Feature Film

the movie looks good. Only thing I noticed was that the trailer looks heavily inspired by a clock work oranges trailer.
 
Looks great! I really liked the minimalistic style of the trailer edit and the acting was good as well.
Like wgzn said, this really looks like a indie feature that would be fun to watch!
Congrats :)
 
Lairhair that's pretty much what we were going for!

We're hitting the road in two weeks to finish up the bulk of this movie, hopefully we will return with our lives.

Has anyone on this board shot with an HVX rig in the desert? We need any tips on keeping the dust out of the camera and the 35mm adapter.
 
robmneilson said:
Lairhair that's pretty much what we were going for!

We're hitting the road in two weeks to finish up the bulk of this movie, hopefully we will return with our lives.

Has anyone on this board shot with an HVX rig in the desert? We need any tips on keeping the dust out of the camera and the 35mm adapter.
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If you put gaf tape over the tape transport door, and anywhere else sand might find its way into, you should be fine.

Also, don't set the camera down on the ground...

Also, it'd be a good idea to throw a cover (not black) over the camera when not in use.

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Thanks Chris...We'll have the HVX taped down underneath a petrol rain bag, and probably have some plastic bags cut up and strapped down over the brevis itself....

Also some clear UV filters over the lenses....but should I do anything to protect our Nikkon zoom lenses from the dust? Maybe plastic bag over them as well?

One of em cost 40 bucks so Ill sacrifice that one to appease the desert gods, but weve got a nice 35-135 that I'd like to keep.

Also Im worried about the heat affecting our gaff tape as well...I plan to have the camera wrapped up in a space blanket whenever its not in use, hopefully the HVX is hardy enough to deal with 110 during the day!
 
I think you might be going overboard a bit, but I feel ya. Use white gaf tape and the sun shouldn't really affect it that much. I think the space blanket is a great idea.

I've seen (on a feature) a guy repeatedly set his camera ON the ground in a sandy quarry and use NO protection for sand, and come out of it with no issues. I saw the camera after a few days of use and it was covered with sand and yet the camera sustained no damage.

I think as long as you keep the sand off your zoom lenses, they should be fine. Seriously, I'd say as long as you don't have to deal with a windstorm, sand is not as much of an issue as you might think.

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I'm really paranoid about the sand...we're going to be shooting at burning man so we are probably going to have to deal with a few windstorms!

I'm going to bring some huge ziplock bags (like ones you can store a comforter in), so hopefully in the event of a windstorm I'll just whip one out to take care of the camera.

We'll be dealing with alkali sand which is corrosive to metal so I just want to be overly cautious.

If we're lucky the desert won't destroy our hard drives too!
 
I should just go to LA and start looking thru the studios trash. If Im lucky I can find travolta's bubble boy enclosure. Nothin's gonna get through that!
 
I should just go to LA and start looking thru the studios trash. If Im lucky I can find travolta's bubble boy enclosure. Nothin's gonna get through that!
 
Woot! More info soon!!
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