underwater shot + slime green CB

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spanky

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hi

i am shooting a 15 minute short film entirely in a public lavatory using my dvx and was wondering, how do i white balance to make the scene slime-green coloured?

also, is the dvx waterproof enough so if i stick it in the toilet for a few seconds it will be ok? i'm asking because i have to do an underwater shot.

thanks

spanky
 
spanky said:
hi
also, is the dvx waterproof enough so if i stick it in the toilet for a few seconds it will be ok? i'm asking because i have to do an underwater shot.
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ROFL no.
 
I shot a scene in a small bathroom where there wasnt really room for lights. I put green gels on the floresent lights up top and it came out pretty cool.
 
Try white balancing thru a minus green filter. Get a -1/4 and double it and tripple it for stronger effects. If you don't have access to any, try whitebalancing in various shades of pink paper.

You can do it in post, but I prefer to get it as close as possible in camera.

-j
 
spanky said:
hi

i am shooting a 15 minute short film entirely in a public lavatory using my dvx and was wondering, how do i white balance to make the scene slime-green coloured?

also, is the dvx waterproof enough so if i stick it in the toilet for a few seconds it will be ok? i'm asking because i have to do an underwater shot.

thanks

spanky
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ahaha the dvx is like a submarine, you can stick it in the water, just don't expect for it to float back up. And why a toilet? Which direction is the cam pointing? Down into the toilet, or looking up? If you're looking down, just submerge a clear plastic container into the bowl and slide the cam into that. If you're looking up, you're going to have to get a non-working toilet and shoot it from the bottom.

And I was joking about sticking your cam in the water. Don't even think about doing that.
 
Oh, and green celophane works, over the lens. You can increase the chroma phase and shift the color over towards a green-tint in the camera.
 
thanks - great advice!! i will try and get the filter and will use the green celophane when i put the camera in water. i am shooting downwards, it is quite dramatic

thanks

spank
 
Don't shoot thru green celophane, White balance thru pink celophane and it will look green. If you shoot thru celophane, you will loose optical quality.

-j
 
I've found that I can completely submerge the camera for about.. give or take 1 minute and 39/42 seconds, before it completely loses function. You should use a stopwatch
 
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