Barry and Jarred's 2 week Blog
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yes.. edmonton born and kinda raised.. on whyte for sure... Rebar is the only name I can remember right now.
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yes.. edmonton born and kinda raised.. on whyte for sure... Rebar is the only name I can remember right now.
Barry_Green
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Today's a day off, so nothing new to post...
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Today's a day off, so nothing new to post...
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damn i wish i could have a day off
to close yesterday,
here is arrival at LAX.. waiting for the damn rental car shuttle bus:
get to Le parc our hotel around 4 or 5.. go straight to the pool.
then to dinner at LaLa's
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damn i wish i could have a day off
to close yesterday,
here is arrival at LAX.. waiting for the damn rental car shuttle bus:
get to Le parc our hotel around 4 or 5.. go straight to the pool.
then to dinner at LaLa's
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Zoomforce
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day 3
Mels Drive in on Sunset for breakfast:
Then to Santa Monica for some Boardwalk fun
http://www.dvxuser.com/blog/la1.wmv
Then off to the Satellite Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel
Tim Robbins and Jerry Lewis where funny as hell, but the rest of the show was a little dry.
and just got home.. well back to the hotel home that is.
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day 3
Mels Drive in on Sunset for breakfast:
Then to Santa Monica for some Boardwalk fun
http://www.dvxuser.com/blog/la1.wmv
Then off to the Satellite Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel
Tim Robbins and Jerry Lewis where funny as hell, but the rest of the show was a little dry.
and just got home.. well back to the hotel home that is.
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Schmooozing. Looks like a good time.
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Schmooozing. Looks like a good time.
BLUESPIDER
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Jarred, I know a guy who looks almost like you except he has brown hair. What were you doing at the satilite awards? Did you accept anything? Looks like you guys were having alot of fun.. ;D
Jarred, I know a guy who looks almost like you except he has brown hair. What were you doing at the satilite awards? Did you accept anything? Looks like you guys were having alot of fun.. ;D
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Zoomforce
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Yes, I got 2 inches on that boy...
didnt win anything but got some good stuff in the grab bag.
Yes, I got 2 inches on that boy...
didnt win anything
but got some good stuff in the grab bag. 
XCheck
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Hmm..., this thread is starting to look like it should be renamed 'Our beloved leaders'. And all this from the peasantry's own free will. I wonder what they would do for Jarred and Barry if they had guns and gallows at their disposal... ;D
Wow! Jarred, I hope you got an autograph from Tim Robbins.
Hmm..., this thread is starting to look like it should be renamed 'Our beloved leaders'. And all this from the peasantry's own free will. I wonder what they would do for Jarred and Barry if they had guns and gallows at their disposal... ;D
Wow! Jarred, I hope you got an autograph from Tim Robbins.
Barry_Green
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Today was the first day of a three-day "Wizard of Oz" corporate video shoot. Not much new, except that we were using the obscenely expensive ReflecMedia greenscreen system.
Man, am I unimpressed.
The guy who bought it had thought that it would solve all our past chroma key problems... when using fabric greenscreens we'd get wrinkles and such, and here this ReflecMedia stuff is supposed to be so simple to use that you just lay it out and get perfect keys. Nope. Every wrinkle, every seam, every everything shows up just like it does with a conventional fabric greenscreen.
So you have to go through nearly just as much hassle with it as you do with a regular fabric. I mean, I guess there's an advantage in that you don't have to light the screen separately, and don't get green spill on your subject's edges. But you do get green spill all over your subject because you're blasting a green light at them. You can overpower that with your subject lighting, but... well, whatever. The NAB demos are *FAR* more impressive than the reality, at least as far as our first day with it goes.
Tomorrow, more of the same. Jarred's in town, we'll have to see if we can make time to take a pic or something.
Today was the first day of a three-day "Wizard of Oz" corporate video shoot. Not much new, except that we were using the obscenely expensive ReflecMedia greenscreen system.
Man, am I unimpressed.
The guy who bought it had thought that it would solve all our past chroma key problems... when using fabric greenscreens we'd get wrinkles and such, and here this ReflecMedia stuff is supposed to be so simple to use that you just lay it out and get perfect keys. Nope. Every wrinkle, every seam, every everything shows up just like it does with a conventional fabric greenscreen.
So you have to go through nearly just as much hassle with it as you do with a regular fabric. I mean, I guess there's an advantage in that you don't have to light the screen separately, and don't get green spill on your subject's edges. But you do get green spill all over your subject because you're blasting a green light at them. You can overpower that with your subject lighting, but... well, whatever. The NAB demos are *FAR* more impressive than the reality, at least as far as our first day with it goes.
Tomorrow, more of the same. Jarred's in town, we'll have to see if we can make time to take a pic or something.
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Zoomforce
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Hey day 4 i think...
travel day, well travel hour really, LA to Vegas. Natpe tommorow and I lucked out as the Snowboarding Business show is in town as well.
Hey day 4 i think...
travel day, well travel hour really, LA to Vegas. Natpe tommorow and I lucked out as the Snowboarding Business show is in town as well.
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steadicamsteel
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Hi Barry,
Long Time Listener First Time Poster. I used the reflecmedia screen a few months back. It sucks....
Did you get a grey Halo around the subjects you were shooting? We were shooting DigiBeta and we had the MAC there capturing SDi out the DigiBeta Back end. The CG Guy was totally unimpressed with the key he was pulling. We ended up placing the Talent literally against the Fabric to get rid of the Halo! So we couldn't backlight and had to become very creative when placing the other Light sources.
Hi Barry,
Long Time Listener First Time Poster. I used the reflecmedia screen a few months back. It sucks....
Did you get a grey Halo around the subjects you were shooting? We were shooting DigiBeta and we had the MAC there capturing SDi out the DigiBeta Back end. The CG Guy was totally unimpressed with the key he was pulling. We ended up placing the Talent literally against the Fabric to get rid of the Halo! So we couldn't backlight and had to become very creative when placing the other Light sources.
filmmaker58
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I cant wait to see the pictures of Gandalf and Frodo....err Barry and Jarred together.
I cant wait to see the pictures of Gandalf and Frodo....err Barry and Jarred together.
Jan_Crittenden
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ROTFLOL. Too funny, Gandalf and Frodo. Sorry, just hit a funny bone.
This is kind of fun, watching you two guys. ;-)
So Jarred, I recognize the young lady as the woman in the Art History Film, so is that Nick next to her?
Having fun watching,
Jan
ROTFLOL. Too funny, Gandalf and Frodo. Sorry, just hit a funny bone.
This is kind of fun, watching you two guys. ;-)
So Jarred, I recognize the young lady as the woman in the Art History Film, so is that Nick next to her?
Having fun watching,
Jan
Barry_Green
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See, the thing is, Pat KNOWS I look like Frodo... well, more like Gimli, actually. I don't think you *can* get a shot of us both me and Jarred in the same frame... one of our heads would get cut off the frame for sure.
Man, today was a *long* day of shooting. Not too thrilled with the ol' ReflecMedia. You can't get the camera close to the subject, or the green LED ring will irradiate the subject... not too flattering when your subject's pearly white teeth start looking green.
Halos? Yeah. We were using Serious Magic Ultra for keying, and it ended up pulling a usable key out of the footage. And yes, we did usually have the subjects right up against the fabric. It's neat technology, sure... and I'm sure it has its advantages, but man... I mean, the fabric alone is like $6,000! If I wanted to spend $6,000 to improve my chroma keying, I think I'd spend it on a new Panasonic 4:2:2 DVCPRO-HD camera... er, well, that's how I'd prefer to spend it, now if only there was such a product!
Another thing is, because of the mic placement on the DVX, we have to use three spacer filter rings to get the LED ring far enough forward to clear the mic. Which means VIGNETTING. Ugh. So wide-angle shots are troublesome, but then again you can't get the camera too close to the subject anyway, so wide-angle shots are pretty much not an option.
Note to Jan: on future cameras, please make the microphone removable! It interferes with the Formatt matte box, it interferes with the Chromatte... sure would be nice if you could just pop that thing off of there and get it out of the way.
I missed getting together with Jarred, there's just no time... I've got tons of stuff to do to get ready for tomorrow's gig, and it's a 7:00 a.m. call. Don't know how long the J-Dogg is in town, maybe we can do something tomorrow or Thursday.
See, the thing is, Pat KNOWS I look like Frodo... well, more like Gimli, actually. I don't think you *can* get a shot of us both me and Jarred in the same frame... one of our heads would get cut off the frame for sure.
Man, today was a *long* day of shooting. Not too thrilled with the ol' ReflecMedia. You can't get the camera close to the subject, or the green LED ring will irradiate the subject... not too flattering when your subject's pearly white teeth start looking green.
Halos? Yeah. We were using Serious Magic Ultra for keying, and it ended up pulling a usable key out of the footage. And yes, we did usually have the subjects right up against the fabric. It's neat technology, sure... and I'm sure it has its advantages, but man... I mean, the fabric alone is like $6,000! If I wanted to spend $6,000 to improve my chroma keying, I think I'd spend it on a new Panasonic 4:2:2 DVCPRO-HD camera... er, well, that's how I'd prefer to spend it, now if only there was such a product!
Another thing is, because of the mic placement on the DVX, we have to use three spacer filter rings to get the LED ring far enough forward to clear the mic. Which means VIGNETTING. Ugh. So wide-angle shots are troublesome, but then again you can't get the camera too close to the subject anyway, so wide-angle shots are pretty much not an option.
Note to Jan: on future cameras, please make the microphone removable! It interferes with the Formatt matte box, it interferes with the Chromatte... sure would be nice if you could just pop that thing off of there and get it out of the way.
I missed getting together with Jarred, there's just no time... I've got tons of stuff to do to get ready for tomorrow's gig, and it's a 7:00 a.m. call. Don't know how long the J-Dogg is in town, maybe we can do something tomorrow or Thursday.