Barry_Green
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Well, the good thing is: it isn't. :thumbsup:filmmaker1977 said:
Bar Stewards - feature - screen grabs - WARNING: links to possibly offensive content
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filmmaker1977
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but i must admit when the hands are knowing what they have the outcome rules..
Posted on redrockmicro, so I thought I'd post it here too: :laugh:
I thought I'd post this because I think it's a cool shot. It's from our feature Bar Stewards (http://www.pleasedsheep.com/bar_stewards_the_movie) which we've been shooting in small blocks, very low budget, cast & crew on deferred payment. And over the weekend we managed to get Matt Jerrams up to the North of England to play a little cameo. Matt is the producer of Robert Kurtzmans horror-flick The Rage (and he stars in it).
Matt is the one on the left, playing "The Doc". On the right, Clive Bonelle as "Bones".
Shot with a 50mm Nikon 1.8. Unsure of the stop. HVX200. Lots of lights. Completely ungraded and jpeg compressed.
I thought I'd post this because I think it's a cool shot. It's from our feature Bar Stewards (http://www.pleasedsheep.com/bar_stewards_the_movie) which we've been shooting in small blocks, very low budget, cast & crew on deferred payment. And over the weekend we managed to get Matt Jerrams up to the North of England to play a little cameo. Matt is the producer of Robert Kurtzmans horror-flick The Rage (and he stars in it).
Matt is the one on the left, playing "The Doc". On the right, Clive Bonelle as "Bones".
Shot with a 50mm Nikon 1.8. Unsure of the stop. HVX200. Lots of lights. Completely ungraded and jpeg compressed.
PerroneFord
Deals in Lead
Couple of things stood out here to me. In post #43, the background character is out of focus, but my eyes are drawn to her anyway because of her placement in the frame. Not sure if this was intentional or not. Not sure if you're rack focusing to her or away, or anything. Just struck me.
In post 44, does the guy with glasses actually have any lenses in? I was thinking about how you'd shoot something like that. In a closeup, I'd wonder if anyone would notice that there wasn't any glass in the glasses.
I LOVE the second shot in post #44. It's pretty contrasty, but the background is awesome with color and shapes.
Something else I noticed you've got going on here, which I have been seeing handled differently lately, is that your camera positoin seems to be on the key light side. I've noticed in a lot of features that the camera is often placed slightly more on the fill side which seemingly gives more latitude since the highlights don't blow out as quickly.
Note these are not criticisms, just observations. I'd LOVE to be shooting at your level!
I'm just trying to learn here.
In post 44, does the guy with glasses actually have any lenses in? I was thinking about how you'd shoot something like that. In a closeup, I'd wonder if anyone would notice that there wasn't any glass in the glasses.
I LOVE the second shot in post #44. It's pretty contrasty, but the background is awesome with color and shapes.
Something else I noticed you've got going on here, which I have been seeing handled differently lately, is that your camera positoin seems to be on the key light side. I've noticed in a lot of features that the camera is often placed slightly more on the fill side which seemingly gives more latitude since the highlights don't blow out as quickly.
Note these are not criticisms, just observations. I'd LOVE to be shooting at your level!
I'm just trying to learn here.Thanks Spartacus. 20 pages left to shoot. We've had so many problems - two actresses becoming pregnant, one actress getting a scholarship so moving away, losing several locations, people's availabilities, lights exploding, drives dying... It's a story in itself.
We don't pull focus but it's intentional. So it was important she remained lit as brightly as she is. Also when moving, the girl who is in close-up is screaming some expletives so it draws you to her a lot more than the out of focus background girl (who does have a line of dialogue, but I didn't feel it was important for a pull focus. We never see her completely and she's an object of a male characters desire. I wanted the audience to imagine what she looks like. So her anonymity was important to me, especially as it's such a brief moment).
Strangely enough that was shot with glass in the glasses. It was only clear glass not prescription optics. And shortly after we discarded the glass because you couldn't tell it was in anyway (unless there was a reflection from a kino) and it meant a lot more messing around with light reflections.
To be completely honest we've had problems with the HVX and M2 combination. Our DP has had to over-light quite a lot of the time, which has meant that some of the modelling of the image isn't quite what we'd like. So if you're saying we're doing things a little bit different, it's purely a means to an end some of the time. A combination of the limitations of what we're shooting with, and the location being a tight squeeze is probably the reason for that. And also limitations of us on some occasions
Note these are not criticisms, just observations. I'd LOVE to be shooting at your level!
Hey no problems, we're still learning too. Thanks for the comments guys
Hopefully within the year we'll have a Red one and not have the problem of having to over-light
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PerroneFord
Deals in Lead
Thanks for the clarifications and feedback. This is still my favorite place to learn about film from people actually SHOOTING things. I love this place.
Part of my ethos is to be a doer not a talker. Thankfully technology has become such that I can fulfill that
And remember you learn the most by doing. You can read all you want on the internet and from books, but you learn the most from doing. Even if you're not totally sure what you're doing and you make a lot of mistakes in the process. Mistakes are good as long as you don't keep making them.
Some of the greatest filmmakers started out like that.
smashedburrito
Well-known member
I just caught up on this thread and I have to say I am digging all these grabs so far. Keep us informed, I can't wait to see some footage.
Here's some out-take footage if you're interested :thumbsup:
http://www.pleasedsheep.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3838&postcount=569
http://www.pleasedsheep.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3838&postcount=569
Spartacus
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Typical Brits, what´s so funny about it? :evil::evil::evil:
Heh, it's not part of the film. There was 30 seconds left on the card and it was the last take of the day so we were just messing around.
That same day someone had left their phone on and The Littlest Hobo was their theme tune, as it started playing the two cast members and two crew members ran into shot and started miming to it
Unfortunately due to copyright reasons I can't post it though.
Ps, we should have some footage up in May to coincide with Cannes, I'll make sure to post links up on here
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smashedburrito
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Ps, we should have some footage up in May to coincide with Cannes, I'll make sure to post links up on here
Wait, is this going to be screening at Cannes?
karapetkov
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Crazy people .
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Spartacus
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Booth, I thought it was funny, I guess I need a sarcasm smiley :cheesy:Heh, it's not part of the film. There was 30 seconds left on the card and it was the last take of the day so we were just messing around.
That same day someone had left their phone on and The Littlest Hobo was their theme tune, as it started playing the two cast members and two crew members ran into shot and started miming to it
Unfortunately due to copyright reasons I can't post it though.
Ps, we should have some footage up in May to coincide with Cannes, I'll make sure to post links up on here
Unfortunately it's neither finished nor been selected for Cannes. We go there every year though.
No probs dude!
Some of the earlier shots on this thread don't do the footage justice. I exported the very early ones with Avid and it doesn't export as well as FCP. Anyway...
Originally posted at www.pleasedsheep.com
Originally posted at www.pleasedsheep.com