Is it possible to make a GOOD FEATURE FILM, with the 7D?

subtleinspiration said:
Which is why you budget for a DP (or a good AC at least) who has that experience.
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This is exactly what I'm doing actually. In fact, I'm even giving him more power than that, I'm letting him co-direct my film. His background is as a cameraman while mine is as screenwriter, so I'll direct the actors and he'll work with the camera. We still found that owning a camera and learning it would be a better idea in the long run.
 
subtleinspiration said:
Which is why you budget for a DP (or a good AC at least) who has that experience.
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Yeah, Ryan Paige said to hire a writer... did you see how many posters ignored the truth? A real, trained, working Director of Photography that can create INCREDIBLE imagery versus subpar "look at what I did with DOF".

Then again, it's a good thing: consumers are getting wiser, you won't be able to pass off out of focus backgrounds and shaky cameras on an audience for much longer. They'll start separating the classes into two: stuff they will pay to see and stuff they won't.

Is what it is!
 
JavaExMachina said:
This is exactly what I'm doing actually. In fact, I'm even giving him more power than that, I'm letting him co-direct my film. His background is as a cameraman while mine is as screenwriter, so I'll direct the actors and he'll work with the camera.
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And I would say that you should take whatever snippets of time you have and learn what he knows. Even if you decide you like having a strong DP, it'll still let you talk in his language so you can get precisely what you want in the future.

I'd love to shoot a film in 35mm. However, no way in hell would I just get a camera and go shoot a feature. I'd like to do it with an experienced DP and then learn as he/she does the work.
 
And, I will say it A G A I N -- I would shoot a feature on the 7D (several, actually. There's no way I would go into battle without three to five of them on deck) and there's not a single spirit on this planet that would be able to stop me.
 
subtleinspiration said:
And I would say that you should take whatever snippets of time you have and learn what he knows. Even if you decide you like having a strong DP, it'll still let you talk in his language so you can get precisely what you want in the future.

I'd love to shoot a film in 35mm. However, no way in hell would I just get a camera and go shoot a feature. I'd like to do it with an experienced DP and then learn as he/she does the work.
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Oh yeah totally. I mean I'm out almost every night shooting. Both stills and video.

Check out some of the stills I linked to in the Still Photography section:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=198564

They're not perfect shots, because I'm still new at this but I feel I'm getting better.
In fact, I'd be happy to get some feedback.
 
You can shoot a masterpiece of a feature film on a flip camera if you wanted to, it just wouldn't be a particularly good looking feature film. You could also shoot an amazingly bad film on RED or real film, and it might look pretty. and it might still be an amazingly bad film.

I'm sorry, what was the question again?
 
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