Koyaanisqatsi-esque

[Lawsuit_Boy]

Hey folks. Haven't posted any work in a looong time, so I thought I'd share.

I've begun shooting a Koyaanisqatsi-like documentary for a senior project my friend is doing, which is a 75 minute philip glass recital with the film projected, playing along to it.

I threw together a few pieces of left-over clips from a couple of shoots recently and left in some that will stick around for the film.

http://vimeo.com/1837131

http://vimeo.com/1852976


Enjoy!

Oh--this is shot on a stock dvx-100a. :beer:

EDIT: Tossing in some screen grabs.

 

[DPStewart]

Nice eye.
That can't really be taught.

Merci.

 

[Lawsuit_Boy]

Thank you, DPStewart. I really appreciate it. :beer:

A few other grabs:

The grabs are raw.

 

[dory_breaux]

besides the fact that those are some REALLY solid shots, how did you get such good latitude? the skys look way in exposure...

 

[Warren Foster]

the exposure on all of these are top notch. Anything special you been doing or what?

 

[Lawsuit_Boy]

Honestly, I just attempt to find nice compositions where I can use the angle of the sun to my advantage. Of course, I followed the "shoot away from the sun" guideline a little, but basically, I set the scene settings for a very moderate, middle-of the road setting. I used Cine-like gamma, master ped was around 0, detail level around -4 or -5, kept chroma down just a little, I think chroma level was around -1. And the biggest factor was just ND and stopping down the iris. I've noticed that if one sets the exposure to compensate for a bright sky, even though in the viewfinder and lcd the rest might look a little underexposed, it'll still come out nice. You've just got to watch the noise levels.

heh, I don't think I really explained myself, but that's basically all I did. Nothing special. Just use your surroundings to your advantage.

Thanks so much for the replies.