Dance off Mockumentry, shot with DVX 100B

[chstick]

We shot a short film for a local film challenge here in Honolulu. The topic was a comedy.

This was shot entirely with the DVX 100B and edited in FCP.

This film garnered 2nd place.


MySpace player (slightly better quality than YouTube)

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2084793136


YouTube player (if you prefer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgoIuwFLPeY

Enjoy,

Chris

 

[KDunne]

Very funny. The lighting was great in the opening and closing shots in the library.

 

[ryan brown]

Yeah... that was pretty much... hilarious.

And very well put together, I might add. Nice job all around.

 

[Dougyfresh13]

what were your settings/ set up for the shots of the lady in the library i love that look.

 

[chstick]

what were your settings/ set up for the shots of the lady in the library i love that look.

For the lighting in the library, I basically took full advantage of the existing flourescents (for the backround and the fill) and set one Home Depot 'scoop' light ( 200w eca w/ white diffusion gel) as my key light. She had to stand in that exact spot to take advantage of the fill. It was two slightly different color temps, but it worked. I was very pleased with the lighting there (and in most of the short) but screwed up the lighting badly in the "Cliff Ready" interview part.

As for the camera settings, I used the "Stu" look (as in Stu Maschwitz, author of "The DV Rebel", who posts here (DVXuser) as ProLost). Shoot flat with the DVX to allow for greater leeway in post.
DETAIL -7
GAMMA Cinelike D
MATRIX norm
24pa
all other settings DEFAULT or 0

Thanks for the kind words everyone and I'm glad you enjoyed it

Chris