Alex Ardenti

Great Eclair NPR 16 mm film camera used for several spots with great results. Built like a tank and everything fully functional. Zeiss lens with pristine glass, 3 magazines, battery pack, large fly case for camera and smaller case for the 2 extra mags. Will email photos on request. Free leftover cans of 16mm film if needed. alex@alexardenti.com www.ardentifilms.com Los Angeles

If he were to shoot the Vision 200T outdoors in sunlight would it have to be corrected if the final product would be made into B&W in telecine? Sorry, by that I mean does it have to be filtered for daylight regardless? Or just shoot as is and desaturate to get B&W in telecine?

His name was Mark. Very helpful guy. He said they can scan the neg to a hard drive. He suggested I do a snip test on each roll of film I dropped off. Alex www.alexardenti.com

I just got back from Fotokem minutes ago. I can't answer your first question but they told me that they can definitely put my 16mm footage directly on hard drive. The only other place in L.A. that has been highly reccomended for this is Encore in Hollywood. I'm in a similar situation and they suggested to snip each 400' roll and push or pull accordingly. They then can scan the negative directly on my harddrive in their building next door. This might cut down on telecine time later. The $275 per hour on telecine at Fotokem sounds like a good deal actually. I was preparing myself for $500 an hour. Hope some of this helps. Good luck. Alex www.alexardenti.com

So sorry, yes, I mean fluorescent lights. What color gels do I need to balance it out? I'm guessing the fluorescent lights alone will give me a reading well beow 2.0 and my lighting setup will be at 4.0 when I shoot. Alex www.alexardenti.com

I will be shooting soon in a gym that has some overhead neon lights. The ceilings are very high like in a warehouse. I'll probably have 6 Ks of lights (2 2Ks-2 1Ks) at my disposal and shoot with a 200 stock. Do I need to take into account neon lights above and would they give a greenish tint despite the Tungsten lights overpowering them? Alex www.alexardenti.com http://profile.myspace.com/alexardenti

You color corrected them in telecine or FCP? One more thing, what is an M2? Alex

How did you get the super warm shots? Did you filter it or adjusted in post? Really nice stuff. Great lighting all over. Alex www.alexardenti.com

Is it possible to transfer digibeta tapes of your film into FCP with an actual digi beta camera instead of renting a deck to bring it in?

What stock would have good saturation to the colors? Alex www.alexardenti.com

on a hd cam?

I really enjoyed that. Looks like you'd have talent for the "slice of life" commercial genre. Was everything shot with the 35 mm adapter? I liked the out of focus parts. What cameras, filters etc? Alex www.alexardenti.com

What would be a good Tungsten stock that has nice contrast and saturated colors like Velvia?

I've read in two seperate places in the NPR manual that everything is permanently oiled and not to ever lubricate anything. Why are you guys talking about oiling th ecamera? Were the Eclair people wrong? Just curious.

I'd love for you to respond to these questions if you get a second: 1-Where did you buy the camera and at what price? 2-Did you see better deals elsewhere since buying it? 3-How many minutes do you actually get on a P2 card at 24p 1080 (4 or 8 gig?) 4-Whee you downloading as you where shooting? Looks like a pretty long shoot. Thanks a bunch. I'm trying to narrow it down as to where to buy. Alex

Saw it again and liked it even more. From a commercial stand point it totally works and I bet the group likes it very much. I like the song now also. Don't listen to the haters. It's a music video made to promote a song and it does the job perfectly. I think I'll buy the HVX instead of the JVC based on this video!

Can we see some footage of the 16mm K9s you have/ I bought one that is hand cranked and will start playing with it soon. Alex

The whole video was done with the Panasonic HVX? Who did the editing. Looks awesome.

Looks great. What did you shoot it on? Any info on lighting used, filters etc? Alex www.alexardenti.com

Since the rider is 47 I'll ad a voice over. In the beginning of the spot: "When I was 17 I felt I could do anything." At the end of the spot: "That's funny.... I feel the same today" Athletes.com is a site that sells supplements that increase performance and overall health. Maybe that will drive the point home.

Yeah, it was more of a test on how many FCP effects I can jam into 30"! But hey, guess what?? The owner of that site has another site he wants me to do a spot for. He really liked it! I just found out tonight. Small budget but I'll do a much better job on this one. I'll actually take it seriously now that it's my first actual "commercial" :) even if they want it on mini dv :( I figure that if they love the new one they will trust me to do a Tv spot on film. Thanks Alex

I think I am just trusting Guy Bodart on this. I wanted to get the ACL simply because they are newer models. It also seems like several features where done on the NPR but haven't heard anyone using an ACL for features, mostly news. I need help in this department also. Maybe Guy can post on this thread and delineate the pros and cons for each? Alex

Toutube.com's quality sucks. Anybody know of a betetr site that shows off our work a little better? Should'nt be that bad at close to 100 megs on Quicktime. Any help?

Well. he sells both and shoots most of his stuff on the NPR. Since he has access to a lot of 16mm cameras that's gotta mean something. I've been researching this for months and seems like no on can give me a good reason not to get an Eclair NPR, except that it's ugly... and it is... but I don't care. I'll have one in 1-2 weeks so i'll give you feedback if you want it. good luck

Did everyone forget Reservoir Dogs? That's the first one that pops into my head. I'd say 90% of it was in the warehouse, the rest were probably 1-2 day shoots at the diner, boss's office, walking down the street etc. Tarantino probably wrote it with low budget in mind since he wanted to shoot it himself initially on 16mm, b&w Alex www.alexardenti.com