Michelob Fedusenko

I tried this effect... taped a 20x20 blue party gell together and white balanced through it. We wanted to make the 'mobsters' in white light and have the area around them in hellish red... It was a BIG hassle that would have been better done in post (if possible). There was a lot of noise from wind and you will need to tie down, adjust, tie down, adjust, tie down adjust.... ect. Also, the effect wasn't quite what we desired. My suggestion is to test it thoroughly prior to shooting and have plenty of gel to spare. Best of luck and show pictures of the build and final product!

The Aaton 35 - 111 manual says that a 35mm 4-perf rolls out at 4 1/2 minutes and that it's 3-perf system allows 6 minutes. A 20 second search online states that 400 feet = 121.92 meters.

Well, the first day is the written test. The second is the practical. The reason they don't have practice tests is because they want you to know the job and not the test. At least that is what I gather.

Thanks guys! I went to the Able Cine Test review and realized how much of a review it was! I feel much better about the test at the moment. I am interested to see how the Panavision and Arri test reviews will be. I would love to test myself against the filters/compensation/ASA conversions. In the mean time, I am going to study the camera manuals and go over to Able Cine and practice loading the mags. Thank you for your pointers and if you think of any more, please post them!

Ha ha, will do!

Definitely will, thanks! Is there anything else?

Hey, I am on the waiting list to take the AC test for joining the union later this July. Any tips on what to study? I am currently working on filters (function and compensation), Mags, Clapper (what info and where). I know there is so much more to study! Please point me in the right directions. Thanks ahead of time.

Unless you are blowing the image up to some large print, then the average joe should not be able to tell if the lens is not perfectly sharp wide open. I would love to have a 1.4 lens so that I could shoot in dark areas. Many DP's/photographers prefer natural lighting. You don't have to open up that wide, but you can. Also, it's not that wide so you can focus easier. A 1.4 will have a pretty shallow depth of field (depending on the focal length of the lens), so it will have to be a much more precise focus than say a 5.6. It is perfectly fine to shoot at a 1.4. Do it! Learn, experiment. If you have the cash...

I think it is a solid site. It is generally easy to navigate which is important. I think that you could put more time in your layout of your homepage. I don't like how I have to scroll through a tiny window to look at your reels. I also don't like how it is not obvious that some are stills. It says so, but I didn't realize until after a slight bit of frustration. I feel that if you organize your work better you will have a good show piece.

Yup, Robert Michelob Fedusenko! I agree that if I notice it either I am super obsessive or the movie doesn't hold me. Maybe a bit obsessive, but that is why I love this stuff. Anyways, if something like that is pointed out to me then I can not help but notice it. Just made it for fun between projects. Opinions are always appreciated.

F-Stop = Fractional Stop - The ratio of the the size of the aperature over distance of the rear element to aperature. I.E. Let's pretend we are shooting at an F-5.6. That means that if the rear element of the lens is a 1 inch from the aperature then the aperature opening is .17857143 inches wide. T-Stop = Transmission Stop - How much light passes through the lens to the film plane while also taking in account how much is lost traveling through the glass elements. This is done individually for each lens for each lens is slightly different depending on the material used (the purest quartz in the world found in Australia). The reason that DoF is not measured using T-stops is because DoF is caused by the mechanical functions of the lens: F-stop Focal distance Focal length Film Size DoF is independent to the amount of light hitting the film plane. I hope this answers your question (and raises more).

Hope you had a laugh.

Why not just shoot in 24p 720 P/N and you won't have any pulldown and get roughly twice the footage on one card with no degradation.

Any comments?

Great job for your second month in film school. It's hard to get projects started. It is a good story, but I think it can be tightened up a bit. Good job on the last scene. Did you originally shoot it in color or b/w?

Here are some stills from the short. Please comment on them. I would love some color theory, composition critiques, anything!!! ^^ Color Corrected leaves for a more fall look, but takes away from the Luminance in the Background. ^^

I attend the school. What it comes down to is that the school does not make the school, but the student make the school. Full Sail is a great place to learn, but you get what you put out of it. The problem that most people complain about is from the fact that so many of the students that attend this school don't really 'want' to be in the film industry. I as well as many of my peers do not think that we will leave this school and get a non-entry level job. The school is to blame. Full Sail Film Program is an accredited Bachelors program that is completed in 22 months. They have the same amount of class hours as a normal college. 95 percent of the time, the school has better equipment than most productions out there (which can be a bit of a bummer). But the point is that the school provides everything that a film student needs. It's up to the student to make the most of it. LA Film School is owned by Full Sail. I strongly suggest that before you hire a Full Sail student you find out what projects they worked on outside of school. Just because we have a lot of school, we still have time to make things on the side. I wouldn't hire anyone who does not have extra programs.

I tried watching it, but the load time was so long. Can you find a way to speed it up? Different site? Better Compression?

The video will be up for a little bit longer. I am going to take it off the web in a day or so. Any comments and crits is greatly welcome. Thanks.

Sorry it is taking so long... am having problems with my system. Hopefully, I will have the images up soon.

Thank you Adam. I found the location the day before and decided that I had to do something with it. The format is 1/3" sensor. The short is pretty much me learning the capabilities of the camera.

The overall feel of the video was good. I especially like the way you opened. I think that as you introduced the pixie, the energy fell with the slower cuts. There didn't seem to be enough information being conveyed to merit some of the longer shots. You have some very good things going for this video, but I believe you can make it better by having a little more happen in the second half of it.

Found one of those inspiring locations and this is what came from it. While the audio edit is not complete, the cinematography/video edit is. An honest opinion on the cinematography would be greatly appreciated. Any questions are welcome. Because this is an incomplete title, it will only be up till December 7th. Thank you for your thoughts. Abandoned Memories

Let us know what you decide to do and share your results.

I did the test. I will have frame captures tomorrow. Feel free to print them out, laminate them, and use them for references in preproduction and production. I rated my ISO at 317.916, but I think it is safe to assume that 320 ASA is close enough. As to the latitude of the HVX200, I will tell you tomorrow. It is roughly 4 stops down and 2-3 stops up, but that also kind of depends on where you feel that the detail is gone. One thing to be careful of is the zoom. The lens is not a dedicated zoom, therefor the t-stop fluctuates while the f-stop does not. So if you zoom in, you will lose roughly about a half a stop to a full stop. Also, the LCD seems to boost the blue channel noise. I don't know why, but when start seeing that on your viewfinder, that area will probably stay in the black when transfered for editing. Please let me know if you get different results or do other tests. I hope this helped some folks!