Jessica Greene

Firstly thank you all for your replies, much appreciated. I've tested the 1/4 BPM quite liking that but if I can get my fingers on a white PM I'd be keen to try that, thanks for the suggestion. Have now taken the director out and politely shown him wide angle & shallow DOF aint an easy mix. He's also wanted telephoto shots so we're looking at either a 35mm adapter or a different camera though must say I'm liking the images I'm getting from the HVX. Another issue is focus pulling, the director (a fellow student) does not want any other crew, so far Ive failed to point out I need an assistant as well as wanting one. Ive got several offers from local DPs who I assist for too :( Hopefully by showing your reply about needing one will help my case. My concern again with this was not being able to get the camera and adapter to balance on the steady rig, which will hopefully be a Glidecam V 25. I'm going for a training session and to look at it tomorrow so I will have much better idea by then. But if anyone has any previous experience of this set up or advice that'd be great. Kind regards, Jessica Student DP UK PS sorry about the image not being much use, I just thought I'd try attach it to add to my post.

Hi All, I'm shooting a graduation film on the Panasonic HVX 200 shooting to P2 cards. I'm going to use the Cine setting and want to give the film quite a fashion photography look. Inspiration has so far come from photographs in Vogue and other fashion magazines. Most scenes happen outside with quite a summery carefree feel to them. I have attached a photograph to give an idea of the desired look. The director wants to use wide angle lens but retain lowish depth of field. Ie he wants blurry backgrounds. I figure I'll need to shoot with a fair amount of ND and keep the focused subject close. I know another more preferable option would be a prime lens adapter which we are considering but some work will include using a glide cam and I am concerned that it would create too much weight. The main question I wanted to ask was advice on filtration. I was thinking in addition to ND using something like a black pro mist to give a softer image. Or perhaps a net of some sort, I'd like to create a kind of dreamy image and if possible increase the chance of creating lens flare. Still early days so I have chance to do tests but I was just wondering if anyone could suggest any interesting techniques they know about which I could use to give my images a bit more oomph!! Many thanks, Jessica Greene Student DP Newcastle UK

Thank you all for your help. Best regards, Jessica Greene (Student, Newcastle, Uk) onlinegurl@gmail.com

Thank you Mike for you reply. I was wondering if you knew of anywhere I can read up on the process of clip testing, so I can maybe attempt it myself, this isn't purely to save money, it is because I would like to learn how to complete the process for my personal project. I have recently ordered a copy of Happe's book 'Your Film and the Lab' i'm just awaiting it in the post. cheers, Jessica

Hi, I am working on a shoot, where the stock has been bought second hand, and the condition of storage seems ominous . ( Kodak vision 2/ 3 cans 500T, 2 cans 200T /unopened/ unrefridgiated for a year) I was wondering what checks people would suggest running to make sure the footage is OK, and that it is worth shooting on. What properties would the stock possiblly have lost, and what measures can you take to check for this? I have full access to a dark room and cameras ( I am a university student) and have already developed unexposed ends to check for x-ray fogging. Before then the cans had not been open. I am fairly new to the field of motion picture but have done still photography developing and I am confident that through this one resealing of the can no (further if there was previous) damage has been done. I'm getting a mixed opinion from my tutors about whether I need run further tests, but I'd like to get more opinions. Also if anyone has come across a good article on degradation of film stock, the effects and how to test for it, either in a book or online I'd be very grateful if they could point me in the right direction. best regards, Jessica Greene (Student, Newcastle, Uk) onlinegurl@gmail.com

Cheers Andre, The DOF Calc on that site does look good, I had checked the site before, but I am more looking to make a card board version of the plastic ones you can buy that you spin round to check the set up. I guess I am being lazy, with the equations I could just work out a simple design, I just wondered if anyone had one ready I could use. Thanks again for your reply, Best regards. Jessica

Hi, I'm a media production student and doing a project on Cinematography, I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find a print out, cut up, and pin together DOF calculator. Seems all the images I have found are too pixelated to print out and use, guess thats cause they want me to buy one, but I don't have the money at the moment. I found a couple of simple ones online so far but I'm greedy and I want one with all the extras on. Thank you. Jessica