Recent content by GaryinCalifornia

Was looking up some things the other day and found a few articles on how some classic and even a few modern films have bee shot with only 1 lens. So if I was looking at the Sirui 50mm Anamorphic which on my Sony Fs5 my has a FOV of 37.5 Now what I call the lottery on Monday (only a 1,000) for...

I’d like to get better shooting with my Sony Fs5. For example not only how to make the shot pretty. But ugly as well.

Cinema Grade is a plug in that works in Premiere for a simpler color grading soulution that takes you though three steps. Basic Correction Shot Matching Final Grading Two things I don’t like about the program. Every time an update comes out. Things have been moved around or missing already...

Maybe my problem is I’m trying to relearn AE. But it seems like the Red Giant tutorials just think you know how to do certain things. I didn’t have much luck on my google search for outside tutorials by others. I’ve found plenty for AE, Videocopilot and others. But not so much luck with Red...

So if any one has any films with them you need to pull them now. Basically in a nutshell they haven’t been paying royalties for a long time. But still are taking money from filmmakers to put your film on all of the platforms. Even though they’re going bankrupt. If they go bankrupt you may not...

Most of my search and all the information has been a few years back. But how many of these on line film freeway festivals are legit? You never see the films shown. You never see what films you're going up against. You never see a street address for them. I've seen many of these all ran by the...

Been looking at a QNAP NAS raid for editing 4k. Has its own processor and ram (sorta like a small computer for the raid) But looking at 40tb (10tb of Seagate Ironwolf HHDs) with 1 tb of SSD for cache. Read good reviews about the speed and other things. All for about $2,500... Any thoughts...

Finally found a few things in my net search. But not enough. My back story. I haven’t really shot anything pro since the days of film for a few indie music videos back in those days. But what I’d like to know. Are they’re any links or tutorials on how to prep before shooting when using a LUT...

Well I finally pulled the trigger. My Fs5 will be here on Tuesday. My first major camera purchase since my DVX. I've always rented higher end cameras for most of my movie work or other work. I ordered it with the kit lens. Figure a poor man's zoom might come in handy once in a while. And I'm...

I put this in marketing. Since it would be marketing a proof of concept trailer for a for profit crowdfunding group. I was talking with a writer friend last night about doing a short scene from an upcoming feature that I wrote and would direct. Long story short. He asked me if I had seen the...

I'm thinking of shooting parts of a feature with a run & gun style inside a car. So just wondering if the audio will work saving time and space with the traditional external recorder.

Just wondering how long would any of you give an agent to call you back? Working in LA mostly or even when we shoot out of state we've worked with an LA casting director. I’ve never had an agent not get back to me. Basically I wanted to do a test shoot with an actress friend and it would be...

Didn't know where to put this question. Just wondering has anyone purchased a used camera from one of the major sellers. For example they're asking 6k. Just wondering what would happen if you offered $5,750?

Anyone seen this or tried it yet. http://www.4kshooters.net/2017/06/29/benq-sw2700pt-is-an-affordable-video-editing-and-color-grading-monitor-that-wont-break-your-bank/

Reading over the thread about the new Panny or maybe it was in the one of the ones about the C200. Someone wrote about a rebate on the Fs5. I see that with the rebate its $4,800. Body only. A friend has the Atomos for the raw upgrade (another 500 bucks). Another will loan me his Rokinons...