Breakfast Scene

Good work Bob.
The dolly look really good. The colors looked good. And light look good.
Only thing if I CC it I would just crush the blacks a little to give more contrast. But that is just me..
Good work
 
That looks fantastic bgundu - is there any chance I can get ahold of the raw DVCPRO HD file? While the lighting is a bit flat, it's a really clear picture. What f-stop were you using?
 
If the raw HD isn't possible, how about some full-size stills (png or tiff). Looks excellent btw.

Thanks,
Paul
 
There are actually a couple of things I would like to examine with the raw file that are only possible with the moving image, but if it is too big for you to host, I've got server space for the upload if you have the time. Thanks a bunch!
 
Those cameras look nice!! the lghting is a little flat and I don't like the shadow on her head from the light, but that's some killer footage.
 
conrad_johnson said:
Those cameras look nice!! the lghting is a little flat and I don't like the shadow on her head from the light, but that's some killer footage.
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The lighting is flat, but to be honest I'd rather create a flat image and let the colorist crush the blacks in post.
 
Not bad. In general the colors look good the the back wall is a bit garish for my tastes (probably not your fault but simply the location). Everything looks sharp and clean but the lighting is a bit flat though nothing you couldn't fix with a little CC. Good job.
 
I just became a member so I can learn more about the HVX200. Is this as filmlike as it gets?? It looks great but I was hoping it looked exactly like film, am I being silly or what?
 
Yes you are silly P.S.T.

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Booth says:

The lighting is flat, but to be honest I'd rather create a flat image and let the colorist crush the blacks in post.
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Huh ?

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Bob ? I'd love to see this re-shot using one source light (Concentration more on chiaroscuro)


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Okay, maybe not re-shot but another shoot using these techniques ! I say this respectfully as I am a fan of your work. I just think lighting this flat does no camera justice. The lighting on this not only works against the cameras potential but it just appears as if there is NO source of light at all. Like, where is the light coming from ? It does not appear natural.


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Humbly of course. IMO!
 
looks really clean bgundu. i like this minimal look you have with the lighting. really great to see some earth tones. thanks again for another cool post... and thank your wife also, she is a star.
 
P.S.T. said:
I just became a member so I can learn more about the HVX200. Is this as filmlike as it gets?? It looks great but I was hoping it looked exactly like film, am I being silly or what?
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The idea is to create something that people can't say was originated on film or not. To the layman film and progressive video are often mistaken in my experience of giving clients footage shot with the DVX100.

I mean, a lot of people thought that 28 Days Later was shot on film!

And also if you're putting a lot of work into post-production, you can make the Z1 look like 16mm. I've seen the proof. So if you can do that with Z1 footage, imagine what you can do with HVX footage. That's the draw for me.

The clip isn't CC'd or had any additional post-prod work done to it. I'm sure if it was it'd look a lot more like film.

There's a thread somewhere with a link to some news gatherers complaining that it looked too much like film and they wanted that 'video look'! So if it doesn't look like film and it doesn't look like video.......
 
To be totally honest, I've looked at so much footage recently that I can no longer tell what looks "exactly" like film. I've seen a lot of bad film that doesn't look as good as some of the HVX200 stuff I've seen (a student film shot on super 16mm at my school for instance). Now, I just look for what looks good. I realize that's a pretty broad term but that's the best I can do. The look of movies is always changing. Films shot in the 60s look way different than onces shot today. Lawrence of Arabia and Kindom of Heaven bear very little resemblence image wise despite using similar locations and film stocks. Film these days now almost always is edited digitally and usualy goes through digital intermediates via color correction. I think we're going to reach a point of saturation where people will no longer be able to tell what is film or digital. They'll just care what looks good.
 
For everyone who commented on the bad lighting, you are correct. I remember telling my wife that I'm going to get nailed on this setup. She looked at the clip and couldn't see what I was talking about. In any case, expect an improved clip soon.
 
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