WWII documentary on FS100

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Just came back from shooting part two of my WWII documentary "1945-Entering Germany"

4 exhausting 15 hrs days, but still a happy camper with the FS100 (wish I had the 700 though).
First grabs coming in a few hours, gotta wade trough 12 SD cards of material.

I hoped to use the whole scenery, to shoot an entry for war fest on the side, but no dice, run out of time.

Frank
 
Looking forward to it, Frank - and not just for purely technical reasons (that too, of course). It's going to be interesting - whose "story" have you told with the script?
 
Well that explains your silence over the last week! :) My last big shoot made me VERY happy to own the FS100, thanks to you. :) Can't wait to see what you've shot!!!
 
@ Piotr: It's about how the German people experienced the end of WWII and the taking over by the US Army.
Lot's of interviews and reenacting what they have to say.

@Felix I already shot about 30 minutes of program last year, got the rest now, so it's gonna be almost 1hr of program.
Hope I can sell it to TV networks around the globe.

Just bolted together a little teaser from one of my favorite scenes.
Work in progress of course - just a little first light correction and slapped some music over it, to give you guys an idea.

 
Looks splendid, Frank - the best answer to all those naive questions like "which camera gives the most cinematic look" :)
 
Thanks Piotr.

95% hand held with a totally stripped down bare bones FS100 and just kit lens, by the way.
 
Thus proves once again it's not the camera but the person holding it.

Excellent work.
 
Absolutely awesome stuff! I've always said, the kit lens is underrated. A lot of big DP's use the
F. 4-6 range anyways. Of course it is nice to be able to slap a F1.4 lens on there when you want,
but you can actually do a lot with the kit lens. What did you use for ND? Heliopan? It looks
really good, your PP really handles the red issue nicely and skin tones look good as well. I
hope the program sells for you, I'd love to be able to see the whole thing someday.
 
Postmaster said:
Thanks Piotr.

95% hand held with a totally stripped down bare bones FS100 and just kit lens, by the way.
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You know, I've been shooting more hand held stripped down as well lately. I spent all this time adding kit to the FS100 only to find I really like it better by itself. I still bring a stabilizer and tripod just in case (well and a crane) but given how much better the rolling shutter is on the FS100, you can really get away with a lot more kinetic movements.

Fantastic colors. Like I said, you have DEFINITELY helped a lot of FS100 users by taming the colorspace. (Finally got a chance at work to watch your clips).
 
Looks great Frank, congrats. Are you also the Executive Producer (aka footing the bill) as well? If so, nice job on the costumes and vehicles.

Quick tech question. Do you place the IR filter in front of the Variable ND? Can you post a link to which IR filter you use?

Thanks!
 
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Rick, you and me both. I bought some rigging (luckily mostly fairly inexpensive stuff) so that
I could 'rig' the camera up with bigger lenses and so on and....I found out that when I have
to pack all that stuff around, it is pretty annoying and I don't get out and shoot as much on
my own projects, as it seems too much like 'work' :-) I can pack the stock FS100 with kit lens,
and a couple fast primes (FD mount 50mm F1.4 and 35mm F2) in a pack and have a light tripod and
slider and even with all this, I can hike out to some out of the way places. I am actually
almost never building it up, unless I have a 'studio' type shoot these days. It also
helps when you are flying it on a Merlin or Blackbird, or using it on a slider, lighter is
better in those cases. Which is what the FS100 has going for it, it's pretty small
and light. And if you have the Heliopan, you can get away without having a mattebox.
With the new 4x expanded focus, I can even get by with the stock viewfinder/screen.
 
alaskacameradude said:
You and me both. I bought some rigging (luckily mostly fairly inexpensive stuff) so that I could 'rig' the
camera up with bigger lenses and so on and....I found out that when I have to pack all that stuff around, it
is pretty annoying and I don't get out and shoot as much. I can pack the stock FS100 with kit lens,
and a couple fast primes FD mount F1.4 50mm and F2 35mm in a pack and have a light tripod and slider and
even hike out to some out of the way places. I am actually almost never building it up, unless I have
a 'studio' type shoot. It also helps when you are flying in on a Merlin or Blackbird, or using it on
a slider, lighter is better in those cases. Which is what the FS100 has going for it, it's pretty small
and light. And if you have the Heliopan, you can get away without having a mattebox. With the
new 4x expanded focus, I can even get by with the stock viewfinder/screen.
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There is so much truth to this. I was shooting in a 160 foot high grain tower at a closed mill that I had to walk up A HUGE number of steps. A lot of stuff got left behind and I am SO GLAD that I didn't have the FS100 all kitted out with crap I didn't need.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my DP6, but I use it now when I need it on a crane or camera placement shot I can't get to the LCD. Once I started using the stock LCD more, I can nail the shot much easier now. The 4x zoom has been GREAT.

I think I am gonna have to try the Heliopan. I don't always need ND, but when outside, it's really a must.

One of the things keeping me on the FS100 really is the weight. I really don't want 1lb heavier right now. And Frank's footage really shines. This last shoot was so much fun.

I have another 2 day long shoot this weekend and I am leaving a huge amount of equipment home that I didn't need. It was there in case.

One thing I am working on is just a reference mic. I don't want a huge mic on the FS100 since we run separate sound, but having the kit mic is just too big. So, I am developing something much smaller to see if it's effective. Will post parts in a new thread if it works out.

Frank, what profile did you use when you shot this?
 
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