Mini35+HVX200 Rushes

love it! love it! LOVE IT!!!

The motion is beautifully executed, but sometimes I think it may've stretched out unecessary scenes. Also, Maybe a reflector for the exteriors during the day?
other then that, those night shots are AMAZINGLY lit!
Well done anders!
 
insanityfw said:
Anders that looks amazing!!!! I'm wondering if most of the shots in the rest of the movie had so much motion??? The movements are really, really nice , but would be a bit over the top for 90 minutes. :) That said they were some of the better camera moves I've seen on just about any movie. Great work.
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Thanks. Yeah 90 minutes of intercut steadicam rides would be too much even for a geek like me :-) The actual coverage in the movie is divided into different segments. Some call for punchy steadicam like this intro sequence, some are 100% handheld and others are shot almost static. In the current cut I think it turned very well, just like a roller coaster we need a calm period to enjoy the packed parts, which make a very dynamic experience. Also the Intro sequence shown will be intercut with the credit slates, which should calm the most dizzy heads...

One segment was even shot on water...actually it makes a quite interesting effect out of an ordinary master shot:
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troypod said:
love it! love it! LOVE IT!!!
Also, Maybe a reflector for the exteriors during the day?
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Yeah, sure I would have liked that. We shot 11 steadicam setups on the two locations in only 3 hours. Messing around with a bounceboard on the windy locations would have been a disaster, especially as we only had the inexperienced runners to "operate them" (Nothing wrong about their work, just takes some experience to master a foam board in the wind). But still as this is a separate intro sequence I hope it will work ok in the context.
 
Anders Holck said:
Thanks. Yeah 90 minutes of intercut steadicam rides would be too much even for a geek like me :-) The actual coverage in the movie is divided into different segments. Some call for punchy steadicam like this intro sequence, some are 100% handheld and others are shot almost static. In the current cut I think it turned very well, just like a roller coaster we need a calm period to enjoy the packed parts, which make a very dynamic experience. Also the Intro sequence shown will be intercut with the credit slates, which should calm the most dizzy heads...

One segment was even shot on water...actually it makes a quite interesting effect out of an ordinary master shot:
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This is refreshing to hear somebody talk about film and style in such an intelligent way. I love a flashy camera some times, but I'm mostly old school stylistically. I think that life is fast and slow and everything in between so movies should pay attention to that. Sounds like you guys have a good handle on what you're doing. I hope to see the finished product one day.

Best regards,

J.
 
Anders, recently I heard a very high-end VFX supervisor ditching the HVX, because of it's upsampled CCDs, and not-quite-there sharpness. I was getting a little dissapointed, until I saw your footage. Good to know, what he said was probably connected to he being used to very high end stuff... This takes my worries away. Nice footage from the HVX is "Oh, yeah" - nice. Impressive.

Good luck with the film. Here in South America, low budgets rarely have the luxury of using the latest gear, like HVX on Mini35... I just AC'ed for a straight DVX Feature last November... gess what, it's going to be a long time, until I see it on the big screen...

Congratulations, those shots are certainly keepers!
 
Anders,
Congrats on shooting some really impressive footage. My favorite shot was the guy turning to camera with the cell phone.

I'm curious, what format did you shoot in? 1080, 720, etc? Also, what did you use for storage? Did you use the P2, or some kind of external storage? If you shot P2, how much running time did you get out of it before you had to unload the footage, etc?
 
Awesome footage! i love it

I have a question: did you film the scene where the camera pulls up to the "politicard" place with a Steadicam?

Also, do you have any tips on pulling focus (on a steadicam) and maybe some ways to trouble shoot, or maybe tricks that you have found that make it easyer.

The footage is very well done! I cant wait to see the final film.
 
bpotter said:
Anders,
Congrats on shooting some really impressive footage. My favorite shot was the guy turning to camera with the cell phone.

I'm curious, what format did you shoot in? 1080, 720, etc? Also, what did you use for storage? Did you use the P2, or some kind of external storage? If you shot P2, how much running time did you get out of it before you had to unload the footage, etc?
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I shot 1080p25. I have 2x8GB and 2x4GB P2 cards. I offload to a PB g4 using the P2 Genie software.
2x8 GB is around 17 minutes.
2x4 GB is half of that.
When I get my 17" MacBook Pro I will invest in a P2 store for a more automated backup process, as I'm then missing the Cardbus slot:crybaby:
 
casey warren said:
Awesome footage! i love it

I have a question: did you film the scene where the camera pulls up to the "politicard" place with a Steadicam?

Also, do you have any tips on pulling focus (on a steadicam) and maybe some ways to trouble shoot, or maybe tricks that you have found that make it easyer.

The footage is very well done! I cant wait to see the final film.
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All of the shots was done on the steadicam.
The best tip to pull focus is to take measures before the shot and execute the shot like it was planned. A good communication with the AC is the most important thing. If he knows what's going to happen there is a great chance he will be able to get the shot in focus.
 
Hey Anders,
what is your postpro workflow for HVX files?
How do you backup, how do you edit?
You got a PAL cam, right?
 
Currently I shoot mostly 1080p25.
I have 2x8GB and 2x4GB P2 cards which I use as two sets of 12 minutes.
I use my PB to offload to a 2.5" Firewire disk using my P2 Genie software. When I get home I empty the drive to a 500 GB FW 800 disk.

As we record audio to a SD744T I just set timecode on both machines after the current time of a digital clock with seconds and use free run.
Then when in FCP, I can sort the clips by timecode and sync/merge them using the slate. It's actually works pretty well as all the takes will align themself in Video/audio pairs as long as you remember to stop recording between takes. When you get the hang of it it is pretty fast, though not as fast as auto linking.

I should get my MacBook Pro 17" tomorrow so I am considering getting the P2 store to be able to sell the old PB. Of cause I would still use the genie to backup the P2 store....
 
Also when I get the Macbook I will install windows XP and my Raylight codec to be able to convert 720p50 files. Hope it will work in parrallelis workstation.
 
Have you noticed a cleaner image in1080p25 compared to 720p25?
And why do you need XP and Raylight to convert 720p50, can FCP still not handle it?
What programm will you use to edit under WXP - or will you just convert and re-import to FCP?
 
Color resolution is much better in 1080 as it's 720x1080 in the 1080i50 codec. compared to 470x720 in the 720p50 codec.

FCP does not support the 720p50 codec yet so I only use it for motion effects as it takes some amount of work to convert it.
I use Canopus procoder or Adobe Premiere pro in XP to convert the files into 1280x720p25 QT sequences in Photo jpeg codec at 75%. Looks very good and is pretty smooth to edit in FCP.
 
I cant view the video.. keeps saying I have already downloaded it?? I never saw a place to d/l? never entered a three digit anything??

BUT I WANNA SEE IT!! :-)
 
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