Need some advice for a shot coming up!

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Anthony_Gilmore

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So, i'm shooting a documentary and would really like to distinguish between the main characters and all of the expositional characters in the film. I really liked what was in the new Art History film and the yellow filters. However, I'm not sure how much of that is lighting, filters and camera settings. Can anyone help me figure out how to get thos kind of shots with lights, filters and camera settings? I haven't done much with filters or settings. We've pretty much just put the camera on F6 and lit the scene and pushed the record. But we want to get a bit more artistic with this shot. Thanks so much.

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Re: Need some advice for a shot coming up!

My motto is: "Do it in post."

Okay, it's not my actual motto, but it is what I would do.
 
Re: Need some advice for a shot coming up!

I'm not familiar with the film you mention. Could you post a screen grab of what you're trying to achieve?
 
Re: Need some advice for a shot coming up!

all that is done in post. just relax and get your footage. you can manipulate it to your hearts content later.

MattC, think traffic.
 
Re: Need some advice for a shot coming up!

[quote author=mz link=board=lighting;num=1100250334;start=0#3 date=11/12/04 at 11:54:28]all that is done in post. just relax and get your footage. you can manipulate it to your hearts content later.

MattC, think traffic.[/quote]

Just wanted to add something here. As a cinematographer, we hate to hear the term do it in post. I'll tell you why. My job as a cinematographer is the make the best possible picture. That means that in my mind I know what I want the end product to be. So if I come up with a particular look, I go for it in the field. I try to create it as best I can. I do know that sometimes I will not be able to get everything I want in the field so with that, I can use my post to help me further. I like to say I get 100% in the field and 120% later on. In a situation like this waiting to do it later might cause you problems too. Yellow is a Tv color that when you downstream may adversely affect elements in your final picture. If you shot something without the color in the field it might cause a problem later thats harder to fix than colorizing it in the field the way you want it to look. A yellow filter for such a shot is easy to find and creates a nice look. I say don't leave everything till last. WE'll fix it in post has cost many people a lot of money they didn't need to spend. Here is an example of what my friend Sean Fairburn did with an enhancing filter on some shots he took in Iraq.

http://www.seanfairburn.com/iraqifreedom/01.html

It gave the desert a desert feel. I think they are gorgeous and he may not have been able to see all the subtleties that make them good if he simply shot the photos and colored them later. Could he have color corrected later on? Sure but it wouldn't have been as artistic as trying to create a vision and carrying it out when you do it.
 
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Another add on: Art History was made with a lot of 6x6 filters, including yellow, tobacco, adn other effect glass filters all in a killer arri 6x6 matte box.
 
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I'd agree about trying to do as much as possible in-camera rather than in post. It's just that for me (and probably many other people here), my time spent editing and color correcting is cheaper than the filters I would have to buy do create those looks in-camera. Thus my "motto:" Do it in post.
 
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