This Short film was made with the 5D Mark III, Beautiful footage! Filmed by Luke

I ended up skimming thru and after I realized what is going on I went back. Nicely done.

Definitely need to watch the whole thing to appreciate it.
 
After the first few minutes, given the title, figured it was some kind of un-reality. Nice work.
 
Downloaded it.

Very impressed with quality. Not sure what type of post-work went into it, but whatever they did, it sure worked. interesting that they used faithful instead of neutral or cinestyle.

Looks like they added a touch of colorless grain.
 
HansSteinert said:
Downloaded it.

Very impressed with quality. Not sure what type of post-work went into it, but whatever they did, it sure worked. interesting that they used faithful instead of neutral or cinestyle.

Looks like they added a touch of colorless grain.
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Good Eye! I didn't notice the grain till Luke mentioned it to me. Also surprised with the faithful used as well.
He mentioned to me he exported into AE with .dpx sequence out of Premiere Pro and Final export as H.264 with a CBR of 45.
 
After this short we should feel obliged to start a threat about how mushrooms affect the perception of MKIII footage ;)

Anyway, I have the (sober) impression, that they applied some microcontrast improvement with some kind of HDR-software maybe. I get interesting results even with 8-bit stills. But there aren't any halos at all in the short's footage - so I might be wrong.
 
joe 1008 said:
I have the (sober) impression, that they applied some microcontrast improvement with some kind of HDR-software maybe. I get interesting results even with 8-bit stills. But there aren't any halos at all in the short's footage - so I might be wrong.
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It looks about right in terms of sharpness given he used: ALL-I (macroblock aliasing and noise increase perceived sharpness: it's subtle but you can see the macroblocks when pixel peeping), Faithful: colors and contrast are excellent right out of the camera, color grading/curves helps with microcontrast, noise grain increases perceived detail & sharpness, and perhaps most important, he shot with very sharp prime lenses.

I'm researching a possible sharpening effect with a circular polarizer (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?279549-5D3-polarizer-sharper): he used a FaderND (has two polarizers (at least one is circular)). Circular polarizers also help with contrast & color saturation. I ordered one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Slim-Line-Kaesemann-Circular-Polarizer-Multi-Resistant/dp/B0002O73AY to test the effect with just one very high quality polarizer (82mm to allow use with the 16-35 F2.8 (have step down adapter for 77mm lenses)).

Entertaining subject matter, good camera work, and good sound & music also helps (for a commercial production- these are the most important elements).
 
jcs said:
It looks about right in terms of sharpness given he used: ALL-I (macroblock aliasing and noise increase perceived sharpness: it's subtle but you can see the macroblocks when pixel peeping), Faithful: colors and contrast are excellent right out of the camera, color grading/curves helps with microcontrast, noise grain increases perceived detail & sharpness, and perhaps most important, he shot with very sharp prime lenses.

I'm researching a possible sharpening effect with a circular polarizer (http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?279549-5D3-polarizer-sharper): he used a FaderND (has two polarizers (at least one is circular)). Circular polarizers also help with contrast & color saturation. I ordered one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Slim-Line-Kaesemann-Circular-Polarizer-Multi-Resistant/dp/B0002O73AY to test the effect with just one very high quality polarizer (82mm to allow use with the 16-35 F2.8 (have step down adapter for 77mm lenses)).

Entertaining subject matter, good camera work, and good sound & music also helps (for a commercial production- these are the most important elements).
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He also said in one of his replies to someone that he turned sharpness up one notch. He said that he wanted it to be as sharp as his Mark II footage...hehe.
 
JoeJITSU said:
He also said in one of his replies to someone that he turned sharpness up one notch. He said that he wanted it to be as sharp as his Mark II footage...hehe.
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It's best to sharpen in post, however even with pixel peeping I didn't see any objectionable halos with +1 in-camera. When sharpening in post, best to set in-camera sharpening to 0 (else halos might appear).
 

jcs said:
It's best to sharpen in post, however even with pixel peeping I didn't see any objectionable halos with +1 in-camera. When sharpening in post, best to set in-camera sharpening to 0 (else halos might appear).
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Don't think I saw any halos either.
In the Video above, He did state that at 1 notch positive on sharpening, It made all the difference.
 
JoeJITSU said:
Don't think I saw any halos either.
In the Video above, He did state that at 1 notch positive on sharpening, It made all the difference.
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The footage isn't sharp like say a C300, but it's sharp enough via (all items helped):

1. Sharp Primes
2. ALL-I artifacts and noise (does help with perceived sharpness however ALL-I doesn't hold up as well as IPB with extreme sharpening)
3. Faithful profile- looks excellent straight out of camera with nice color and contrast
4. +1 sharpen in camera (helps slightly, but will halo if sharpened too much in post). If not post-sharpening, no issue
5. FaderND- polarizers help improve sharpness and saturation (NDs along with a circular polarizer should also work in bright light)
6. Not clear how much CC was done, but clarity can be vastly improved with color curves, etc.
7. Noise grain- when added just right, isn't really noticeable, but adds texture, hides compression artifacts & banding, and increases perceived detail
 
jcs said:
The footage isn't sharp like say a C300, but it's sharp enough via (all items helped):

1. Sharp Primes
2. ALL-I artifacts and noise (does help with perceived sharpness however ALL-I doesn't hold up as well as IPB with extreme sharpening)
3. Faithful profile- looks excellent straight out of camera with nice color and contrast
4. +1 sharpen in camera (helps slightly, but will halo if sharpened too much in post). If not post-sharpening, no issue
5. FaderND- polarizers help improve sharpness and saturation (NDs along with a circular polarizer should also work in bright light)
6. Not clear how much CC was done, but clarity can be vastly improved with color curves, etc.
7. Noise grain- when added just right, isn't really noticeable, but adds texture, hides compression artifacts & banding, and increases perceived detail
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Would be interesting to see how out of camera footage looks with those settings. At least for some fast and dirty jobs it might be the solution.
 
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