incomplete yet I wanna share the grabs with you guys

wonderedby said:
any more comments?
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Yeah I got another comment for you...LOOKS F'IN AWESOME, that's what...okay enough with the ego boost.

Seeing those shots have sold me on buying the DVX instead of the HVX and saving myself some coin and putting the savings towards the lighting and sound.

I've shot stuff with the DVX before, but man my stuff didn't look like that...it looked cool and I was damn happy with it, but these stills are killer...especially if you're telling me you only did minor color correction on it.

Really want to see how the camera handled motion on that shoot with that kind of lighting. Can't wait to see the finished vid.
 
xilixfilms said:
How did you do the color correction where by the skin tone stays the same but the background is fully color corrected.
Did you do the normal multiple layer embeded on each other method or what?

By the way, you should have given us the real grabs and the CC ones. I think that will allow us to judge more on how you turned things around to make the grabs look filmic.

What software did you use to achieve this and could you please give a short tutorial :)

Loved it!
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Dude, you never answered the question above?
 
I haven't had the time to post the original grabs but I think I did answered your questions already... In case you missed it.. here it is again. My pd level was at -10 when I shot it (everything else was pretty much at default 24pa setting) and I brought the black level up to 110 to give it more black and contrast in post. I also had the MB's curahee effect and some vignette as well. I shot it pretty bright and made it look darker in the post that way I was able to have more control over colors, brightness, and contrast.
 
oldboy said:
Yeah I got another comment for you...LOOKS F'IN AWESOME, that's what...okay enough with the ego boost.

Seeing those shots have sold me on buying the DVX instead of the HVX and saving myself some coin and putting the savings towards the lighting and sound.

I've shot stuff with the DVX before, but man my stuff didn't look like that...it looked cool and I was damn happy with it, but these stills are killer...especially if you're telling me you only did minor color correction on it.

Really want to see how the camera handled motion on that shoot with that kind of lighting. Can't wait to see the finished vid.
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Thanks oldboy, I appreciate your comment. DVX is most definitely the camera you don't want to miss. BTW, I love Chan-wook Park's Oldboy, too.
 
wonderedby said:
Thanks oldboy, I appreciate your comment. DVX is most definitely the camera you don't want to miss. BTW, I love Chan-wook Park's Oldboy, too.
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Keep up the great work...and yes Park's trilogy of vengeance rocks many asses
 
It looks very nice!

The only bad thing I can say is that I can see a light stand in one of the shots... (The closeup of the girl with all the lens flare - 4th from last to first.)

Otherwise, congratulations!
 
Wonderedby,
Could you do a breakdown of the lights you used in the shoot - Watts and type and all that jazz. Maybe even positioning. I think it would be very helpful for me to understand the set up you had. Thanks!
Jgastelb
 
Sweets grabs wonder, though it looks like the piano could use a dusting.

Be sure to keep us updated with your progress, and a clip would be good if you can manage it. Your grabs are very motivating.

Re the fog machine - rent or buy? What brand is it?
 
taubkin said:
It looks very nice!

The only bad thing I can say is that I can see a light stand in one of the shots... (The closeup of the girl with all the lens flare - 4th from last to first.)

Otherwise, congratulations!
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Thanks. The lens flares were intentional. I would have shot the video outside in the late afternoon to have more lens flares but could not miss this construction site. Light stands in the shots are totally lame. hehe.
 
jgastelb said:
Wonderedby,
Could you do a breakdown of the lights you used in the shoot - Watts and type and all that jazz. Maybe even positioning. I think it would be very helpful for me to understand the set up you had. Thanks!
Jgastelb
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The houselight was pretty bright already. We were lucky for that because we didn't have to bring in a lot of lights for the interior to match the lighting for the talents. The Key, fill, and back light set up were used... only the back light was much brighter than usual and sometimes used 2. Hope this helps.
 
StMad said:
Sweets grabs wonder, though it looks like the piano could use a dusting.

Be sure to keep us updated with your progress, and a clip would be good if you can manage it. Your grabs are very motivating.

Re the fog machine - rent or buy? What brand is it?
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Thanks. The piano was a big pain in the ass because we had to move it from another room to this room. It would have costed us about $300-400 usually but we met some nice people who moved the piano for us for only $200. It's still more money than we ever spent on anything for this shoot but I thought it was necessary. A dusty black grand piano at a construction site. Oh yea~. And uh.. there's shot of the girl later in the video where she stops playing, get up, and out of frustraion.. slams the top of the piano with her hands leaving a trail of fingers on it. We were a little concerned about this shot because we can only do one take but she nailed it in the first take.

Oh I forgot to answer you about the fog machine. I don't remember the name of the brand but anyway, we bought it for like $40. I thought we will be using it many more times in the future so it was sort of an investment. Good investment I should say because the smoke was way cooler than I ever dreamed of. It stinks thou. -_-
 
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Thanks wonder. A fog machine when used well just oozes atmosphere. Gotta get me one of those for my upcoming short.

Re the piano comment - sorry man, I really should've used a smiley face :evil:
 
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