Say Hello to the Newbie....

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Theodore_Lederman

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Just wanted to say hi...I'll be posting some 24p work in a few weeks; I'm just waiting for my personal site to be finished...I'm blown away of what this camera can do in the hands of a pro...Anyone have a link to any exceptional footage? I would love to see it...I just recently shot a video for MTV2 for a song on the "Daredevil" Soundtrack...Also just finished one for Sony Latin; Both labels thought it was 35mm...This is the future...Say goodbye to 16mm...I've been in the film business for 18 years now, and I am sure for TV it's days are numbered. Looking foward to seeing more work...
 
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Check out the screen grabs section. It has about 5 pages of images. Also, check out:

www.stealart.com

And you are correct. IN the hands of someone who really knows what they are doing; the possibilites of this camera are endless. Now, if I just knew what the **** I was doing.
 
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[quote author=John_Hudson link=board=Offtopic;num=1067418975;start=0#1 date=10/29/03 at 09:02:07] Now, if I just knew what the **** I was doing.[/quote]

Dido  :D
 
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IN the hands of someone who really knows what they are doing; the possibilites of this camera are endless. Now, if I just knew what the friggin I was doing.
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Why are you looking at me when you're saying that? ;D
 
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MMM hear hear (or is that here here?)

I did my first real shoot (not just playing) last weekend and the results were ****! >:( The settings I had played with on a nice clear sunny day looked shocking on an overcast rainy day. I wanted to fiddle on the day because I knew the colors would be a bit dull but we were pressed for time and we decided to press on. Oh for a 9" monitor so I could have picked just how bad it was! No one to blame but myself. :-[ There will be a lot of work in post to make it work. I really need to play some more I think.
 
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Your footage will look more film like with contrast...On a crappy day, film looks just as bad without some help...Try some sidelight with a big negative fill, nice and close to the subject, along with a nice hard edge light..shoot them on your longest focal length and use a polarizer with a wide open iris...Also, try white balancing through a piece of color correction, like 1/2 CTB to warm it up a bit...Sometimes that will save you...
 
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Ok I think I smell an expert.... brain switching to sponge mode. You will have to excuse my ignorance on what I imagine are pretty basic things, I'm pretty new to this stuff. I need some of the things you said explained. First, negative fill? I'm guessing it's removing light instead of adding it, let me know if I'm wrong. If I'm right what is the best technique? Why long focal length / wide iris? Finally what is CTB? Anyway thanks for the advise so far. :)
 
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Tawsy...Yes negative fill is exactly that...The inexpensive way is to simply go buy some cheap black bed sheets and hang them next to your subject as close as the frame will allow...Young guys add light, the older, wiser ones remove it ;)
This is the cheapest and quickest way to build contrast; A longer focal length combined with a wide iris will push the backround out of focus and bring attention to the subject, which is the thing in frame you CAN control...CTB and CTO is color correction gel used in front of lights...The "B" stands for blue...If you hold it in front of the lens and White Balance, The camera will add A warm color to compensate...When removed, you will have a nice warm glow simulating early or late sun. My site should be up soon and there will be a nice example of this...www.Theodorelederman.com
 
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Thanks mate! Very helpfull. Of course, I should have known about the wide iris and focal length! I was thinking back to front :-[
could you just use lightly colored paper to white balance off?
 
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You could White Balance on colored paper, sure...I recommend everyone to try anything for a look...But, using Photographic gels, you have a reference point for the color shift, that will be consistent; I've shot film my whole life, and think in those terms...In other words, I know how it looks at 4400 degrees kelvin, I can consistently recreate that anywhere, anytime...Without the scene file setting...(They seem to delete without notice)
 
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yeah that makes sense. i supose if you use a filter you will always get the same results. :) how soons your web site going to be up?
 
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