Miss D - A Short shot on the AF100

Oliver Rush

Oliver Rush

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Here is a short I DP'd back in the end of January that was shot over three days in NYC and Brooklyn on the AF100/samurai with nikon glass. Loved the camera durring the shoot, and the samurai was great (not to mention Atomos really went out of their way to make sure we had it up and running for the shoot). This is pretty much the final cut, though there are a few changes we might make to it. We are sending it back to have the sound levels worked on again, and the color grading was a bit rushed to meet a deadline (the colorist only had a day to do it), so some of the grading is going to be re-done. Anyway, it was great to do a narrative piece again (I had not DP'd one in awhile), our crew did a great job, and I really enjoyed the shoot. I would appreciate any feedback you may have.

https://vimeo.com/36352319 (PASSWORD: Rush)
 
password is case sensitive: Rush w/ capitol R. Works for me.

The lead didn't quite sell it as a man living as a woman and the wacky asian neighbor seemed a bit on the nose for me- but that's out of your control. The images looked great however, especially those close-ups around 3 1/2 minutes in. What lens was that?
 
Ed Kishel said:
password is case sensitive: Rush w/ capitol R. Works for me.

The lead didn't quite sell it as a man living as a woman and the wacky asian neighbor seemed a bit on the nose for me- but that's out of your control. The images looked great however, especially those close-ups around 3 1/2 minutes in. What lens was that?
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Thanks, If i remember right, I am pretty sure it was my nikkor 50/2, but it could have been my 85/1.4 (bower). The only ones I really remember was the bathroom stuff at the end was all done on the tokina 11-16/2.8 (it was a REALLY small bathroom), and the driving shots were all with the nikkor 24/2.8.
 
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Well done to pull such a "cinematographic look" from the AF100. Excellent lighting and CC and lovely composition work.
 
Thanks everyone!


cstambler123 said:
What did you use for your scene file?
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I used my scenefile (I named it RUSH on my camera), which I believe had the following settings at the time (I indicated where I have made changes since):

Detail -4
V Detail -4
Detail Coring 0
Chroma Level -4
Chroma Phase 0
Master Ped -2 (I have since changed it to -1)
DRS OFF
Gamma :Cinelike V
Matrix: Norm1 (I am pretty sure it was norm1, but it could have possibly been norm2 at that time, though I use norm1 now)
Skin Tone Detail: OFF
 
It was a tad too contrasty, so I just changed it recently. It was not a big deal, just a little tweak to hope to get a little more out of the grade.
 
Very nice. How much light did you have inside the taxi? The outside shots are not blowing and the actors inside are not underexposed. AF100 has not enough latitude for this. Did you light inside the car?
 
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