D90 Music Video - LMNO

very cool.....I gotta get me some zeiss primes

How did you light it?
did you use custom curves?
 
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Excellent work. This clip is again a good example for what you can get out of the cam if one understands to handle properly this "softy" . It wouldn´t be a surprise to me, if some day after flogging it, a couple of guys wish themselves back to the look of the D90.
 
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The lighting set-up was extremely simple. I used a couple of two foot four bank kino's. The background fill was a 650. The yellow glow is coming from a practical halogen "Bug" lamp. The studio space it was film in was really tight. There was a 12 piece drum kit mic'ed up so it didn't leave me with much room. To compensate for it I broke out the Zeiss 100 macro to shoot all of the textural stuff.

As far as custom curves I have my D90 set to capture the flattest most neutral image it can so I have the most flexibility in post.

In regards to "Capice" I truly do love the look of the D90 and plan to shoot all I can with it. I shot a short on it Named "Elsewhere" which will be submitted to festivals this year. I am planning another music video in April too. I consider the d90 a true "Digital Super 8 or 16mm" if that makes sense. I have considered abandoning the use of HPX-HVX for my personal shoots all together! Now if if I could only do slow-mo with it...
 
capice said:
Excellent work. This clip is again a good example for what you can get out of the cam if one understands to handle properly this "softy" . It wouldn´t be a surprise to me, if some day after flogging it, a couple of guys wish oneself back to the look of the D90.
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I've been thinking the same thing. That's why variable bit rate on the D400 would be great however unlikely. After seeing this clip I won't be getting rid of my D90 for a GH1 straight away....I'm just gonna have to work harder to get better results.
 
mediamilitia said:
The lighting set-up was extremely simple. I used a couple of two foot four bank kino's. The background fill was a 650. The yellow glow is coming from a practical halogen "Bug" lamp. The studio space it was film in was really tight. There was a 12 piece drum kit mic'ed up so it didn't leave me with much room. To compensate for it I broke out the Zeiss 100 macro to shoot all of the textural stuff.

As far as custom curves I have my D90 set to capture the flattest most neutral image it can so I have the most flexibility in post.

In regards to "Capice" I truly do love the look of the D90 and plan to shoot all I can with it. I shot a short on it Named "Elsewhere" which will be submitted to festivals this year. I am planning another music video in April too. I consider the d90 a true "Digital Super 8 or 16mm" if that makes sense. I have considered abandoning the use of HPX-HVX for my personal shoots all together! Now if if I could only do slow-mo with it...
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Did you convert to prores and grade it in color?
 
yep it really puts that argument to bed. The trouble is not many people have posted good res 720p files to have a look at.
 
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yep it really puts that argument to bed. The trouble is not many people have posted good res 720p files to have a look at.
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The thing that I have noticed is that there are lots of "Camera Tests" out there and not enough real productions. I hope this encourages more people to take the plunge and shoot a small scaled production. The d90 is capable of yielding great results.

For this video I didn't convert to ProRes and grade in color. I did the offline in AIC after converting through the Media Stream program. I did notice a gamma shift but said what the heck and left it. It actually helped crush what I would have anyways. I only slightly add a bit of color using three way in FCP. I then did the Anti-Stairstep removal in AE. At that time I did a global ColorBalance and Vignette on the entire Pre-Comp.

The last two projects I shot on the d90 I did one conversion to PR and one to 8Bit-Unc. I noticed that the PR got washed out while the 8bit stayed true to the original AVI. I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with the next Music Video I shoot on the d90. Still trying to work out the best pipeline.

Color did work nice on the short film I shot on the D90 due to that projects limited amount of video tracks. With this particular piece I had way to many video tracks layered to import into color. It would have been a nightmare to manage.
 
Interesting, thanks for the info. look forward to seeing the next vid.

Yeah the D90 is great for music vids, I'm cutting my first one next week (it's just a test not for commercial release) . As for a feature only if it's the last resort come July.
 
mediamilitia said:
The thing that I have noticed is that there are lots of "Camera Tests" out there and not enough real productions. I hope this encourages more people to take the plunge and shoot a small scaled production. The d90 is capable of yielding great results.
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Word. Your body of work is blazin btw.
 
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