Daniel Yun

Great thanks for that! I live in australia - just talked to my friend about the price (who wants the product) - ahhh money conversion is fun ;p

Hey Matt! Oh really? Awesome! I'd love to get a link/quote from Barry if thats cool? Thanks!

David West! Thankyou!!! :D Woophoo i'm not crazy! This is what i saw ages ago! :D Many happy hats for you! Thanks man!

Wow thanks for that bob1dp! It really is a kinda crazy diffusion .. What an interesting look! How far away from the camera is the hampshire frost? haha i've got 10 bucks on the duck ...

I think i jumped in here late! But this is something i think.. (which is just a thought no less!) I havent used film before so i guess i cant really speak on films DP's behalf - but for an area for DP's to master in the video world .. i guess there are many to name! Because video is such a 'machine gun ethic' medium compared to the more 'sniper like' eficentcy of film - (tape being able to shoot more and cheaper than the carrefully planned expensive film stock) one thing you should probally build on is to be careful to plan shots and not just jump in half assed "because you have tape to burn." I think that can be a mistake, because one can take for granted thier error margin and suddenly have a 100:1 ratio of film stock! Prehaps one could still take thier time in planning thier shot and look and then taking advantage of that with extra takes. I think this cinematography really is quite a unique field - like each artist with thier paintbrush and paints, you may want to find out what kind of style you like when holding a camera. I think when you find a style you like, you can then work on mastering the way it is pulled off if that makes sense? Like César Charlone on 'City of God' or Darius Khondji on 'Seven' - see what you like about thier visual story telling style, and how they light that element to further propell the story narrative. If you enjoy the looser handling style or the floating steady cam - you may want to learn your handle to show this, in the same token, you'll be able to learn how and where you may need a focus puller and where your limitations are to how close or far you can get to the shooting subjects. I've learnt so far that it's very important for a cinematographer to composite a shot well, as well as being the visual storyteller for the audience and to be flexible to constant changes around you - (eg light, space constrictions, height, time mangaement, light set upt etc etc.) Something i read before in the posts was that lighting was the master key to understand. I agree but, one must learn to improvise if nothing is availible - such as documentry shoots, wedding videography, on the fly new capture etc. As it once was - the masters of yesteryear painted using the natural lightsource availible. If you can learn to shoot barehanded, and improvise - when you reach a fully lit set you should be more than adequetly supplied with knowlege of lights you do need. Almost a 'Cupeth runneth over' type feel. It all comes down to style and individual taste though, so people may very much disagree! I think being a DP can rely heavily upon being a jack of all trades and having a knowlege of the fields around you so that you can understand how to rely and work with others in th crew/team enviroment. (Understanding the directors vision, the gaffer's skill to setup and light what you want, how to move with the sound person etc) :D

Bob1Dp - hampshire frost? wow i'll have to check it out on the net! Frank Barrera - Haha yeah! It sounds fun! My friend whos using something similar to this effect is going for a similar strange feel/shallow depth of field .. sounds like something fun to experiment with! Michael Nash - A black net? Ah i'll also look that up! Thanks for the tip on that about the net! I'll keep it in mind since my friend mentioned he may be getting me to shoot the video for him .. in which case i'll just try to get as much shallow depth of field as i can for him through distance and such. haha it's fun when you friend is a director and wants more than you can give ... on such a small budget ..! David Mullen ASC - Shallow focus look, as mentioned ala depth of field. haha definately not deep focus. I think i may have just imagined this 'shallow depth of field' look screen .. but i'll check out the hampshire frost and black net! thanks guys!:D

Oh yeah! For sure! I dont doubt it cant be done .. haha i really enjoyed sunshine .. for a whole bunch of reason. What i was mostly looking for (because it's driving me nuts) is that screen thing i saw once online which fakes a background diffusion behind an actor - mostly used for close up shots. (definatley not wides) But yeah it sure can be done - my friends just finiky about DOF. crazy! Thanks for the heads up though - checking the website now!

Hey all - My friend is doing a production where he'd love to get alot of depth of field for character shots, however with the power of video it's somewhat limited - so i mentioned to him that (as good or bad as it sounds) there was this screen you could place behind the 'actor' that acts like a diffusion - throwing the background out of focus somewhat? I've seen it on the web before, however for the life of me cant find it again to show my friend! Does anyone know what i'm talking about and have a link to it? It's a hand held diffusion like screen you simply place behind actors to fake depth of field. Thanks guys! :D (I've also mentioned mini 35 and such .. but he's on a zero budget so .. ehh)