C100: What it means to be an Altar Server, filmed with the C100

Eric Coughlin

Eric Coughlin

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This is a video I did to promote altar serving in the Catholic church. I filmed it by myself (I had an altar server help with conducting the interviews and some with lighting) at 4 different Masses (services), and did the interviews on two days after the Masses.

I listed the equipment used on the Vimeo page, but figured I'd list it here too.

Canon 35mm f/1.4L, Canon 24-105 f/4L, Tokina 11-16 f/2.8, Nikon 80-200 f/2.8
Glidecam HD4000
Sanken COS-11D
Audio Technica AT-875 Shotgun
Sony PCM-M10 w/Countryman B6
Rode Videomic Pro + Rycote Windjammer
Manfrotto tripod and monopod
Arri 650 Fresnal
Lowel Tota
2x Lowel Pro-Lights
6-in-1 reflector kit
500 Watt Work Light

Picture profile used was Wide DR. Some behind the scenes pictures from the interview set up can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.419277731512162.1073741833.238103079629629&type=1

Comments and constructive criticism welcome.

 
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Thanks. The interviews were mostly filmed at f/4, while two were filmed at f/2.8. ISOs were around 320-520 for the interviews. For the church b-roll, ISOs were generally at 850 when at f/2.8, and I went to f/4 whenever I wanted a deeper depth of field (or was using the 24-105), which tended to put my ISO at 1600 or 2000. Noise reduction using Wide DR I kept set to 3 for all shots. All of the interviews were filmed with a 1988 version of the Nikon 80-200 f/2.8. Not too shabby for a lens I got for $350 on Ebay.
 
Looks great- and that's one well lit church!

Nicely done Glidecam work.

Interviews look very nice, too, though I myself may have gone for a little more shadow on the fill side.
The stained glass ones are especially beautiful!
 
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