with or without is the question

[New_Zealand]

I have to make a decision on how I want to shoot my next project. My next project is broken up in two parts – PAST and PRESENT.

PRESENT: I was thinking of shooting all my scenes that takes place in the PRESENT with the HVX200a/Redrock M2/Nikon Lenses.

PAST: I was thinking of shooting all my scenes that takes place in the PAST with just the HVX200a.

I have a guy coming over to my house this weekend with over 30 Nikon Prime Lenses for me to look at so I will have to make a decision before I spend the mighty dollar.

The problem that I’m having at the moment is that I’m finding a lot of people can’t tell the difference between WITH or WITHOUT Nikon lenses in the film clip.

Can you tell which scenes were shot with or without the Nikon Lenses? When I say with or without I mean the HVX200a alone and HVX200a with Redrock. Please take note this was footage put together to see if people can tell the differences.

http://vimeo.com/3646004

This footage was ONLY test footage. It is not footage for my film but just test footage. The question is was this shot with the HVX200a or HVX200a/Redrock M2/Nikon Lenses:

http://vimeo.com/5120197

Would I be better off just shooting my film with the HVX200a and just have color correction done? What are your thoughts?

 

[Phenixone]

You can definitely tell the difference by looking at the depth of field. But I guess muggles would not be able to spot this subtle difference (that makes a great difference for me ... got it ?)

Anyway, I think you should also work with the color correction to set the temporality os the scene. Check out Aviator for its great historical color management. I recreates the history of cinema from B&w to nowadays through the 2color technicolor the the 3color one etc ... I think it's one of the best color management I've seen to signify time (also I'm not a big fan of the movie itself)

 

[New_Zealand]

You can definitely tell the difference by looking at the depth of field. But I guess muggles would not be able to spot this subtle difference (that makes a great difference for me ... got it ?)

Anyway, I think you should also work with the color correction to set the temporality os the scene. Check out Aviator for its great historical color management. I recreates the history of cinema from B&w to nowadays through the 2color technicolor the the 3color one etc ... I think it's one of the best color management I've seen to signify time (also I'm not a big fan of the movie itself)

Thanks