Anamorphic on a Budget.

[ferradans]

My graduation work at University of São Paulo revolved around shooting with anamorphic lenses, Magic Lantern RAW and Canon cameras, keeping the budget as low as possible and experimenting as high as I could.

The resulting document was written in portuguese and just now I was able to translate it, so more people have access to my conclusions and don’t have to take so much time going through the process. In portuguese, this thing is around a hundred pages long, so it’s thorough. I hope it brings some light onto common questions as well as works as a good follow-up read after the original EOSHD Anamorphic’s Shooter Guide. Keep in mind this was originally finished by December 2013 and most 4k consumer cameras weren’t out yet, as well as Black Magic was just starting to ship their first units.

A lot has changed in terms of cameras, I used (and still use) a Canon 5D3 for my research and the camera is the least important part of this thing.

DISCLAIMER! If you see something really weird or stupid with my english, please leave a comment. I’m Brazilian, so english is not my first language, and I want this to be easily understandable for everyone. Please feel free to comment and correct me (not only about english now) - I already have some suggestions and changes pending.

There's an index and the webseries pilot episode that was the result of all this research at the following link as well.
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?page_id=5268

If you don't care about results and just want the theory, the chapters are listed and liked below.

WHO AM I AND WHAT IS THIS ABOUT?
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7166

INTRODUCTION
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7174

LENS RESEARCH
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7195
a ) FOCUS THROUGH (1.33x)
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7204
b ) ISCORAMAS (1.5x)
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7225
c ) DOUBLE FOCUS (2x)
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7235
d ) CINE LENSES (2x)
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7260
e ) DAMAGE AND SERVICING
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7278
f ) DIOPTERS AND CLOSE UPS
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7282
g ) LENS-YCLOPEDIA
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7280
h ) FAKING THE LOOK
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7283

MAGICLANTERN RAW
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7304
a ) CUSTOM CROPMARKS
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7305

ZONA SSP
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7310
a ) LOMO: EPISODE 01
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7311
b ) ISCORAMAS: EPISODE 02
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7317

THE PROCESS
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7318
a ) CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7319
b ) ON SET PREVIEW
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7320
c ) WORKFLOW
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7370

CONCLUSION
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7371
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=7372

 

[smukator]

Awesome! Thanks for translating and sharing with us