Grabs from my first serious short film!

looks pretty cool man, framing is really nice. The compression really kills alot of the quality though as the black letterbox isnt at black. You should also invest in some lights? Some of the shots look very flat. But would love to see a clip.
 
Yeah, I so wish i had lights...The video itself is a continuity nightmare - we started the 'chase' in at about 5, and ended at 9.30. the daylight transition...
 
These look alright, but I would love to see final C.C.ed imagery. Post some files! Level out some of the exposures and things should be good
 
mmm, speaking of which, anyone have any suggestions on how to color correct? The problem with the film was that we shot using two cameras - a Sony PD170 and the DVX100b. When the film went into overtime and we started shooting at night, we realised the sony camera had extremely high gain, while my panasonic was really dark(that and i forgot to switch the shutter to 1/25...i dont like the blur but i guess its the lesser of two evils).

As a result for CC do you think i should try to artificially brighten the panasonic footage or darken the sony footage? Thanks alot for any replies!
 
i would darken the pd footage instead of trying to make artificial brightness, but thats just me. Use after effects :)
 
How do you cc individual clips in after effects? I've never really used after effects before, and for the brief time i used it at a work attachment programme it was really really REALLY laggy...
 
home depot has some really good lighting you can buy for pretty cheap, ( 1000w tripod lighting equipment for about 40$ ) singles are 10$ and they work really well. I would definately invest in some asap, other than that the shots look really good but lighting is the key.
 
Unfortunately, the lights were pretty useless for the shoot since most of it was run and gun - and like the forum users have posted above i need to get some portalights. However, being just a year 10 student i dont really have much budget to spare(any budget in fact), having obliterated my savings and bank account on the capitol investment on the dvx....I am however looking to buy some reflectors along with some friends and possibly some lights, but I dont know much about portable lighting...
 
Some of them look very good, quite filmic, usually the ones with an out of focus background. Always darken in post as apposed to lightening, and also avoid gain like the plague. Rather shoot with the iris as wide open as possible and if you must lighten do it in post not in-camera as the gain just multiplies the noise. Sony's almost always lean toward the red spectrum so remember that when you're grading footage from the two camera's trying to get them the same.
Furthermore I'd say, though some people may disagree, that you should try to work around you're problems: If you don't have lights, shoot in bright daylight, or indoors and then move the existing lights around. and a reflector can be made from cardboard and /or tin foil.Otherwise I'm keen to see your short!
 
Thanks for the advice. I think by the time i finish with the post production it'll be a couple of weeks from now, so you might see a clip then
 
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