Shot from SGpro short film

hoarp001

hoarp001

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Hi,

I just got back from filming this short film with the SGpro Rev3 on an HVX200 (with the flip module and old achromat)

I thought I would share it as I thought it was quite nice. Ignore the sound, its not the final sound, this is just the clip straight off the camera.

The clip is big, HD, 720p compressed with MPEG-4. Its about 80meg.

I think its worth the wait if you are looking at buying a SGpro. Its also quite a nice little shot, including Birtha (our milkfloat)

I would recommend you paste this into file >> open URL in quicktime, or save the file straight off the link.

http://www.peter-hoare.co.uk/milkfloat.mov

http://www.peter-hoare.co.uk/milkfloat.mov

Some techspecs:

Sg Pro Rev3 Flip (upside down with Zacuto riser) on HVX200. Shooting DVCPRO HD 720p 24fps. Used Canon lenses, and this shot was done with my favorite lens, a 70-200mm zoom. This lens is pin sharp, sharper than my 28mm lens and when you stick the camera a distance from the action and zoom in (like we did in this shot) the DOF, FOV and perspective looks really nice.

It was a sunny day and the lens was on F8. The disk inside the SGpro remains totaly unseen of course.

We did some other shots inside the milkfloat showing the milkman whilstling to himself and the light through the trees shows off the bokeh nicely. Il stick that up later on.

Let me know what you think.
 
For a second I forgot this was from a short film and thought it was awesome that the UK still had milkmen.

Unless you guys really still do. In which case, awesome.
 
No, we still have milkmen. infact the milkmen deliver bread and orange juice too in some places. Infact our milkman will even deliver us potatoes :D

http://www.peter-hoare.co.uk/steadifloat.jpg

steadifloat.jpg
 
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Excellent stuff, looks interesting.

Funny, my father was a milkman for 10 years, drove a float just like that. I used to help him when I was six :D

Role on the shoot35 milkman jokes...
 
Yeah Birtha (the float) was great. The actor drove it into a wall and knocked it over though, its built like a tank.

We just phoned up a local dairy and asked if we could borrow a milk float and they said yeah ok, and we picked it up at 5am and drove it back to the set all through coventry.

It wont go in a straight line though...
 
well, compare the options:

http://www.peter-hoare.co.uk/sgflip.jpg
Normal mode, its ugly, top heavy, wobbly and pretty bulky.


http://www.peter-hoare.co.uk/Z71.jpg
upside down mode with riser. Much nicer to look at, the ballence is much better ( I use it on a steadicam) its very very sturdy and more compact.

The actual SGpro is the same way up, i just loostened the screws and turned the flip unit over. The optical performance is the same. Wayne 'approved' my modification before I did it.

Afew other SGpro users have seen my rig in the flesh and they have both bought risers and made the change, its a much cleaner solution.
 
that was done on a steadicam? It was as static and smooth as a dolly. how did you not have the image wobble, tilt, or move to the slightest degree? amazing.
 
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