Foggy woods

[Craig Benson]

Hey everyone, please critique my work.

We had amazing fog in our local woods the week before last, I grabbed a Blackmagic pocket 4K and started to shoot.

It would be great to know what people think 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU3G1nr6oxU

https://vimeo.com/660464938

Edited December 28, 2021 by Craig Benson

[Matthew W. Phillips]

I love the location and envy you having access to it. That being said, I would like to ask a question...

Did you take stills or actual video? This looks like a slideshow of still images and any movement present looks like a slow digital pan. Therefore, I would have liked to see more movement. Also, I personally would prefer this in black and white as opposed to the brown haze. I see this scene as having the potential for a powerful horror/thriller setting instead of a slow and serene setting but that is just me.

Your framing is good though so I will give credit there. The constant dissolves were distracting to me though and didn't feel very cinematic (if that is what you were going for. And I realize the term "cinematic" is cliche at this point but I really didn't know what else to say...maybe "movielike"?)

Edited December 29, 2021 by Matthew W. Phillips
misspelling

[Phil Rhodes]

I was complaining that the entire world round here looks like this...

[Matthew W. Phillips]

1 minute ago, Phil Rhodes said:

I was complaining that the entire world round here looks like this...

So is that why you are always so grumpy? just kidding ?

[Phil Rhodes]

6 hours ago, Matthew W. Phillips said:

So is that why you are always so grumpy? just kidding ?

[Craig Benson]

8 hours ago, Matthew W. Phillips said:

I love the location and envy you having access to it. That being said, I would like to ask a question...

Did you take stills or actual video? This looks like a slideshow of still images and any movement present looks like a slow digital pan. Therefore, I would have liked to see more movement. Also, I personally would prefer this in black and white as opposed to the brown haze. I see this scene as having the potential for a powerful horror/thriller setting instead of a slow and serene setting but that is just me.

Your framing is good though so I will give credit there. The constant dissolves were distracting to me though and didn't feel very cinematic (if that is what you were going for. And I realize the term "cinematic" is cliche at this point but I really didn't know what else to say...maybe "movielike"?)

Thanks for the feedback! 
It is video, but I shot at a higher frame rate so I could convert the footage to slow motion, so I can see why they seem like photos ? I regret not adding more movement into it to be honest. 

Thanks for the comments regards my framing, that means a lot ?

[Phil Rhodes]

I should have said, it's very nice stuff. I remember (in about 2001) when I bought my first real camera and took it out to a local country park, it was a morning like that.

[Craig Benson]

4 minutes ago, Phil Rhodes said:

I should have said, it's very nice stuff. I remember (in about 2001) when I bought my first real camera and took it out to a local country park, it was a morning like that.

Thank you! It’s hard to beat foggy mornings isn’t it.
 

It was a great way to spend a couple of hours with a camera ?

[Matthew W. Phillips]

Forgive me but I had to play...the setting was just too nice and I don't have anything like that out here.

 

[Craig Benson]

31 minutes ago, Matthew W. Phillips said:

Forgive me but I had to play...the setting was just too nice and I don't have anything like that out here.

 

Wow, It does look really great in black and white! 

The woods are on my doorstep. I started to take them for granted, but sometimes I get reminded of just how beautiful they are. 

[Phil Rhodes]

Jeez, that looks like something out of The Lighthouse. Paging @Jarin Blaschke!

 

[Matthew W. Phillips]

1 hour ago, Craig Benson said:

Wow, It does look really great in black and white! 

The woods are on my doorstep. I started to take them for granted, but sometimes I get reminded of just how beautiful they are. 

 

47 minutes ago, Phil Rhodes said:

Jeez, that looks like something out of The Lighthouse. Paging @Jarin Blaschke!

 

Those woods are so inspiring...and in your backyard no less. One of you want to let me crash at your place for a bit so I can shoot my horror film there? Maybe one of you fine chaps can shoot it for me too. ?

[Phil Rhodes]

For what it's worth, Matthew, I feel much the same way about some of the huge deserts of the American southwest, which I never get to shoot. There are so many shades of greener grass.

[Mitchell Orcino]

I really love these frames and definitely could see them as a living photo style installation piece. Would have been really interested to see something like this on a remote dolly, and key framed to move a foot or two over like 3 minutes. 

Curious, did you use some sort of image stabilization on any of the clips? Noticed a slightly weird kind of warping on the outer edges when I was watching it. 

Fun work overall!

[Craig Benson]

Thanks Mitchell! 
 

I did indeed stabilise some of the shots. I didn’t have my tripod with me at the time, God knows I missed it!

Thanks for your kind feedback ?