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Thanks john, seriously though could you tell me how to

A: Calibrate my monitor

and

B: Use my videoscopes?

I ask because I'm here to learn.


PS: WTF is 110 IRE? For real though, I'm dumb.
 
I just watched the movie. I think the knight sound effect sounds like metal cans but that's just my IMO. It's seems very hollow and should sound more solid.
 
Walter Graff has a good article on how to calibrate a production monitor. It's on his website Bluesky media and it's the one i used
 
I don't think it's only a question of taking the existing scene and exposing properly. There is a hell of a lot of contrast in this shot that might make the rest of the shot unreasonably dark and some of the detail lost or noise level increased, etc.

For the future, you might consider using some fill light via a bounce card to reduce some of the contrast and also consider taking the sheen of your actors' heads via powder or whatever it is that's used for that purpose :)

Anyway, the point is you are working with a very limited tool (mini-dv) and an uncontrollable environment (if you don't have bounce cards, etc. at hand).
 
I agree somwhat D-Man. I think underexposing and then using Zebras would have jived (Underexposing helps for adjusting contrast later in post as well.) .... But of course, Of course D-Masta, using bounce on the spot always helps. Then again, using some diffusion silk would have helped on this case as well ! Another discussion maybe ?

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Squid ?

IRE 100 is considered the legal limit for NTSC signals. Anything over 100 IRE is considered 'Blown-out' or lost.

IRE 7.5 would be considered the legal NTSC for Black. Anything lower than this would make it blacker than black. As in Gone.

Here are some rules I follow:

Video levels must not exceed 100 IRE on peak.
Black levels will not be below 7.5 IRE
Skin Tones stay below 80 IRE

Read these!

http://24p.com/dvx.htm

http://www.adamwilt.com/DV-FAQ-tech.html#Setup

Here is the Graff article mentioned by Silverwolf

http://www.film-and-video.com/colorbars.html although I broke down and purchased a software program ...
 
SilverWolf said:
I think the knight sound effect sounds like metal cans but that's just my IMO. It's seems very hollow and should sound more solid.
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....but that's the actual sound from the location! It is a bunch of emtal cans.....sigh.
 
Heh heh

Which is exactly why Hollyowood uses Foley FX to enhance the experience. You don't think guns really sound like that do you ?
 
ZombieSquid said:
....but that's the actual sound from the location! It is a bunch of emtal cans.....sigh.
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Ah Ha I know a Green Giant can when I hear it :)

Also what type of gun was that ?

John_Hudson said:
I agree somwhat D-Man. I think underexposing and then using Zebras would have jived (Underexposing helps for adjusting contrast later in post as well.) .... But of course, Of course D-Masta, using bounce on the spot always helps. Then again, using some diffusion silk would have helped on this case as well ! Another discussion maybe ?

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Squid ?

IRE 100 is considered the legal limit for NTSC signals. Anything over 100 IRE is considered 'Blown-out' or lost.

IRE 7.5 would be considered the legal NTSC for Black. Anything lower than this would make it blacker than black. As in Gone.

Here are some rules I follow:

Video levels must not exceed 100 IRE on peak.
Black levels will not be below 7.5 IRE
Skin Tones stay below 80 IRE

Read these!

http://24p.com/dvx.htm

http://www.adamwilt.com/DV-FAQ-tech.html#Setup

Here is the Graff article mentioned by Silverwolf

http://www.film-and-video.com/colorbars.html although I broke down and purchased a software program ...
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Nice Info Thanks!
 
ZombieSquid said:
....but that's the actual sound from the location! It is a bunch of emtal cans.....sigh.
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What I meant was that the sound you hear in the clip was the actual sound of that armor as the knight was running! I recorded the sound there, while we shot. I was just joking about how the armor is LIKE a bunch of metal cans.

Thanks a lot, I'm reading over those articles and absorbing a lot of new info. You guys rock so hard!

Oh, that gun is some kind of Calico.
 
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