GH2 Perhaps the first full feature movie on the hacked gh2... incredible trailer
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John Caballero
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Brilliant. The secret is to keep the actors in perfect focus. None of that out-in focus crap. Also the composition is key. What I like the most is the simplicity of the set up and the crew. The images captured with a small, simple camera without a dozen cables and things attached to it. Excellent, simple. And finally, like said before, the locations and the lighting play a most important factor.
karapetkov
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Lammy
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Although with all that technical balls aside-
one of my favourite films this year was the Cannes Un Certain Regard winner - Arrirang. By Kim Ki Duk... who shot it literally no budget on his 5D and only himself as an actor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udZEpQVKcGQ Talk about ghetto!
So at the end of the day it's allways just about the content.
I'd like to see a better re-cut trailer of Musgo though, the synopsis and the trailer doesn't seem to give it much favours because it seems focused as if the actors being moody are A-List stars :\ That's the only real criticism I have creative wise
one of my favourite films this year was the Cannes Un Certain Regard winner - Arrirang. By Kim Ki Duk... who shot it literally no budget on his 5D and only himself as an actor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udZEpQVKcGQ Talk about ghetto!
So at the end of the day it's allways just about the content.
I'd like to see a better re-cut trailer of Musgo though, the synopsis and the trailer doesn't seem to give it much favours because it seems focused as if the actors being moody are A-List stars :\ That's the only real criticism I have creative wise
Chris Adler
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Why not use professional tools that are well suited for the job when you can? Maybe you meant to say "when required"?
Park Edwards
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i'm not trying derailing this thread any, but you guys do know that "Like Crazy" was shot with a 7D? All these camera's are capable of telling a story, it's the person behind the production that make it worth watching. The visuals look good, but the movie could be complete crap. And if that's the official trailer, consider me not interested. I'm not the artsy fartsy type of viewer. I need to be engaged with dialouge, story and acting. People widening their eyes ins't necessarily acting. But best of luck to this dude, wish there was a different kind of trailer.
John Caballero
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Well, at least he went out there and shot a complete product! And that is an accomplishment by itself. While others talk the talk he went out and did something productive and engaging. Others talk about dynamic range, mbits, blah, blah, blah but where is their work? The self appointed experts in this forum, where is their expert work? Where are their blockbusters? Kudos to Vesubio because he went out there and did what others just talk and talk talk about doing and never do.
Ryan Farnes
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This is DVXuser. It's about cameras.
Pietro Impagliazzo
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just bumped on it too.
lets see who's gonna try finding any flaws on this..
(oh, look, the overblown skies... nahh, i'll stick to my 5D...rogar-BigGrin(DBG))
The only flaws I see are jello in some shots and twixtor artifacts.
maranfilms
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I agree with you, but I noticed a good amount of shots that were done hand held and looked a bit shakey, It didn't take away from the production value, I like when closeups, and over the shoulders have a liitle movement, gives a voyer feel to it. This looked great, I would have guessed this was shot in nostalgic, and I would have been wrong, the grading was a bit flat looking, I guess thats why I though that.
karapetkov
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No problem, but...
That's the key here as these things cost money. And not just cameras and lenses and lights. The cost of these (either rented or purchased) is the smallest part of a film's budget.
When you have a good budget, it's all easy. But how many indie filmmakers have good budgets? Actually, I think that a "well funded indie" is an oxymoron.
True indies are the no/low-budget guys and the real filmmaking heroes are the ones that manage to make a good movie with little money.
Fresno Bob
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Can't believe he is using a Hague MMC.
I have one and can't get a decent shot out of it to save my life. It just won't balance.
I have one and can't get a decent shot out of it to save my life. It just won't balance.
Yep
I think Vesubio is the herolook at his behind the scene photos... hey the $ 50 shoulder support. It really shows how people have been obsessed by gear on these forums.
I agree. He seemed to have transcended the gear and almost used the GH2 as hie eyeball from his brain. If you have ever worked with actors you know what I mean. The acting looks amazing....I would love to hear some dialog.
Chris Adler
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The "excuse" argument is ever-changing. Read some threads here and people will say, "hey, this movie went on to be a feature and it was shot on an HVX. Content is king, not equipment." Well, why does that argument keep coming up as better and better cameras come out? There's NEVER been a legitimate excuse to not make a movie unless you were looking for one.
Use a GH1 if that's what you have, use an SD camera, who cares other than you? You've never had a valid excuse to not make a movie, and the constant creeping standard is just a scape goat. Make a movie already and get out of the loop of denial and excuses and equipment worship. Go out and do it today!
Use a GH1 if that's what you have, use an SD camera, who cares other than you? You've never had a valid excuse to not make a movie, and the constant creeping standard is just a scape goat. Make a movie already and get out of the loop of denial and excuses and equipment worship. Go out and do it today!
Best post ever in a filmmaking forum! The idea that a regular ol' camera is not good enough to shoot a feature has been blown out of the water over and over and over again. From Dogma 95 films (consumer SD camcorders), to 28 days later (XL-1S - an SD camera), to November (DVX100, also SD, won Cinematography award at Sundance), to Monsters (EX3), to the more recent examples of films using DSLRs and winning awards (Tiny Furniture - SXSW, Like Crazy - Sundance), to miscellaneous other movies shot on pixelvision, webcams, Super 8, cell phones.
At what point will this idea that you need an expensive, fancy camera to shoot a good (or even average or poor) feature film die? I swear that in a few years cell phones will have better quality, more powerful cameras than Stanley Kubrick ever had available to him, and people will still pull out this excuse.
Park Edwards
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But the argument comes down to so much more than a camera. And that's what I think a lot of people fail to realize. It's lights, equipment, location, actors...etc. For me, it's never been about the "camera," but it's what people use as a crutch the most.
