"A Verse Before Dying" - AF-100 Western Short

Workflow

Workflow

There are two separate workflows in play with the finishing of "A Verse Before Dying," and here are the details on each one.


First is the trailer, which is being edited in Final Cut Pro, with footage imported via "Log and Transfer" into ProRes HQ files. The edited trailer will be color-corrected in Apple Color before being posted for review here. (Which shouldn't be too long now, so stay tuned.)


Second is the actual film editing workflow. This is being handled by the very talented Stephen Bohls of 1080 Post in Austin, Texas. He's working in Avid Media Composer, transcoding all of the original raw footage into high bit-rate DNxHD files for cutting. Once the "rough" cut is complete, Stephen will send the files to Oscar Oboza of Minneapolis' Pixel Farm for color-correction. This work will be done on Pixel Farm's Baselight system, and will include telecine and color-correction of the two rolls of 16mm film we shot. The film will be transferred on the Spirit Datacine, which will give us 2K scans of the film to use in the final online/conform.

I think that about covers the edit/color workflow.
 
So it is really going on the big screen. Can´t wait to hear how that will look. But first give us something to drool over on our small 50´´ screens...
 
Stephen Mick said:
This work will be done on Pixel Farm's Baselight system, and will include telecine and color-correction of the two rolls of 16mm film we shot. The film will be transferred on the Spirit Datacine, which will give us 2K scans of the film to use in the final online/conform.
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Great that you guys shot 16mm film to show side by side with the AF100 so we can all see how "filmic" the cam actually is.

One idea: if the 16mm looks close to AF100 footage you could post the two and try to let people guess which one is video and which one is film, though that may not work if the film was too grainy. Did you shoot slow ISO film?
 
Oh, it gets better. With a little muzzle-flash from our editor Bohls, some sound work and a bit of color tweaking, it won't be long now. Be patient, my interwebz-friends.
 
Steve Kahn said:
Great that you guys shot 16mm film to show side by side with the AF100 so we can all see how "filmic" the cam actually is.

One idea: if the 16mm looks close to AF100 footage you could post the two and try to let people guess which one is video and which one is film, though that may not work if the film was too grainy. Did you shoot slow ISO film?
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We shot Kodak Vision stock in both 250D and 50D. I'm not exactly sure we'll do a side-by-side, "hey, pick which is which" kind of thing. But we will be seeing just how closely the AF-100 can be made to look like film, and we will most certainly share our results.
 
Steve Kahn said:
Great that you guys shot 16mm film to show side by side with the AF100 so we can all see how "filmic" the cam actually is.

One idea: if the 16mm looks close to AF100 footage you could post the two and try to let people guess which one is video and which one is film, though that may not work if the film was too grainy. Did you shoot slow ISO film?
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They said it was 50D Vision 1 and 250D Vision 3. In S16mm, I believe there is no way for the grain to be "unnoticeable". Besides, they shot some sequences on film for aesthetic purposes, so I believe they MEANT for the film to look pretty different than the AF100... :)

[edit] Okay, an official response beat me to it. Even better [edit]
 
Steve Kahn said:
One idea: if the 16mm looks close to AF100 footage you could post the two and try to let people guess which one is video and which one is film, though that may not work if the film was too grainy. Did you shoot slow ISO film?
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The slowest ISO you can get, 50D. I also shot half a roll of 250D for the interiors (and, for, well, when the 50D ran out...)
 
what do you guys think of the DRS mode in this camera? did it perform well? did the image lose too much quality?

.....so it will be tomorrow for the trailer.... I guess I can go to sleep now....
 
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