Hi Friends:
I'm a writer and actor and I just did a day on my first low budget film shot on a DSLR.
STRIPPERLAND is a zombie movie shooting with a $300k budget here in Portland OR. http://stripperlandthemovie.com
Having been on camera for about 100 broadcast hours in my career, as well as a half dozen or so studio produced features, I was at first thrown by not having a huge Panavision rig sticking in my face. I'm an old guy and used to judging my level of performance based on where that big old lens is. But i have to say I quickly adjusted, and I'm absolutely a believer. The footage I saw is amazing (but all of you already know that!)
The film shot with an A and B camera (both 7D's), and used external sound with a TASCAM and Seinhauser rig. The A camera shot with mostly a 50 and some sort of steady pole system, the B camera had a zoom and was mostly on sticks. I was also amazed at the color corrected florescent lamps used to light the set.
One thing I wasn't a big fan of, as an actor (and never have been) is the use of A/B camera for coverage of different sizes (like A grabs an ECU and B grabs a medium shot.) I'm old fashioned there, and I sometimes think that shooting too much A/B camera at once gives you less than doing it a shot at a time. I've experienced this on big budget features as well.
Anyway, it's nice to find this forum. I'm thinking of picking up a T2 just to learn to use it and shoot some things. The workflow workarounds seem a bit daunting, but it's always good to learn new things!
Regards
Thom
Portland
I'm a writer and actor and I just did a day on my first low budget film shot on a DSLR.
STRIPPERLAND is a zombie movie shooting with a $300k budget here in Portland OR. http://stripperlandthemovie.com
Having been on camera for about 100 broadcast hours in my career, as well as a half dozen or so studio produced features, I was at first thrown by not having a huge Panavision rig sticking in my face. I'm an old guy and used to judging my level of performance based on where that big old lens is. But i have to say I quickly adjusted, and I'm absolutely a believer. The footage I saw is amazing (but all of you already know that!)
The film shot with an A and B camera (both 7D's), and used external sound with a TASCAM and Seinhauser rig. The A camera shot with mostly a 50 and some sort of steady pole system, the B camera had a zoom and was mostly on sticks. I was also amazed at the color corrected florescent lamps used to light the set.
One thing I wasn't a big fan of, as an actor (and never have been) is the use of A/B camera for coverage of different sizes (like A grabs an ECU and B grabs a medium shot.) I'm old fashioned there, and I sometimes think that shooting too much A/B camera at once gives you less than doing it a shot at a time. I've experienced this on big budget features as well.
Anyway, it's nice to find this forum. I'm thinking of picking up a T2 just to learn to use it and shoot some things. The workflow workarounds seem a bit daunting, but it's always good to learn new things!
Regards
Thom
Portland
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