Through windshield?

I haven't, but I'd imagine it would be fine as long as you threw a polarizer on to minize the reflections on the glass. Unless you want them.
 
yeah I would try todo it on an overcast day. Also if you capturing audio inside the car and filming it would sound kind of weird perfect audio outside the car. I would watch out for that, mabye add some minimal ambient noises. Also make sure you dont catch the refelction of the camera in the window.
 
polarize it, drive in a straight line so the light doesent refract differently into the polarizer bringing back reflections. set up kinos to light the talent. record audio as usual, redo it in adr, all that good stuff
 
Use a linear Polo, rotated to get rid of any reflection.

Gel the real window and rear side windows to make the subjects seem brighter.

Shoot it at golden hour if the scene is short enough. Rehearse while you are waiting for the sun to go down. it will look much better, or wait for a cloudy day.

-j
 
Hans Moleman said:
what if im working with the la7200 and cant use filters?
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Yes you can. The lowest cost solution for non rotating filters is to use a Matteblox (MB145a) or if you want to go total ghetto, you can use optical resin filters and just grind down a bit off of each corner and attach it to the shade of the anamorphic adapter. I have gone both ways and each work out just fine.


http://cinetactics.com/mb145a.php
 
Here again, you ask a question and no one here has done what you asked in the question. I have not used a stickypod, which is a mechanical device, but I have shot through a windshield using a coat a sandbag and other stuff. Is the car moving? Now if you are asking will a stickypod make the actors look better? Maybe. Will it get rid of reflections? No. What exactly are you asking?
 
I think he just wants to find out what people did when using a sticky pod and shooting from outside into a car. I got the stickypod but haven't used it yet. I would think it would work fine, make sure you follow all stickypod instructions and im guessing using one of them filters. I would say that the best thing to do is test test test to see what works best.
 
MDKfilms is absolutely right. There are two completely seperate factors to take into consideration here. One that involves the stickypod and one that has nothing to do with it.
1-Will the stickypod provide a more stable/secure base and how about image stability?
2-The other deals with image quality in terms of reflections in the windshield, lighting or sound etc....these are completely independent of the stickypod.

A more specific question will yeild more specific answers.
 
For goodness sake, all I wanted to know is if the stickypod provides a good enough support to shoot characvters through the windshield. or will it be too shaky as opposed to a more sophisticated car mount, or just shooting from the interior
 
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