Chris Loughran

Just bought my HVX200A -- looking for an economical, simple shoulder mount solution for hand held use -- nothing fancy.

 

I'm coming from the world of XL-2 shooting, so I'd love something comprable, even if that means having a LANC in remote on a handle of sorts. I've done some research only to find mediocre results. Anyone have a success story with this?

Zacuto. Expensive, but worth it. In the process of building my kit right now. Working great with the Letus Extreme as well.

Not sure if I am letting out a big secret here, but you can get a student discount online from Kodak. Not sure where you are located, but it is available to the US only. You can get 100 ft of 7201 for $25.54 and 400ft core for $99.34.

~Chris

Wow! The RedOne makes Southie look great! good work.

~Chris

Arriflex made a Super 16BL. Only a couple of them, but they are out there. If you are looking to rent one, check out this website. http://geronimocreek.com/index.htm

Its a great camera for us low/no budget folks.

~Chris Loughran.

Hi,

I have removed the footage I shot from my website. I apologize if anyone wanted to look at it. Someone has downloaded the video, put their website stamp on it and is passing it off as their own on youtube. I know the name of the person who did it and hopefully it will be removed from youtube and their website as well. If you post a video online, make sure it is copy-written or has your name on it or it may end up on z5films.com.

thanks

~Chris Loughran

Here's a clip of my first piece of 16mm film I ever shot. I was not going for an award in cinematography. More or less looking for scratches, light leak problems, or other lens or camera problems because I bought the camera off Ebay. It's shot on a Bolex reflex H16 on 7231 Plus X negative B&W. I used a Sekonic Studio Delux III light meter and our very own Cinelab did the telecine. The black bar on the right is of no fault of Cinelab. It's showed up when I put the footage in Compressor for whatever reason. Most is 24 FPS, the slow motion is 64 FPS.

 

Never shot any film or used a light meter before. I think it came out pretty good. There's some slight exposure problems and some footage looks soft, but I can work those bugs out. I was just playing around with slow motion and the DOF.

 

http://z5films.com/videos/filmtest3.mov

 

18 megs.

hey, that looks good. did you really shoot this? should you have to prove it?

~Chris

Find a used K3 online or in your local paper. Get some dummy film and practice loading in different places. (a dark bathroom, infront of the TV while not looking at the camera) get used to the sound of the camera. Buy some film, shoot a couple hundred feet and see what happens. From this practice you will know the sound if the film isnt running correctly. Once you have shot your film, send it off to your local film lab. Get it the transfer back on miniDV. If all goes well you will have a beautiful 16mm film tansfer and you will see what you could never shoot using any DV camera.

give it a try. have fun.

~Chris

Hey Guys,

Thanks for checking out my footage. I do plan on getting a tripod and a new set of lenses. I have been looking into a couple different Manfrotto modles and compatable 35mm primes. I didn't invest in this stuff at first mainly because I was just seeing if the camera even worked. And it does! Better than I thought. I posted another video on my site, its called "kodak test, first roll", and it is, the first roll I shot.

Thanks again for your advise.

~Chris

http://www.chrisloughran.com/projects/

looks good... what focal length did you shoot at? the image was pretty shaky

Robert,

It was all handheld so anything that was higher than 50mm looks kind of shaky. I need to invest in a decent support system. Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Chris

Chris,

I am in Boston also and am never at a loss for a good frame. Check out under the Zakim bridge. I use Cinelab a lot and often go for the straight to drive option. In fact that is about all I do. did you use it, if so, whatch 'ya think? I have owned many K-3s, and the slight jitter in some of the frames of Tri-X I saw, is usually caused by the loops being too small. If you can afford it, send the camera to Duall in NYC. They will do a great overhaul and Super 16 conversion if you want to. I think using regular 16 is still very viable. You can see your work as a print for not too too much money. The F64 looks incredible, not as saturated as I would have thought, but beautiful just the same. Keep up the good work.

Chris

Chris,

Maybe we will cross paths in Boston some day. When I was shooting the guy playing guitar under the spotlight I heard an awful noise coming from the camera. I new instantly I had loaded the film incorrectly. I opened it up right away and the pressure plate had come loose and the pin wasn't catching the perfs. so I fixed it and it seemed to work it self out. In the end it just created a cool effect. I am thinking about getting the camera converted to super 16, but I'm not sure I am into the cost.

The F64D is a little de-saturated, but I am playing around with some color correction in FCP to add some contrast and saturation. I should have used the ND and maybe that would have added a little more contrast.

Thanks for your reply.

Chris

Also which city did you shoot this at?

I am in Boston, MA. I love shooting here. There is always something going on and endless locations to shoot. Thanks for your replies!

~Chris Loughran

here is a link to some of the footage I shot.

http://www.chrisloughran.com/wp-content/up...ke-web-size.mov

http://www.chrisloughran.com/wp-content/up...ji-f64d-web.mov

I still have one more clip to post. Do you guys have any suggestions as to what I could have done differently to get different looks? (Filters ect?)

One of the shots of the guy playing guitar I used the yellow filter. It seemed to make the blacks blacker without really making the sky alot darker. basically adding more contrast. I liked it.

Thanks

~Chris

here is a link to some of the footage I shot.

http://www.chrisloughran.com/wp-content/up...ke-web-size.mov

http://www.chrisloughran.com/wp-content/up...ji-f64d-web.mov

I still have one more clip to post. Do you guys have any suggestions as to what I could have done differently to get different looks? (Filters ect?)

One of the shots of the guy playing guitar I used the yellow filter. It seemed to make the blacks blacker without really making the sky alot darker. basically adding more contrast. I liked it.

Thanks

~Chris

Hey,

I just got my 16mm film back from the lab and I couldn't be happier. The Kodak Tri-X came out really clean and contrasty. The Fuji 64D looks pretty with cool, soft pastel colors. I shot a roll of reala 500D and was least happy with that footage. I was surprised at the quality of the image shot with my k3. The Image is steady, it is clear of scratches, besides one little piece of hair in the gate (my fault) the footage looks great.

I was a little worried about how it was going to come out. I didn't use a changing bag to load any of the film. I hadn't seen any footage shot with this specific camera so I was a little anxious about weather the camera would run properly.

The telecine transfer looks really good too. I did a best overall light and it is pretty consistent. (cinelab)

I cant wait to buy some more film. planning on shooting some Kodak color neg next. I am even thinking of shooting a music video with this camera because everything came out so well. OK, I am done raving about my first 16mm experience, anyone who is thinking about getting a k3 to mess around and learn how to expose film, I highly recommend picking up one of these cameras. I'll post the address for the footage once I get it online. you guys can tell me what you think.

Thanks,

Chris Loughran

Hi,

I worked as 2nd AC on a feature shot on location in MT a couple of years ago. It was a relatively small budget for a film its size so they went with the Varicam instead of super16. We used a great set of 35mm primes and the Pro35 adapter. We were all really pleased with the raw footage and were able to do a lot with it in post. I think the only problems the DoP, Guy Peires http://guypeires.com/ had with the camera was a back focus problem. The issue didn't slow us down at all, but it still was an issue. The movie is called "Three Priests" and you can check out the trailer @ http://gumspirits.com/threepriests.html

We had good results with the Varicam and would recommend it for any low budget production.

~Chris Loughran

chrisloughran.com

I wish I was making fun shorts like that with my friends when i was your age. Keep it up. You will have plenty of time to take it too seriously and pour all you know into it. Keep having fun, you're on the right track.

~Chris

I just shot a 48 hour film project here in Boston. We had a blast and can't wait to do it again next year. Since most of the projects I have worked on have time constraints shooting this project wasn't too much different than any project I have done for school. Of course you're not going to make a masterpiece in 48 hours, but hopefully we made something that is entertaining for 7 minutes.

here is the link to our film.

http://film.startledmarmot.com/videos

~Chris

According to IMDB it was shot with an Arriflex 16 SR2. I'm not sure how accurate that info is, but that's what they say.

-Chris Loughran