris_Marrs_Piliero]

it's all about using a slate... so yeah, that's a nightmare without a slate... but with a slate, it's an uber freaking cinch...

[GoodLuck]

My betrayalfest short was shot with the new canon rebel 550D t2i that just came out ($899 camera 1080p HDSLR). I got it Friday, shot some test footage during the weekend (link (http://vimeo.com/9848205)) and shot "The Sunshine List" short (link (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?p=1915317)) Tuesday, edited Wednesday, exported/adjusted Thursday, and uploaded Friday. It's been a busy week. My first short using an HDSLR. All audio you hear in it comes straight from the HDSLR camera, no plugged in mics or external audio.

[ZazaCast]

I'm predicting that since most people have joined the "dslr club", in order to stand out, it will be even more crucial to have a great script.



Maybe it's just me, but I feel the winners win BECAUSE of the great story, not because of what it was shot on. Any of the winner (IMO) would have still won no matter what camera was used.

Plus...it's not like everything isn't color corrected, sliced & diced and whatever else is done to the image. Then there's the sound design, VFX, you name it. A lot more to a film than just the camera used.:happy:

[Rodney V. Smith]

Maybe it's just me, but I feel the winners win BECAUSE of the great story, not because of what it was shot on. Any of the winner (IMO) would have still won no matter what camera was used.

Plus...it's not like everything isn't color corrected, sliced & diced and whatever else is done to the image. Then there's the sound design, VFX, you name it. A lot more to a film than just the camera used.:happy:

Thank you Zaza. Took the words outof my mouth. Remember when the RED seemed to be ruling the fest?

[GoodLuck]

I think it's part of evolving as a filmmaker. When I first started I didn't seem to care what I shot on because I didn't know any better. Then once I knew and saw what the possibilities were, I dwelled on gear and dreamt of red one's and scarlets. What gear should I get? What should I shoot on? Now, I'm back to not caring as much about it and am looking more at doing the best with what I have and focusing on story and making something special, at least to me. There are a lot of films at blockbuster shot on 35mm with a-list actors that I pass up watching and many others do as well. So it really does get back to that connection with a story.