i just got my hvx200 and ...

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im reading through all the stuff that came with it, ive read everything but the last book ... the bigger one, im on page 16 of 131 i think :( ... anyway, i got the battery charged, and hopefully im going to finish the book tonight (thought id go ahead and ask so by the time im done with the book there might be some responses), but tommorow id like to do something (or attempt to) like this

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=95853

id like to get some footage to look somethin like anywhere in this video from 25 - 28 seconds, just someone standing in front of a pitch black background, i dont have a black background, but i have an 8 ft tall by 22 ft wide greenscreen, 3 X 500 watt lights, a bunch of panasonic mini dv tapes (no p2 cards yet, waiting until i can get my hands on a few 16 gb ones), and 0 dollars, 0 cents to spend on this

any pointers... maybe settings i should try, scene files ? o and i have vegas 6, premiere pro 2, and after effects cs2 or 2, the one right before the newest one


thanks
 
shoot at night? with nothing behind so it won't get lit. green screen would work too, but you may not have enough lights.

if you ever get up Austin or Waco way, give me a shot, and we'll compare HVX notes.
 
o sorry i forgot to say its indoors, in my garage, thats why the weird size of the greenscreen, and ya i plan on coming up to austin soon, i was born there but havent been back since, ive heard its beautiful tho, so in the next few months ill be heading that way for some footage
 
Without proper background, etc... here is something you can try. I did something similar one night just scewing around in my living room...

www.ramjetfilms.com/Ronni-shadow2-720p.bmp

 Basically just isolate your subject fairly decently from the background and light them well. Overly well. Then close down your iris (employ nd filter if necessary) until you just have your subject being lit. The background doesn't have to be completely dark or anything. That's why you light the subject really well and close down your iris.

It would probably be a bit better if you can be zoomed in a decent amount as well, so as to give the appearance of a shallower dof, and hence a less detailed background.

Check out that pic above. I know it isn't exactly what you are talking about, but the basic principle is the same. I just used crappy lowes work lights to do that. I think I had 1k watts total.

Hope that helps.
Jason
 
ya that helps, definately, if i could get my subject like that from the waiste or even belly button up to just over there head id be totally satisfied

im still new to the terminology though, i know what dof is from all the talk about it around here, and ive seen nd filter and iris but im not sure what they mean, havent had any luck on google either, and im only on page 18 or 19 on the hvx book
 
Iris and ND filters control the amount of light coming into the camera. The lower the f number the more light is getting in. It's best (for the sharpest picture to try to keep it around maybe f5.6 or lower.

On the left side of your hvx in the front, on the bottom, is a little black wheel. rolling it down increases the amount of light coming into the cam. Rolling it up decreases the amount of light (if you have this set to default)

On the same side, up above that (next to your focus switch) is your nd filter switch. It is something you find you use a lot in the daytime outside. Off is normal. 1/8 lets in something like 3 stops (I don't really remember) less light. And then again with 1/64.

Jason
 
720p/24pn. Straight out of the camera. Nothing done in post, that I remember. Probably CineD. Really throw your Master Ped. into the negatives in your scene file settings. I am sure I was at least -10. Maybe even all the way into -15. It was just a screwing around deal, and it was a while ago, so I don't really remember. But, I would definitely go with CineD and a really low Master Ped in your scene file settings.

Later,
Jason
 
and do u think 1 scene file is better then the others for this ? or do you have a custom one you think is better then the defaults for this, either way i think im going to try them all since my subject will only be recording a verse, id like to see how all the different scene files look once they get to the comp

thanks
 
You just have to play with it. The Cine D and the Master Ped (especially the Master Ped.) will be important settings for the look you are trying to accomplish. If you have Barry's book, there are some good scene files in there to start from and tweak from there. But, you will have to read the manual to figure out how to load them into the cam :) It's not hard.

Jason
 
ha u answered my next question before i got to it, ya im definately going to play around with things to see how different stuff looks

dont really know what master ped is yet or where my scene file settings are, i know where the knob to change scene files is tho :) hahaha, im sure ill learn that soon tho, im on page 26 of the book now, thanks for the guidance
 
Under the handle on the top is a menu button. Those buttons will be where you navigate the menu (scene file settings, etc).

From here, it sounds like it's time for you to get to reading :thumbsup:

Take care,
Jason
 
i just got my camera yesterday, im filling out the rebate stuff today, i saw that its taking between 12 - 16 weeks to get your stuff in the mail somewhere... :( so i wont get to check out those settings for a while ... i wish there was a downloadable version, i might crack and go ahead and buy the book and the dvd tonight
 
That's what I did. I bought BG's book before I ever bought the camera's. When I got the Rebate's I sold one of the books, and kept two for myself. It's pretty invaluable. Especially coming from where you are coming from.

The link to it is in my sig. The dvd rocks pretty hard too. But, I would say go with the book first and foremost, and then when you are a bit more familiar get the bootcamp dvd.

Later,
Jason
 
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