An Artist's Eye

beautiful stuff as usual stevey. love the shots, editing, movement, etc...

Curious to know how you achieved some of the shots with the krane. Was it on a dolly being pushed through the grass? How was your focus being handled with the vertical movement?
 
Everything was done with the crane, papa. In the shot going through the grass, the camera was placed at a 90 degree angle on the end of the crane and then it moved in a large arc. The arc is so large that it appears to be traveling straight. Also, given that there is nothing to focus on in the background, I can get away with this illusion.
 
for the focus, i meant more where oyu start in and move up, how are you controlling focus? What is your 35mm lens fstop?

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nm, just read all the responses on the vimeo video. Gotcha, F8.
** checkout my hitler scene thread. Would love to get your feedback.
 
I kept the lens at either f5.6 or f8 depending on the shot. This gave me a wide depth of field, relatively speaking while still retaining the adapter look. I figured an average focus distance and left it at that. I racked a little from the grass to the lake on the last crane shot before the waterfall. It's tricky doing all of this by myself. If I had the resources and time, I would be using a remote follow focus when I've got shots that have larger transitions. The static focus setting for the low grass shots worked fine because there really wasn't anything specific that needed to be in focus.
 
Hey Steve,
I love that you do these little vignettes like I do. Of course our content is much different and I don't have the voice to do VO but I like watching these things. Its like you said, open your heart and see your world change.
I'm actually uploading one to vimeo from a day fishing in the hamptons and will post it soon.
 
Thank you for the comments. It is difficult to balance the message and the way it's presented. While the voiceover isn't typically "professional", it is my voice and my message. Some may think it's corny, others may be moved by it. Either way, as I have something to say, I'll say it. My method will be honed over time because including narration is new to me.

I appreciate you all taking the time to watch.
 
disjecta said:
While the voiceover isn't typically "professional", it is my voice and my message. Some may think it's corny, others may be moved by it. Either way, as I have something to say, I'll say it. My method will be honed over time because including narration is new to me.
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Hey Steve,

As always, I enjoy watching your new work. This is no exception - very nice.

I really like use of the crane to achieve what feels more like a dolly move due to the wide arc of travel and natural lens distortion. (fyi, I think this technique was used alot in The Thin Red Line - during the grassy "tracking shots". In fact this piece reminds me a little of TTRL - a similar tone, the music maybe.)


Regarding the VO: Good for you! It takes a brave person to venture into a new form of artistic expression (particularly featuring something as personal as their own voice). But it's so much more than just voice. Very personal ideas/feelings need to be formulated, then written, then rewritten - then finally articulated in the form of voice over. My point is that it encompasses a number of quite difficult crafts. I think people critiquing VOs forget about the writing sometimes.


It's obviously a very personal message - Nice work! I look forward to more.




dmc
 
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