Jaime Valles
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Hello, all.
I recently did the cinematography and editing for the short film BRAIN. STORM. which premiered tonight on YouTube. It's written by a deaf composer (who also stars in the movie), so there are subtitles throughout.
Shot with a Canon 1DX II and two C100 I cameras. To me, it's easy to tell which camera is which (I'm not a professional colorist) but hopefully it's not too distracting.
Lenses were the Canon 16-35, 24-70, 70-200 f/2.8 and the 50 f/1.8. All the shots where the camera is moving were done with the 1DX II using face-tracking auto focus. I was the sole camera operator (the two C100s were unmanned static shots on tripods with fixed focus).
Edited in Premiere Pro and coloring with FilmConvert Nitrate. YouTube compression is fairly high, unfortunately; the final ProRes file on my computer looks a lot better. Especially the opening sequence which is intentionally grainy. Once the rest of the movie gets going, there's not as much visible compression.
We only had about 12 hours to film the whole thing, which was especially daunting given the challenge of a deaf actor plus all the projection tech involved. Also, unlike most movie musicals, the sound was all recorded live in order for the projections to work (you'll understand when you see the movie) so that was another technical headache. But the sound designer did a fantastic job with capturing the voices and the piano live. All in all, I ended up with less than 2 hours of footage for a 20 minute film.
Anyway, let me know if you have any questions. I hope you enjoy the movie!
I recently did the cinematography and editing for the short film BRAIN. STORM. which premiered tonight on YouTube. It's written by a deaf composer (who also stars in the movie), so there are subtitles throughout.
Shot with a Canon 1DX II and two C100 I cameras. To me, it's easy to tell which camera is which (I'm not a professional colorist) but hopefully it's not too distracting.
Lenses were the Canon 16-35, 24-70, 70-200 f/2.8 and the 50 f/1.8. All the shots where the camera is moving were done with the 1DX II using face-tracking auto focus. I was the sole camera operator (the two C100s were unmanned static shots on tripods with fixed focus).Edited in Premiere Pro and coloring with FilmConvert Nitrate. YouTube compression is fairly high, unfortunately; the final ProRes file on my computer looks a lot better. Especially the opening sequence which is intentionally grainy. Once the rest of the movie gets going, there's not as much visible compression.
We only had about 12 hours to film the whole thing, which was especially daunting given the challenge of a deaf actor plus all the projection tech involved. Also, unlike most movie musicals, the sound was all recorded live in order for the projections to work (you'll understand when you see the movie) so that was another technical headache. But the sound designer did a fantastic job with capturing the voices and the piano live. All in all, I ended up with less than 2 hours of footage for a 20 minute film.
Anyway, let me know if you have any questions. I hope you enjoy the movie!
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