Production 7D movie 'Another night in Beijing'

I can never understand comments like “it does not look cinematic” etc. Like I’ve mentioned before, I’ve seen many things shot on film that did not look…cinematic. This is FILM I’m talking about. If by “cinematic” one is referring to the aesthetic look then that’s one thing. That can more likely be tweaked in post. But this piece was not meant to be cinematic…just some random shots. Personally the look of this cam and the 5Dll are “almost” exactly the same. If I remember correctly when the 5Dll first came out…all we saw was very high contrast mediocre looking footage.
 
Yeah. Dan says he pulled it out of the box and started shooting. Wait till we get the custom profilee etc. Then critisise the quality.
Dave
 
Ian-T said:
I can never understand comments like “it does not look cinematic” etc. Like I’ve mentioned before, I’ve seen many things shot on film that did not look…cinematic. This is FILM I’m talking about. If by “cinematic” one is referring to the aesthetic look then that’s one thing. That can more likely be tweaked in post. But this piece was not meant to be cinematic…just some random shots. Personally the look of this cam and the 5Dll are “almost” exactly the same. If I remember correctly when the 5Dll first came out…all we saw was very high contrast mediocre looking footage.
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Indeed. 28 Days Later was shot on MiniDV, I believe. Felt more cinematic than alot of 35mm stuff. 7D appears to be plenty capable in the right hands.
 
Well, I thought it looked pretty cinematic - the only thing I disliked was that sometimes the focus was soft, but that comes from the fact it's a test. The highlights looked pretty smooth, I was expecting the cigarette lighter and motorcycle headlight to show ugly colors but they were not bad at all, more importantly there was no ugly streaking.

The biggest difference from production footage is of course no control over the lighting, sometimes this is fighting with the composition...but I think it's a lot better that the camera has great low-light performance and you can seriously consider shooting things without needing to bring your own lights. >50% of lighting is (IMHO) not for creative purposes but just go get good exposure that seems natural and believable.

If you can get good exposure in existing lighting conditions then maybe you can get better composition with framing or blocking the scene differently. At the very least you can start making extra lighting decisions on purely creative grounds rather than necessity = less time & money. Personally, I think the biggest losers from this HDSLR revolution are going to be manufacturers and retail/rental outlets of lighting equipment. A few years ago I would not have dreamed about doing any serious project without a good lighting package, I would have just said it was a waste of time. Now it is looking possible to get great results with much less equipment than before.
 
The opening night shots with the people in blackness are not very impressive, lots of compression artifacts in the black.

But most of it looks incredible!
 
To quote myself from some years ago... a garden only exists so long as people take the time to weed and maintain the garden. Any time I go to a beautiful place I see soda cans or cigarette butts... because while everybody wants to say how much they appreciate freedom... there are always people that sh*t on the flowers.

I'm glad this site isn't moderated any LESS then it is... and I echo the sentiments regarding the anonymous dicky postings.

The 7D looks nice... and even as of the 5DmkII I realize that video cameras as we've known them... are dead. I figured DSLR is/was the future... and I've personally witnessed too much to think otherwise. There will be a DSLR with XLR jacks on a battery pack before you know it... and then it will be complete (for me).

Nice footy... beautiful in my opinion... and I can see the easy potential of cinematic shots... (in fact I think they were already, but I see how easy it would be to take it the rest of the way there...)
 
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