Craig Benson Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted December 29, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted December 29, 2021 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted December 29, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted December 29, 2021 I was complaining that the entire world round here looks like this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted December 29, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted December 29, 2021 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 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted December 29, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted December 29, 2021 6 hours ago, Matthew W. Phillips said: So is that why you are always so grumpy? just kidding ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benson Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 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 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted December 29, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted December 29, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benson Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 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 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted December 29, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted December 29, 2021 Forgive me but I had to play...the setting was just too nice and I don't have anything like that out here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benson Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted December 29, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted December 29, 2021 Jeez, that looks like something out of The Lighthouse. Paging @Jarin Blaschke! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted December 29, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted December 29, 2021 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. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted December 29, 2021 Premium Member Share Posted December 29, 2021 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Orcino Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 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! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benson Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 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 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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