Alvin & Arlene

Loved it! very moving.. you told that story very well my friend!! Well Done.. im a begginer and i come on this site, to learn from other users of the camera through their experiences... good to see some good work happening despite the fight going on in the forum about the upgrade hehe..

what lenses did you use?

again very nicely done
 
Very moving - almost makes me not want to ask 'how was it shot' questions as they kind of pale into insignificance against the powerful story. You can shoot stories like that with a £250 consumer camera and they are still effective. Having said that, it was beautifully shot and a pleasure (from an aesthetic viewpoint) to watch. Despite my opening statement I am curious to know which shots involved extra lighting and what that lighting was. My guess is it was just the interview shots? Great work.
 
Well done. It is very moving. It is really well shot and I particularly liked the light touch and nice pace on the editing. The up angle shots of the in-home caretaker exuded confidence, and the pan to the hand shake was just great. This is really deft treatment of a very difficult subject. I'm going to skip the question about how you got the subtle kicker in the closeup and just say it looked great.
 
Thanks very much Ian and hscully!

The production was quite difficult in the sense that it was a very sensitive topic (one which I've never had to film before.) The subject was very nice and willing so that helped. But Arlene was in very bad shape the day we filmed. She actually died two days later. So going in we knew it would be a tough subject, and the location was not easy to film in - quite small, cluttered, medical devices everywhere (one of which I nearly knocked over while filming!). So we filmed the care scene without any additional lighting, just a two person crew, and had to do it quite fast as it was disturbing to Arlene and the family the longer we filmed. We did use just one light for the interview, a Cool Lights LED600 with soft-box as the key. The back-light was just from the window, and we dimmed the practical in the background. We really wanted this piece to feel as natural as possible, so didn't want to use a slider, steadicam or light too heavily.
 
I thought that that back light was from the window I wasn't sure because it matched the key color temp so well. It looks great when you can do that working with daylight soft light keys. It looks really good and natural. That Coollights LED 600 looks pretty good. Good AF100 footage. I'm loving what I'm getting from mine now.

Really well done under very sensitive conditions.
 
Whenever I view videos in this forum- I go in from a technical viewpoint. Lighting, composition, sound... these are things I am watching for- beginning with the first frame. Here, after about 30 seconds- all that vanished. I was taken in completely by the people in your video. That says something- not just about the subject matter but your care and sensitivity in capturing it. To my eye, very natural and quite professional.

Thank you.
 
Your piece clearly demonstrates that the power of an image is not measured in megapixels.

(Not that it looked bad in any way -- exactly the opposite!)

Kudos to everyone involved.

- Greg
 
Great work, you have a lovely style and flow with these little stories. Great but painfully sad
 
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