First DVX Shoot

BryanBenitez

BryanBenitez

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First I want to thank for all you guys here that make this the most informative site that I vist on the web. I would have posted much sooner but all of the questions that I have, have already been answered! I love this place! :thumbsup:

OK so here is my dilemma... I recently shoot an EPK for a friend of mine, the day after I got my DVX. I am still learning the ins and outs of the camera. There is a shot at the end of the EPK where he starts on the inside of a building and walks out as he talks about his album. Inside the building it looks great, but when I get outside the DVX's said that I should apply the ND filter. (Having read much about it here) I decided to flick it on while I was taping. (I know not too smart) It really messed up my shoot and looks kinda weird on tape. My question is, is there any way to make that look any better or am I stuck with it? I tried to fix it by fading everything to black and white, but it still looks kinda weird.

Any Tips will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Guys.

Here is the link on vimeo

http://www.vimeo.com/1626264
 
you commited one of the crimes in video/film making: shooting one continuous scene from indoor to outdoor or vice versa. first, the white balance is different in indoor and outdoor. 2nd, the exposure is obviously different as well. the ND filters will not correct this difference as you have observed.

now, what will i do is that i would insert a cut away at the time the exposure changed and at the segment you used a ND filter. (retain the sound, of course). in this way, the audience will not notice the change in exposure. i'm not an expert in post production but i'm sure there is a way to correct your image taken from the outside. Good Luck.

P.S.
don't do it again :)
 
13th Judas said:
you commited one of the crimes in video/film making: shooting one continuous scene from indoor to outdoor or vice versa
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It isn't essentially a crime. Plenty of films do this, you just have to have the sets setup so that the lighting inside matches the lighting outside, eg. white balancing to daylight and putting in daylight temp fixtures to brighten everything up inside so you don't have the harsh transition when you go outside.
 
watch episodes of entourage for them going from outdoors to indoors and back. They do it well
 
One film that I watched that you can notice this done is Shawn of the dead. The steadycam Op follows the person into the convience store and if you play it in slow mo you can watch him adjust his iris. It's done smooth though and there's enough happening around that you cant really notice it.
 
Hitchcock craned through a (breakaway) window...

For YOUR shoot, you would need enough light on him as he walks that you would use a ND inside, because you need the ND outside, with a little adjustment with iris as you walk outside.
That's lots of light.
It would be easier to cutaway to B roll, or pick up his walk & talk in a second shot, and come down off the building or snap zoom out to him or something.

Most importantly, a shot like this should be rehearsed (even without talent if he doesn't have time) so YOU know the conditions you're dealing with.
And if you do a take like this that doesn't work- speak up, do it again.
Better to say it then than later!

Good Luck!
 
Forehand said it best. Use enough light indoor so that your brightness ratio conversion to outdoors stays similar. It will look a whole lot better than what you had done. But since you're new to the camera, doing what you did is a common thing. Don't get down, this is what the camera is for. Learn it, love it, continue to film and you will get used to any situation.
 
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