full indie short ONLINE!!! - red green blue - DVX/SGpro
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jambredz
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parchment paper is the same as baking paper?
Postmaster
Dark Side of the Camera
Shot in SD, BTS in HD - your a snob :beer:
Frank
Frank
jenningsp
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dvx just has more awesomeness in it's picture. we had access to sony Z1's (the PAL version actually has nice pseudo 25p) and HV20's and a V1. the dvx just craps on them. and it's the original dvx too. the one without gain and complex scene files settings. so it's not about manual control. just picture aesthetic.
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Dark Side of the Camera
Word. To bad they where not able to carry over those qualities to the HVX.
Frank
Frank
UncleBenji1977
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I have the original DVX as well... Makes me feel so much better about it.
NICK ASH
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I agree that it looks great and the DVX was used exactly how it it was designed to be used. Very impressive image and lighting. I am assuming you used a 35mm adapter? Why types of lights to you use? Sound a little low. Using a DP showed but the same would go for sound.
jenningsp
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thanks nick!
we used a sgpro r3 (non-flip) with a nikon prime lens kit.
we used my 50mm f2 preAI for 90% of the film. the 85mm f2 AIS was used for a couple of the band shots and the mirror shot in the bathroom. i can't remember if i ever used my 35mm f1.4 AI... maybe for one shot. but i don't know if it made the final cut.
it was all natural lighting for the "video tape" bit.
for the band shots; we had a 2k blondie with no diffusion coming in on the right to give some nice rim light and flare out the lens when shooting into it. there was a dual head 500w (total 1000w) worklight with 3200k globes and 1 layer of baking paper for diffusion for a fill light coming in from the left.
for the large group shots at the start of the film; we had the blondie with a crap load of diffusion (baking paper coz we're poor) coming in from a high angle slightly to the left of camera. then we filled in all the "too dark spots" with work lights, also with baking paper diffusion.
we had about 2 (4x500w heads) worklights with regular 2700k globes quite far away. and 1 3200k worklight next to the blondie. we just had to get decent exposure on all the people in the shots... we lit for the scene before we started shooting.
in the bathroom we had 1 redhead. bounced off the white ceiling. it was in the only spot in the room that didn't end up being shot. we had to shove it in the bath tub and raise it over the door. the light ended up being too bright on the character standing in front of the red wall. so we had to adjust exposure just for him. otherwise it was pretty even lighting.
the dancing scene and the drinking scene had a 2k coming in from the left. but it was spotted down so much that i don't think it did anything except a very subtle fill. we had a 3200k 2head worklight coming in from the right. we had i think 1 layer of diffusion on them. one head was pointed at the faces. the other at the floor.
the outdoors scene at the car is a bit fuzzy for me. i think we had a blondie and a read head set up with diffusion acting as the key. then just 1 readhead with diffusion as a fill.
in the scene where the boys are leaving we had very similar lighting. but we had to ad a very diffused readhead to highlight their backs as they walked off into the darkness.
the scene where the girl and the guy are at the table again used a diffused high angle blondie as a bright back light. we opened up the barn doors to their max and kind of created a soft box out of gaffa tape and baking paper. and then 2 diffused worklights (one 2700k and one 3200k) to fill in the shadows on the camera side.
and that's the entire movie.
this movie had no budget at all... the crew wasn't even fed. everything was borrowed. that's why the lighting kit changes from scene to scene. we only had the readheads for one day. and we only had the blondie for 2. we had 6 worklights in total. 2 are mine, 2 the directors, and 2 are the gaffers.
work lights are great. but the stands are too short to raise them high enough for most of the lighting i want. we had to stand them on tables for a lot of the scenes. just to get the angle right. luckily we had enough room in the hall to do that.
sound is a huge problem at our school. the equipment is lacking and not enough time is spent on it. this film actually has the best sound of the year. my film is hideous in comparison.
cheers
we used a sgpro r3 (non-flip) with a nikon prime lens kit.
we used my 50mm f2 preAI for 90% of the film. the 85mm f2 AIS was used for a couple of the band shots and the mirror shot in the bathroom. i can't remember if i ever used my 35mm f1.4 AI... maybe for one shot. but i don't know if it made the final cut.
it was all natural lighting for the "video tape" bit.
for the band shots; we had a 2k blondie with no diffusion coming in on the right to give some nice rim light and flare out the lens when shooting into it. there was a dual head 500w (total 1000w) worklight with 3200k globes and 1 layer of baking paper for diffusion for a fill light coming in from the left.
for the large group shots at the start of the film; we had the blondie with a crap load of diffusion (baking paper coz we're poor) coming in from a high angle slightly to the left of camera. then we filled in all the "too dark spots" with work lights, also with baking paper diffusion.
we had about 2 (4x500w heads) worklights with regular 2700k globes quite far away. and 1 3200k worklight next to the blondie. we just had to get decent exposure on all the people in the shots... we lit for the scene before we started shooting.
in the bathroom we had 1 redhead. bounced off the white ceiling. it was in the only spot in the room that didn't end up being shot. we had to shove it in the bath tub and raise it over the door. the light ended up being too bright on the character standing in front of the red wall. so we had to adjust exposure just for him. otherwise it was pretty even lighting.
the dancing scene and the drinking scene had a 2k coming in from the left. but it was spotted down so much that i don't think it did anything except a very subtle fill. we had a 3200k 2head worklight coming in from the right. we had i think 1 layer of diffusion on them. one head was pointed at the faces. the other at the floor.
the outdoors scene at the car is a bit fuzzy for me. i think we had a blondie and a read head set up with diffusion acting as the key. then just 1 readhead with diffusion as a fill.
in the scene where the boys are leaving we had very similar lighting. but we had to ad a very diffused readhead to highlight their backs as they walked off into the darkness.
the scene where the girl and the guy are at the table again used a diffused high angle blondie as a bright back light. we opened up the barn doors to their max and kind of created a soft box out of gaffa tape and baking paper. and then 2 diffused worklights (one 2700k and one 3200k) to fill in the shadows on the camera side.
and that's the entire movie.
this movie had no budget at all... the crew wasn't even fed. everything was borrowed. that's why the lighting kit changes from scene to scene. we only had the readheads for one day. and we only had the blondie for 2. we had 6 worklights in total. 2 are mine, 2 the directors, and 2 are the gaffers.
work lights are great. but the stands are too short to raise them high enough for most of the lighting i want. we had to stand them on tables for a lot of the scenes. just to get the angle right. luckily we had enough room in the hall to do that.
sound is a huge problem at our school. the equipment is lacking and not enough time is spent on it. this film actually has the best sound of the year. my film is hideous in comparison.
cheers