Sci Fi short with Fujia 35mm F1.7 lens

ric4star

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Just picked up a Panasonic GH13 and thought I'd share the results of my first proper shoot with it.

Directed a new short yesterday with a micro crew (of 2!) – my first on a DSLR. Been a while since I've doubled as director and DOP, but really enjoyed working with the GH1.

Used a Fujia 35mm F.17 CCTV lens, with a couple of pieces of fishing line taped across the front to give lots of horizontal flare.

Story: Dave falls in love with his android housemaid, but is unnerved when she starts to develop a personality of her own.

Let me know what you guys think!

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Stills are ungraded but for slight tweaks to contast, plus grain added.

More info and hi-res stills on my website.
 
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Look really beautiful;)
I have the same lens.. didn't know what this tiny, cheap glass is capable of, but thanks for the demonstration!
 
Looks great and love the fact you use the Fujian. I want to make a narrative film at some point with cheap c mounts.
 
Lovely organic look. I was planning on getting a few of those cheap CCTV lens myself. Thanks for the tip about using fishing line, never thought about doing that before
 
Thanks for your comments guys.

Re: the grain, its actually just Photoshop's noise filter. In the edit I'll apply it in After Effects. Helps hide some of the artifacts and blocking in the low light areas of the image which are a bit more noticeable in the 50fps sections.

The fishing line over the lens looks ridiculous - and surprised the actors quite a bit! - but with the lens wide open flares like mad. For the beach exteriors I used sunglasses over the lens (seriously!). I'd tested them before my ND filters turned up and they seemed to soften and diffuse the image quite a bit. Gave it an interesting look.

Sound was recorded using a Rode VideoMic attached to the end of a $5 telescopic mop handle. Recorded seperately onto an iPod using the Belkin GoStudio (which I managed to buy for $30). Was pretty sceptical of the setup at first but actually got better results than I've had in the past using a Rode NTG-2 and Zoom H4N thanks to the good mic placement. We shot right by the ocean and got some very usable stuff.
 
nice grabs, nice soft natural feel and grading... i hope the film doesn't take the demon seed route :smile:

ric4star said:
Thanks for your comments guys.

Re: the grain, its actually just Photoshop's noise filter. In the edit I'll apply it in After Effects. Helps hide some of the artifacts and blocking in the low light areas of the image which are a bit more noticeable in the 50fps sections.

The fishing line over the lens looks ridiculous - and surprised the actors quite a bit! - but with the lens wide open flares like mad. For the beach exteriors I used sunglasses over the lens (seriously!). I'd tested them before my ND filters turned up and they seemed to soften and diffuse the image quite a bit. Gave it an interesting look.

Sound was recorded using a Rode VideoMic attached to the end of a $5 telescopic mop handle. Recorded seperately onto an iPod using the Belkin GoStudio (which I managed to buy for $30). Was pretty sceptical of the setup at first but actually got better results than I've had in the past using a Rode NTG-2 and Zoom H4N thanks to the good mic placement. We shot right by the ocean and got some very usable stuff.
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photoshops noise filter! how do you apply a photoshop filter to a video clip within after effects?

just tried it! great!
 
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you can import video straight into photoshop, it will show up as a smart object within the layers palette.

to bring up a timeline within photoshop you will have to select animation from the window tab at the top.

you can then apply a whole bunch of filters to the video... noise being one of them, i didnt have a proper experiment yet i'm sure it opens up more potential.

i did notice that the noise thats added is a fixed pattern noise so it behaves as if a fixed pattern on the lens, it moves with the camera.

id think it would be ok for locked off shots but it stood out as a bit noticeable with my moving shots.
 
Sorry, should have made it clear - I'm not using Photoshop's noise filter in After Effects, I've just used it on the jpg grabs from the footage. In the grade I'll add grain using After Effect's own filter, which works pretty nicely.
 
Looks great. I love that lens. It flares a lot. I was hoping to find some instruction to make a lens shade for it. or maybe the worlds smallest mini matte box? It takes great portraits wide open.
 
After a busy few months I've finally had chance to make more progress with the edit.

Took a while to sync all the sound, which was recorded in camera and onto an iPod Nano (via Belkin GoStudio and Rode Videomic). Pluraleyes only managed to sync about 50% of it.

Also had some trouble with the gamma coming out of FCP, but this is pretty close to how it should look.

Preview clips:


Available in HD on Vimeo

Feedback appreciated!
 
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