Production 7D movie 'Another night in Beijing'

I'm sorry if I burst the bubble, but even with shallow DOF and real 25p like a 90% didn't look very cinematic. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the lights. Also what shutter speed did you use?
 
And please don't say it didn't look cinematic because it was handheld and shooting people on the street because like 80% of mainstream movies nowadays are shot handheld style and those shots could be in any movie.
 
wait, i'm curious: why did previous poster think it does not look cinematic? genuine question. i thought it looked pretty good, but then again i don't know much about these new DSLR's with video.
 
Probably because of the same reason why i think it doesnt look that cinematic/filmic...
Some shots are shot just too close to infinity so there is not enough blur in the background ,i think you need to really plan your shots to expect cinematic results and not just go out with random handheld action.
When it hits infinity then its like regular hd cam on most shots.
 
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Ooze3d said:
I'm sorry if I burst the bubble, but even with shallow DOF and real 25p like a 90% didn't look very cinematic. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the lights. Also what shutter speed did you use?
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Looks very filmlike to me. I supposed it's a matter of taste.
 
What a crock.

Just because it doesn't have razor-thin short DOF doesn't make it any less of a nice piece of work.

Some of you are absolutely unbelievable.
 
Weird comment. I would say it doesn't look cinematic because there's no nice dolly shots, no crane shots, no steadicam, dramatic blocking, and uh, there's NO LIGHTING! It's just ambient street available lighting mud. But it's basically just a camera off the shelf shooting whatever happens to be available - what are you expecting?

Ooze3d said:
And please don't say it didn't look cinematic because it was handheld and shooting people on the street because like 80% of mainstream movies nowadays are shot handheld style and those shots could be in any movie.
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Ooze3d said:
I'm sorry if I burst the bubble, but even with shallow DOF and real 25p like a 90% didn't look very cinematic. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the lights. Also what shutter speed did you use?
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Interesting... I don't see anywhere in his post or blog about him saying anything about looking cinematic, or trying. I'm not really sure who you are having issues with or why you enjoy bursting imaginery bubbles...:huh:
 
Ooze3d said:
I'm sorry if I burst the bubble, but even with shallow DOF and real 25p like a 90% didn't look very cinematic. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the lights. Also what shutter speed did you use?
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Ooze3d said:
And please don't say it didn't look cinematic because it was handheld and shooting people on the street because like 80% of mainstream movies nowadays are shot handheld style and those shots could be in any movie.
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Exhibit A and B of why I come to this site less and less.

Thanks to the OP for the clips. I already have (and am happy with) the 5dmkii so I'm holding off on a 7D for now, but thanks for posting. Some nice shots in there.
 
interesting points. i thought it looked really good too. maybe it seems less cinematic to some because there's not really much story / editing going on. from what i saw i'm sure it'd be very reasonable to tell a good story with the 7D and some editing software.
 
Thanks, looks great and the low light capability is amazing (don't mind the complainers or buggers). Love the content, its been awhile since I've been to China and seeing this brings back joyful memories. Hope to see more content from you soon
 
Some shots are shot just too close to infinity so there is not enough blur in the background
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Well, real movies and TV series done with film or in digital cinema do not have the background "blured" all the time. That is totally inaccurate. I suggest you go to hulu.com and take a look at some of them. You'll be surprised. It is amazing how much misinformation is flying around out there. Unbelievable. The piece on this thread looks plenty "cinematic", with or without the "blur background".
 
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great vid, thanks for posting! Makes me even more excited to get the 7D

Whats with the non-cinematic opinions? Where did that even come from? This thread had nothing to do with that. Cinema and blurred background have nothing in common..
 
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