Well there is definintly some saturated shots... thats Sunset Mikko and i shot..... i bumped the saturation to +7
"A Verse Before Dying" - AF-100 Western Short
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Well there is definintly some saturated shots... thats Sunset Mikko and i shot..... i bumped the saturation to +7
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Ha. :cheesy:
I haven't slept nearly enough the past 5 days. Between 4 and 6 hours a night. But every morning I woke up with the energy to get out of bed at 6, or 5, and head to the set to work with the awesome crew we had. The energy of the entire production was amazing. And it carries all the way to the screen.
I've been incredibly lucky, and am immensely grateful to have been a part of this project. I think many of us left today with the feeling that this wasn't the only time this crew will be together, I know I'm hoping it wasn't.
But, I'll try and stay the praise that I really can't say enough ... I think we are starting to sound a little like a broken record.
I'll try and get my shoot photos up online soon. I know others are working on theirs too as they recover from the high that was this production. And I will of course be happy to answer any and all questions I can about the production alongside the rest of the team.
But now I join the rest of the members on this forum; waiting in eager anticipation to see the results as the post production team gets to work. The editor was hopping to get started when we dropped off the hard drive with our 88 gigs of material at the post house tonight.
My expectations of the final result are pretty high. But as was discussed today; even if the end result sucks [how could it?], this has been an amazing week, and I would answer the call again any day the same way I did Barry's original PM a month ago asking me to be on the project:
mikkowilson said:
- Mikko
Mrs. Caffesse
Member
i told steve that i wish i had been able to be there for every hour of every day of the shoot. i got so much good stuff, though, in the two days i spent there that i'm going to share a few more shots. then i'm done, i promise.
STL shoots Ott. . .Taylor and Timur are unimpressed.
late-day spookyness. . .and Luis feels the pressure
Barry is my hero.
STL shoots Ott. . .Taylor and Timur are unimpressed.
late-day spookyness. . .and Luis feels the pressure
Barry is my hero.
Excellent work guys! I really wish I could have been there, but I'm looking forward to the finished film! Every ounce of me wants to buy the AF100 but right now I can't even afford a used DVX or even a T2i...
One question, what types of shots was the 20mm pancake lens chosen for, and how did it compare with the canon and zeiss lenses? I'm interested in how it fits into a kit and how in the world you may have attached anything to it (matte boxes/follow focus)?
One question, what types of shots was the 20mm pancake lens chosen for, and how did it compare with the canon and zeiss lenses? I'm interested in how it fits into a kit and how in the world you may have attached anything to it (matte boxes/follow focus)?
Matt Gottshalk
Resident Preditor
Canon 100-400mm in a Canon to Micro 4/3 adapter. No aperture control, so Mikko was using the ND wheel on the camera to control exposure.
We looking at a tree over a quarter mile away at 800mm FOV.
It was sick.
Matt Gottshalk
Resident Preditor
We used it on a Kessler jib shot at the overhead position during one scene. No mattebox or anything.
Luis Caffesse
Admin
Matt Gottshalk
Resident Preditor
I think I was just heartbroken that Timur took the camera back from me.
You've lost that loving feeling.
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Great photos Mrs. Caffesse. Both sets.
Don't know about Nikon over Canon; or that you were faster to the draw. But your aim was sure better than mine!
Very nice to meet you, although only briefly.
Just the bare 20mm pancake on the camera works wonders for quick wide handheld stuff. Also very light on the crane and flies well on the Merlin. Though we also used the Merlin with a 7-14m at the very wide 7mm setting to great effect. No mattebox, FF, etc.. Bare lens.
The ability to use the filter wheel is incredibly useful. Of course Iris control would be nice; but the ND wheel was all I ever needed to expose to play. Though the ISO/Gain and Shutter controls can of course always be used to fine tune.
Focus-In-Red works really well on trees by the way. Lots of fine detail to outline. Same with charts.
- Mikko
Don't know about Nikon over Canon; or that you were faster to the draw. But your aim was sure better than mine!
Very nice to meet you, although only briefly.
Just the bare 20mm pancake on the camera works wonders for quick wide handheld stuff. Also very light on the crane and flies well on the Merlin. Though we also used the Merlin with a 7-14m at the very wide 7mm setting to great effect. No mattebox, FF, etc.. Bare lens.
We ran the same setup at GEAR Rental today on a test chart. ... We had to put the chart out in the parking lot to frame it up at the 400mm setting (800mm to the camera)!
The ability to use the filter wheel is incredibly useful. Of course Iris control would be nice; but the ND wheel was all I ever needed to expose to play. Though the ISO/Gain and Shutter controls can of course always be used to fine tune.
Focus-In-Red works really well on trees by the way. Lots of fine detail to outline. Same with charts.
- Mikko
Stephen Mick
Totally Usable
Working on the "teaser/trailer" right now. It's coming along and looking great. Hopefully we'll have something for everyone to see in the next few days. I'll keep you posted.
Thanks. I'm assuming it did/will cut well with the oraganic look that the zeisses are known for?
I'm surprised and thrilled that things are moving so quickly for you guys. Did you ever watch the monitor and feel like jumping up and down at how aweome a shot looked?
Stephen Mick
Totally Usable
Did you ever watch the monitor and feel like jumping up and down at how aweome a shot looked?
That could be in a Panny commercial
Great BTS mrs Caffesee !
I can feel the intensity , the passion of Mr Barry Green.
Stephen Mick
Totally Usable
Seriously.
I'm not a "stare-blankly-into-the-monitor" kind of guy. I prefer to focus on what the talent is doing in front of me, and if I'm happy with the performances, and Timur says it looks great, that's what I want. But on just about every occasion when I "chimped" Timur's monitor or looked over Rudd's shoulder at his remote Steadicam monitor, I was left with just one word to describe what I was seeing.
"Ridiculous."
One thing that really made our lives easier was our amazing cast. Only once in the entire shoot did we have to re-roll a take because someone missed a line. The performances felt authentic and true, and the cast showed an amazing ability to be consistently spot-on with their deliveries. This meant Timur and I (and Mikko) could take our time to set up the shot the way we wanted it, knowing that we wouldn't need ten or fifteen takes to get it.
I'm not a "stare-blankly-into-the-monitor" kind of guy. I prefer to focus on what the talent is doing in front of me, and if I'm happy with the performances, and Timur says it looks great, that's what I want. But on just about every occasion when I "chimped" Timur's monitor or looked over Rudd's shoulder at his remote Steadicam monitor, I was left with just one word to describe what I was seeing.
"Ridiculous."
One thing that really made our lives easier was our amazing cast. Only once in the entire shoot did we have to re-roll a take because someone missed a line. The performances felt authentic and true, and the cast showed an amazing ability to be consistently spot-on with their deliveries. This meant Timur and I (and Mikko) could take our time to set up the shot the way we wanted it, knowing that we wouldn't need ten or fifteen takes to get it.
Ha! I think that was me.
It was a great honor working with all of you. The enthusiasm coming from the crew was infectious. You were like kids in a candy store...with LOTS of free samples. The energy was just pinging off the walls.
You're an inspiring lot.
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Jarek Zabczynski
Veteran
Wouldn't the lack of some color aid in the encoding a bit and provide a "better compressed" image? (More efficient?)
Barry_Green
Moderator
Perhaps. The lack of all color would definitely do it (and the AF100 does provide for a BW mode). But the AF100 has fairly to exceedingly saturated images; I remember back when I was comparing the XHA1 to the HVX, the XHA1 at full maximum saturation barely could reach the HVX at its midpoint. So even when you turn the color fully down (not to BW mode, but to minimum) then you're still recording an image that has plenty of chroma information.
Stephen:
what are you using to create the trailer?
what are you using to create the trailer?