First Doc Shot On DVX

andythefilmer

andythefilmer

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Well, it's a mini-doc, but I shot this thing entirely on my 100B. I understand that some of the footage is shaky and /or badly colored, but most of this was shot about 3 months ago and as a quickly developing filmmaker, my moves have gotten a lot smoother since then. Anyway, two of the members of this young band are good friends of mine, and they are simply amazing. I am very lucky to have all my equipment at 15, and they are very lucky to be practicing and recording in a professional studio at 13-15.

http://vimeo.com/7556012
 
I like it... though there are some things that need attention.

The interview lighting is really, really harsh. Just one light? A smaller bounce card can sit in as a side fill and help soften those shadows, and a small back light would have helped as well. And when you do multiple interviews like that, shooting all of them in the exact same spot with the subjects all facing the same side of the frame, well... it gets boring, and simply zooming in for some of the interviews doesn't help too much.

Also, there is distortion in the audio from the producer.

Otherwise, good job.
 
well C2V said what i was gonna say about the lighting...even if u had one light...a white bounce card on the other side would have really helped even if u cudnt get a hairlight.

I liked it ....i like the colours...the interview shots had a "creamy" look to it...i duno how to describe it but just characteristic dvx look. looks good.

Nice work.
 
The interview was actually 3 lights. I tried to bounce off the white walls in the room, and on my LCD, it looked fine. I tried to fix it up a little in FCP, but I couldn't do much without blowing out the highlights. And we were very pressed for time (I edited it in 4 hours) because it had to be shown the next day and I could only get those interviews the day before. We had about 45 minutes to set up and get all those interviews. Other wise, I would have changed locations. And I also knew about the peaking audio on the producer, but I did not hear that through my headphones.
 
andythefilmer said:
We had about 45 minutes to set up and get all those interviews. Other wise, I would have changed locations.
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If you're pressed for time and cannot move the location entirely, it really can be as simple as changing the camera and key light angles by moving them over five or six feet and shooting in the other direction. Just do something so that not everyone is looking to the same side of the frame.

And what headphones do you use, just out of curiosity.
 
The lighting was 3-point lighting. The main key light, then a fill light reflecting off the white walls, and then a background light.
 
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