WIDOW short film

Love the edit, Michael. It was a fun project to work on.

A little info about the photography-

B&W was done in-camera. Contrast almost all the way down, sharpening down all the way.
Lenses used were Canon 50mm 1.4 USM, Nikkor 28mm 2.8 Ai, Nikkor 70-210mm, and Nikkor 35mm 2.8

I loved the B&W in camera, and it seems like the file sizes were smaller. I'd need to do a test to confirm that. The raw footage looks very close to what you see here, (correct me if I'm wrong Michael) and we were going for the look in-camera but erring on the high side just slightly, as bringing it down and crushing blacks in post is pretty, but if you have to bring anything up out of the shadows it hurts.
 
Thanks for checking it out Richard. Will try some color with the 7D on the next film, see how it stacks up. Yeah, didn't do a lot to what you gave me in the grading, Tim. Brought blacks down a bit and whites up a touch in a few places but the exposures were on the money. Nothing but a couple of tiny spots we had decided on blown, nothing crushed. Pretty amazing latitude.
 
Wow, just wow, what a beautiful looking picture... I'm sold on the camera! I'm just concerned with the editing workflow in FCP. Is it a major pain?
 
Thank you. I'm very impressed with this camera as well. I used compressor to convert the footage to pro res and edited that. That takes a little time depending on how much footage you have of course, but after that process is done, you're good to go.
 
I like this a lot! Beautiful imagery. When I started watching it kind of reminded me of the first scene from the fall. That being so I put on Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92, II. Allegretto at 1 minute 31 seconds.

It lines up quite nicely. :grin: Did it by accident at first and then I tried for a long time to line it up again.

The 7D is looking more and more appealing to me!
 
I love "The Fall." I guess "Widow" has a similar "disaster developing in slow motion" feel as you get the pieces of what's going on. Great piece of music. I was just trying it out! A talented friend performed the piece that's in the film, Annemieke Spoelstra. I love what she did with it. Unique interpretation.

http://www.annemiekespoelstra.com/
 
superb images. love the framing.

brought to mind a thought i have often have..... it is strange because, in general, the 7D/5D footage looks different form what we are used to, it is hard at first to not think, well this looks a little plastic and too finely detailed and then coupled with the DOF effect it makes it pop out even more. But when really looking at the footage for what it is, i must say it looks so awesome. its like a throwback on one hand and a leap forward on the other..

just a thought ..

nice film
 
Wow! Nicely done...loved many of your shot choices, particularly the tilted, up-angle of her peering out the window...very artistic...conveys a slightly off balanced and unsure feeling revealing her angst and frustrations with things...nice..nice..nice...you gave me much to think about here regarding the 7D.

Can you please relay your preferred setup for the 7D? Rails, stablizers, dollies, lenses, etc..?
Your time would be greatly valued.

Thanks,
ProfD.
La.
 
Thank you. I'm particularly happy with that image. Has a certain energy to it, as you've said, from framing lining up with emotion. Transitions the film into more desperation, intensity.

Tim, the DP, had shared some tech info. above: B&W was done in-camera. Contrast almost all the way down, sharpening down all the way. Lenses used were Canon 50mm 1.4 USM, Nikkor 28mm 2.8 Ai, Nikkor 70-210mm, and Nikkor 35mm 2.8

Couple things I'll add. Used a home built skateboard wheel dolly and pvc. Had a great little matte box, but I'm not sure of the name. Tim made the rails himself I believe. You could ask him more about both.
 
It was a cavision matte box. It's become essential for me especially with the dslr's needing ND outside. I also used a grad filter in quite a few of the shots at various angles, which the MB is really needed for.

I don't like how small and light the camera is, so I put it on 20" rails with a heavy battery as counterweight. It makes the camera operation smoother. Other than that, a fast 50mm and a wide lens makes a nice compact setup.
 
Thank you both. Tim and I tried to build contrast in every shot. So critical for b&w. We did outside lighting with an HMI and used multiple bounces on most images. I added to the effect in the grading on certain shots as well. The footage handled being pushed around quite well. Stayed remarkably clean.
 
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