FS7: Hamantashen Recipe

Some really nice tabletop stuff there Elliot. My only real thought was that it would have been nice to break up the top-down angles with some additional close-up/beauty shots of the ingredients.

What do you use for your overhead rig?
 
Thank you. I would have liked some beauty shots too but it wasn't in the cards for what the client wanted in this shoot.

This was a one off type shoot so I don't have a overhead rig for this type of work. I tried to use an inverted cineslider but the working surface was too wide for that approach. Instead I used a boom arm and ball head. I definitely don't recommend doing this normally, it was much too precarious for my taste, but it was my only option at the time. If I do more of these I'll have to figure something else out.

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egproductions said:
Thought I would share a recipe video for the upcoming holiday:

http://www.eliecreative.com/food/Recipe - Hamantashen.mp4

FS7
Metabone SpeedBooster Ultra
Sigma 35 1.4 Art (at pre-speed boosted f3.5)
Shot at 4K @ 60fps (burned through cards but fun to edit with)
Westcott Skylux from upper right (big umbrella)...Key
Bounced Leko bottom right...Fill
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Know what I like about this video? You did not reinvent the wheel. Nicely shot...enough so that while I started out to just look at the set up, I wound up watching for the recipe. Clear and distinct. The photography added to the demonstrative nature of the piece. Everything came together for a very nice, and easily understood recipe for what is sure to be a tasty dish. A nice demonstration of...It's the story damn it.
BTW...food shows ofter employ an overhead mirror for those overhead shots. Lots of configurations available but they take time to rig. If you are going to be doing more of these, that might be a good choice. And you need a good quality mirror, preferrable front surface for max sharpness.
 
Neat trick, thanks for the tip! The idea of a mirror (like a mirror lens) really bothers me from a cinematographic standpoint but it might be the proper route, I'll do some research.
 
starcentral said:
If I understand it, your skylux was daylight approx 5600k. Was your leko tungsten with CTB or….. ?

cheers,
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Correct, full CTB on the leko. Even with the gel, the leko was still a little warmer than the skylux, but not enough that I minded. I didn't have a good reason to mix lights like this other than it's what I had with me at the time.
 
Cool. I asked because there is an HID version of the Source4 which is daylight and quite impressive. I got my hands on one and so far so good with it mixing with my daylight flos or HMI's.

But there is nothing wrong with mixing lights and working with what you got. On this shoot I also used tugsten lekos with HMI and daylight LED sources:

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