Our DP loves natural light... a lot.

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Dfewer said:
They say be careful what you wish for; he had a family emergency and the director promoted me in his absence.
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So, how well will the stuff you shot, with your sensibilities, vs. what was shot by the other person, cut 'together' to make the film look like it was shot by the same crew?
 
His comment on the blown out window was enough that I'd never in a million years want him shooting anything for me. If you want windows with those cameras, you need to gel them, shade them, light the interior, etc.

Digital blown highlights look like absolute crap and have no place in a real film.
 
While this may be a fine general rule for lighting, I'd try not to make a blanket statement like this myself. I'm totally comfortable blowing out windows if it suits the mood I want (and if it makes sense to save on setup time). Here's a grab from a film I just finished post on:
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Keep in mind that the hard and fast rules of the textbook may be broken; then again, I'll allow the possibility that I'm just a terrible DP :P
 
Ok Im going to be the devils advocate. First, without seeing the images shot by the original DP I have no idea as to the quality and I have no idea about the conversations he had with the director prior to shooting - what is it they were going for? Can they see their vision in this style they were shooting?

I highly doubt it but.....

Just not a huge fan when someone cuts down an albeit unnamed DP, who is unable to counter the discussion artistically. Im not saying OP is wrong either. But this story sounds like this to me. Oh this DP Im gaffing for is CRAP. Oh he had to go (CUT TO: DP, tongue out poorly buried in a forest under a pile of leaves), so I saved the day!
 
I've seen plenty of blown out windows in professional productions, though I myself try to avoid that as much as possible.
 
DP is in charge of creating the "look" of whatever you are shooting, if what you have on that picture is not the look you had in mind and the look that the content calls for, then you have some problems
 
"I've seen plenty of blown out windows in professional productions..."

And they look like crap.

In the very near future these will be a relic of a past lower-standard age.
 
I don't think that will be the case, polfilmblog, until cameras are capable of an extremely high dynamic range.
 
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