Hmc 150 reel

My god, that was all in less than a year of shooting? This guy gets some pretty cool gigs.
 
Good stuff. This was one of my first looks at 150 footage as technically I'm sold. Not sure I need to go farther.
 
That's the best HMC150 demo reel I've seen. Great stuff, must have been a blast shooting all those jobs.
 
I'm going to copy his tips here.. I'm sure he wouldn't mind:
Hey man. Thanks for the compliments. well even though I love this camera I would say forget about the camera. It's more about what goes in front of the lens. If you don't have something worth shooting, it's not going to look good no matter what camera you have or what settings you set on your camera. First start out with your location. Then once you find a good location to cater to what your shooting, start thinking about how you can either dress the set to enhance it or how to shoot it to compliment the shot. Once you have your location or set looking the way you want, then start thinking about the lighting. In cinematography lighting is pretty much everything other then working with the art department on your location and set. Anyways, when you start getting into lighting there is so much you can do. If your shooting outside the best time of day is to shoot in the morning and in the late after noon and of course magic hour. everything tends to look better outside when you shoot it back lit or at least side lit. If your filming a person outside you always want to shoot them back lit and then use a bounce card or a reflector to fill in there face to match the exposure behind them. You can pick up a really nice shiny 4 by 8 foot foam core board at home depo that has a shiny side. it works great for reflecting light. if your shooting inside you just want to make sure you light it as good as you can. Many times this means getting rid of as much light as possible and starting from scratch. There are several things you can learn about lighting but in my experience you can follow a few simply guide lines that will improve your picture big time. first of all, start off by lighting everything from behind. You could use soft light or hard light. Then set up a side light. You want the light to come from the opposite side of the camera, which means if you are filming a person and they are standing at a 45 degree angle featuring the right side of there face, you want the light hitting them from there left. Always try to light from the opposite side of the camera. Front light usually looks boring. Side light and back light brings out your shadow. I heard an interesting comment from another cinematographer saying that lights are ment to be used to create shadows. there are tons of things you can learn on lighting but the best thing is just to mess around and try different things your self.

A couple things I like to do on the hmc 150 is always try to shoot my exposure wide open. Use your nd filter so that you can open up your exosure as much as possible. preferably all the way. That causes your depth of field to become more shallow and that way you can focus on your subject more and throw the background out of focus. definitely make sure you nail focus. I surprises me how many people don't worry about this as much. On most of my shots I don't mess around with the settings on the camera to much. Allot of it's raw. Lowering the master ped levels usually helps enhance the picture since it crashes the black, but you can always do that later in post.

Make sure you nail your exposure just right. There are lots of things to learn about exposure. If Im shooting outside I usually like to expose the camera for the sky and then go from there. That way I can see if my actor or environment looks to dark. Then you can either open up your exposure some more and try to find a good balance and compensate a little. Some times just moving your subject into a spot with some more light will help you fix the problem. That way you can get an even exposure. Video doesn't have as much latitude as film, so you really have to nail it or compensate. if your actor looks dark compared to the way the sky exposes or the buildings around it, you can then use a reflector or a light. Although if your shooting outside during the day you need to use something that will match the color temperature of daylight, like and hmi or a tungsten light with a ctb jell. Daylight is 5600k and tungsten is 3200k.

Anyways, If you were talking about any particular shots I could probably explain more what went into getting that particular image. Hope this was help full but Im sure you already knew allot of this. I would in front be happy to answer anymore questions about the footage. Just remember it's more about what goes of the lens versus the camera itself.
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Some VERY good advice!
 
ATL Media Group said:
I'm going to copy his tips here.. I'm sure he wouldn't mind:


Some VERY good advice!
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Very good advice indeed! I'm taking notes.

It's funny after reading his viewpoint on lighting (such as backlighting) I see those same trends in many of his shots.

The colors in some of the shots are so vibrant.

I love the one where the cars are rolling out of the garage. Is it me or was that orange sky added in post?

Love this video!
 
The shot of the railroad tracks.....was that stock or did you use magic bullet on that? Some VERY stunning images there my friend! I always strive to get the best footage I can capture, but I never seem to "Match" the feel of this guys footage....Bravo!
 
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