FS7: "Providence"- feature shot on FS7

"Providence" is a feature length silent film, the second for my production company, MainStreet Productions. We got a lot of puzzled looks (if you can get that over the net) when we announced our last silent feature, "The Good Book". However, the film has gone on to be selected in 21 of the 30 festivals we've entered it in and has won 7 awards. So we've decided to embrace the silent genre. What we would spend on production sound now goes towards a professional film composer for the soundtrack, which will span many genres including jazz, classical and country. The storyline is about a couple who meet each other as children, but it takes nearly 40 years for them to finally get together. There are many period scenes in the 70's and 80's, so we spent a lot of time on production design for the sets and lined up 70's cars for exteriors.

We are at this point exactly half way through production, so I decided to post a few screenshots of what we have so far. I'm shooting in Cine Ei/ SLOG3, using a 709A monitor LUT. Lenses include Sigma 19mm and 30mm F 2.8, Nikkor 35mm and 50mm F 1.8, Rokinon 85mm T 1.7, Helios 44mm for lens flares and bokeh, and a Tamron 70-200mm. 90% of the film is probably shot on the Sigmas, Nikkors and Rokinon.

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Thanks! A few more landscapes which will be used to transition between scenes (I like to call them "beauty shots"). The screen grabs are all from time-lapse segments.

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Vince, do you just go around in all of the threads and post extremely troll-like messages in hopes of setting people off? I see your stuff always down voted and hidden. It really is tiring and I don't really know what you are hoping to accomplish. If you are truly the professional, know everything because I am awesome then why are you posting on a FS7 section all the time. Go out and do something with yourself.

On another note, I love the images from this! The skin tones are really nice and neutral. I really respond to these images below. The lighting and tones of them are really nice.

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Also, if you don't mind - could you post a setup of your rig? Would love to see it.

Small world, I worked with Chase (one of your child actors) on two films up here in Ohio. He is really great! Saw him on your cast list.
 
Also, if you don't mind - could you post a setup of your rig? Would love to see it.

Small world, I worked with Chase (one of your child actors) on two films up here in Ohio. He is really great! Saw him on your cast list.

Just got back to the thread (busy rough editing during a two week hiatus from shooting). RE: Chase- we actually haven't worked with him yet as he is scheduled for late this month- but looking forward to it. Thanks for the kind comments, I can attribute a lot of the improved look over previous films to my gaffer Mark Mitchell, and the Shane Hurlbut Illumination tour lighting/ cinematography workshop I took recently- helped me a lot (still a lot more to learn). Also, no question the FS7 has helped. I was able to do reasonably well with the FS700, but the FS7 has opened up a new world. Specifically the dynamic range helps me to be a better DP. I'll post some moving footage and some examples showing the difference in DR between it and my B camera on a gimbal, the LX100.

My rig isn't very impressive looking. Just the FS7, rod setup, cheap follow focus and a box full of DSLR primes. I find the LCD to work well, but when shooting indoors I have a rolling cart with lots of gaffer supplies and a 21" TV hooked to the camera with a long HDMI cable. Colors are inaccurate, but focusing is a breeze. bts monitor.jpg
 
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I kinda get the feeling this will be incredibly boring. Am I right? The FS7 is not a feature camera although the 70yo audience you might get for this wont notice I guess.

There's no such thing as a "feature camera" . Need for Speed was shot on the C500, Alexa, 1DC and Go Pro Hero 3. I'm sure you would find the movie boring, but our target audience, women 30+, will absolutely love it.
 
Kind of a side comment - most European films are dubbed in post. The live sound is basically scratch and occasionally an actor's dialog is dubbed by someone else. For a 1985 Soviet version of Kalman's "Zirkusprinzessin", one rather inexperienced but very attractive young actor - and really, not a professional actor but a foreign student who was accidentally discovered at a waiting line at the Bolshoi - played the lead, with his voice dubbed both in the dialog and the musical parts. Additionally, there was a pro dancer as a body double in his dancing sequences.
 
Against occasionally some pretty stiff competition on this forum, that has to be right up there amongst the most stupid comments I've ever read.
Steve

Hilarious.

The stills look great, thanks for sharing. I get the feeling that this is a great camera to work with.
 
Thanks all for the comments... really glad I made
the choice of this camera... despite it's little quirks.

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