morten forsberg

Only works in Filemaker Pro. Im happy to send it on to you if you can use it.

Hey John. This sound pretty cool, and I'd really like to check it out if you want to share.

My email is mail@mortenforsberg.com

Morten

Yeah Celtx is ok, but it still doesn't cover my needs unfortunately.

to specify:

Ive got a shotlist of more than 400 shots, and now i would like to add storyboard images and still photos to some of the shots.

I can write the shotlist in Celtx, but I haven't found a way of exporting the shotlist to the storyboard mode.

So if I want to add images to some of the shots I have to write the shotlist all over again in the storyboard!

also, it seems that I cant add shots to the storyboard without an image. Sure, I can just add a generic "empty frame" or something, just to get the shot in, but then I can't change this image at a later stage. So then I have to delete the whole shot from the storyboard, and then add it again.

So I'm still kind of surprised that I haven't found any software that allows me this:

1: To import a script, to get the correct scene numbers and headings

2. To write a shotlist based on the script

3. To add storyboard images to the individual shots

Now if I could also add special info about the shot, like "special equipment needs" or "day-for-night" etc. wouldn't this be of great use for both me and the 1st AD when he gets down to writing the call sheets?

thanks!

I'll try that one out.

i guess that word and excel are fine for writing down the shots, but what im after is something that helps me communicate my shotlist with other departments so that they easily can find the information important to them, as well as linking storyboard drawings and practical info regarding locations, special equipment need etc.

and so far Celtx seems like the best option

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Does anybody know of a decent software for writing shotlists?

Im getting tired of just typing shotlists in word....:)

Im hoping someone has made a software that allows you to input extra informations about the shots, ie craneshots etc and with a touch of a button call up all the crane shots

there should also be a software with the possibility to integrate storyboard sketches easily

any tips?

morten

dop

www.mortenforsberg.com

hey, nice blog and interesting sample images.

id like to discuss the notion of "where the skintones live".

it seems to me that keeping the skintones around 30 on the waveform (if you want them to read normally exposed in the end) is somehow contradictory to the ETTR rule of thumb.

If we imagine a scene with normal contrast safe within the range of the camera, and with no really bright highlights, (for example the scene with the girl at her desk without the bright spots of the pratical lamps) then the ETTR technique would place the skintones a fair bit higher on the waveform

Ive never really liked the idea that I should overexpose for a "thick" waveform if I intend the scene to look normal or dark in the end, and this blog is the first time I read any advise (at least from postproduction people) that agrees with this.

does anyone have any thoughts about this, or have experienced the "plastic looking" skintones from overexposing on the Red?

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Morten Forsberg

Dop

www.mortenforsberg.com

You don't say how much control you will have over other aspects of the production, but there are two major mistakes people make when trying to recreate the recent past:

 

One is that they try to decorate their sets with period items (60s in this case) but forget that back then all that stuff was new! So you have a house full knick-knacks that should only be a couple of years old at most, but it all looks forty years old!

 

You don't say what sort of budget you have but you really need to find new furniture that either has a timeless design or a retro 60s look, or genuine 60s furnishings that have been restored to look new.

(Of course this can be overdone: you routinely see period films full of cars that look far better now than they ever did when they were new!)

yeah I know what you mean

Well we have a decent enough budget to get the sets and production design to work, and with very qualified props and setdesigners to make it happen so Im confident that we wont repeat those mistakes.

thanks for all the input on films!

as far as diffusion goes Im considering something like classic soft or softfx, but the Black Nets might be a good idea too.

But heres something that just occurred to me:

has anyone used diffusion or low-con filters on the RedOne in order to lift the shadows and get a high-contrast scene within the range of the camera?

As one might expect, the Red's limited latitude in the highlights is one reason we're considering s16 as we have a lot of exterior scenes.

thanks, yeah if I go with red im probably going to add some diffusion

Days of thunder is a good call,

Im really looking for contemporary films that portray the early 60's. I dont want the film to look like is was shoot in back then in terms of filmstock, but im interested in how cinematographers today interpret the period. (if that makes any sense....)

There, sorry I didnt realize about the name thing. my first post thread you see.

well, i have tried to search the forum for similar posts with no luck but now i see that "60s" was an invalid searchterm or something.

anyway, to be more presice Im looking to create a rather cosy, romantic version of the period. Its set in the dusty countryside so both interiors and costumes will contain alot of earth-colours (brown, red-brown, dark green etc.)

I would like a warm and sunny look without to many strong colours.

Also I would like a slightly soft look to the images. For this S16 will be better suited I know, so part of what I want to investigate is how people have created this look on digital formats.

I guess "mad men" could be a reference, but the images in this show are to crisp and clean for what I am after.

Hope you get where Im going and that someone has any ideas of films i could try to watch.

cheers

morten

Im shooting my first feature this fall, and its a childrens movie taking place in the early 60's

Does anyone have any tips of modern films portraying this period in a good way?

We want to shoot the film in a classical style but havent settled on a format yet, the choices being s16 and Red, so any films set in the 60's shot on a digital format would be especially interesting to watch.

cheers