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Katana2040

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This is a video I filmed for some friends, to celebrate their engagement. I filmed this on the Panasonic GH2 (w/Orion V4b patch). Enjoy!

Hardware:

Hacked GH2
Nikon lenses: 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 105mm
Vivitar/Samyang 85mm
Panasonic 14-42mm

Spider-Rig (via Amazon)

https://vimeo.com/69414643
 
Nicely done,, The SHOT at 00.54 reminded me of a movie scene, see if you can remember " Smokey, now I might not be the smartest bleep, but from back here, it look like you takin a bleep!! , Seriously though, you did a nice job on this, Im guessing your friend was happy.
 
maranfilms said:
Nicely done,, The SHOT at 00.54 reminded me of a movie scene, see if you can remember " Smokey, now I might not be the smartest bleep, but from back here, it look like you takin a bleep!! , Seriously though, you did a nice job on this, Im guessing your friend was happy.
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!! I literally laughed up a lung when I read that, lol! Right on, man! Thanks! The both of them were very happy!
 
Nice looking people, camera work very well done and I like the "feel" of it.

One suggestion though: Lose those film burn effects FAST. I worked with Kodachrome film in 16mm and 8mm and we got those effects ONLY through STUPIDITY. Some idiot on set opening a camera magazine in mid roll, or the camera op failing to use a changing bag when changing rolls of film.

Generally home movie amatuers got this effect because the film came on a spool and when pulled out of the black wrapper the first several layers got light struck. If the film ran out in mid "take" and the camera op didn't catch that so the "take" could be redone on the next roll, and the film changed without taking the magazine into a darkroom or using a black "changing bag", several layers would be totally transparent and then for an additional layer or two you got those orange "streaks".

There was little more that marked one as a rank amatuer/beginner more than those "film burns".

I'm not being critical of you or your work, that short looks great and I like it very much. But everyone is using those "film burns" as transitions as if it were a desirable effect without any idea how much we "cussed" if some idiot on the crew caused that and we didn't know until the processed film came back.

Been there and used some very bad language.
 
Bruce Foreman said:
Nice looking people, camera work very well done and I like the "feel" of it.

One suggestion though: Lose those film burn effects FAST. I worked with Kodachrome film in 16mm and 8mm and we got those effects ONLY through STUPIDITY. Some idiot on set opening a camera magazine in mid roll, or the camera op failing to use a changing bag when changing rolls of film.

Generally home movie amatuers got this effect because the film came on a spool and when pulled out of the black wrapper the first several layers got light struck. If the film ran out in mid "take" and the camera op didn't catch that so the "take" could be redone on the next roll, and the film changed without taking the magazine into a darkroom or using a black "changing bag", several layers would be totally transparent and then for an additional layer or two you got those orange "streaks".

There was little more that marked one as a rank amatuer/beginner more than those "film burns".

I'm not being critical of you or your work, that short looks great and I like it very much. But everyone is using those "film burns" as transitions as if it were a desirable effect without any idea how much we "cussed" if some idiot on the crew caused that and we didn't know until the processed film came back.

Been there and used some very bad language.
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Hey, thanks for the feedback, Bruce! It was definitely used as a "stylistic" choice, but like all styles, they come and go. The very first film I ever worked on was shot on 16mm film. I stayed as far away from that camera magazine and changing bag as possible, lol! Thanks again, mate!
 
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