Amarjeet Singh Sadal

What light meter would you guys recommend for under £200? Using mainly on HD obv. Primarily on Alexa. My friend recommended L758. But it's too expensive for me. Any suggestions?

Great titles there everyone. But why many international titles are omitted/ignored: - Das Boot (Germany) - Vozvrascheniye (Russia) - Confessions (2010 Japan) - Memories of Murder (S.Korea) - Come & See (Russia) - Reconstruction (Denmark) - Traffic - Revolutionary Road - There will be Blood - Seven - Eyes Wide Shut

hello everyone. here's my website. your critique is greatly appreciated. www.amarjeet.net there's two trailers from full length feature I did. one can be viewed in full HD here: www.amarssadal.com/trailer222.mov thx

hi all, please have a look at the following commercial. i am having a shoot coming up quick, am directing it, and see potential to use similar cinematography in it. unfortunately my dop is worthless and i dont have any choices. could you all please look at it below and give me an idea of what lenses and techniques were used to acheive these looks. thanks all.

any tips and ideas on shutter speeds. i have heard one might be able to see ground glass texture when over/under exposed with wrong shutter speed. shooting in a church with ample lighting. also we are shooting this feature for festivals and dvd release. what shooting mode would be ideal for this? i was thinking 25p would do just fine.

u cant do any sparks or shocks in those programs. try and get hold of after effects and tinderbox plugin or any other. just make sure u have shot the light effect of sparks on location. its a peice of cake thereafter.

no way u gonna acheive this without using vfx. riggin ping pong balls and doing it would make matters complex and spoil the whole schedule. 3d is the way to go. also modelling ping pong balls aint that difficult :) if camera is moving. it twice as difficult since you would need trackpoints and would have to track it. i believe u would be shooting minidv. if yes, then forget moving shot. go for a static shot. that way u only have to worry about composite.

you can always cut mattes and color correct it. i know its a pain. but sometimes its the only way out. i suggest you go this way. no hassles.

didnt read all the post. but i understand that this would be the answere for your query. http://www.trapcode.com/products_soundkeys.html it has already been used very extensively in the industry here are some clips which use it: http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/wire.mov http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/mtv_reaction.mov http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/ss1.mov http://www.trapcode.com/gallery/ss2.mov regards amarjeet

hi martin, it was shot on university studio since we had no budget for anything. we used arri srII filming on 100t 7212. lenses available to us were 9mm, 12mm, a zoom lens(don remember focal length, sorry) lights used were 1000, 600 & dedo. got back telecine footage on a minidv since our uni avid only has minidv decks. post production color correction and visual effects were done on after effects and fusion. regards, amarjeet

thanks daniel, ken and everyone else. dvcpro50 it is. next proj is sure on hd though. thanks all.

hi all, student film maker needs an hvx200 with brevis/mini35 adapter. for a weeks shoot in london/canterbury. people who are interested can mail me on amarssadal@gmail.com regards, amarjeet

dear all, thanks a million, all the replies above have solved almost all of my confusions and doubts about hvx and its adapters. a great forum this is for confused chaps like me. thanks a lot again for taking time and answering my queries. only one last question remaining now guys. i have ready access to a dvcpro50 910. its free since it comes from my uni. that along with all the lights, dollies, jib, tracks everything comes free to me. since its a student project as you would know, its on a shoestring budget. would you think its worth for me to invest my money into an hvx200 when i have a dvcpro50 lying around??? i understand that film/story/acting is more important than technology used. but my films more about visuals rather than story. hope you understand. in future when i start work commercially would it add weight to my cv if i say "i have worked with hd" making my current investment in hvx worthwhile??? the thing is am extremely concious and concerned about the quality of images produced for my film. check these links to get an idea of my visual aethetics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylS_DcUm1hA http://www.photo.net/photos/Amarjeet%20Singh%20Sadal

filmmaker looking for a dop for next project. shoot locations are london/canterbury. projects will be shot on hd, but we can mutually agree if you think film would suit. i have access to super16 with equipment, accessories, tracks, jibs, dollies, lights, etc. need a dark noir look for this film set 90% in interiors. would add huge weight to your showreel. some visual effects shoot also would be there which include chroma shoots and seamless shots. you can view some of my past work on these websites: http://www.photo.net/photos/Amarjeet%20Singh%20Sadal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylS_DcUm1hA open to experimenting and pushing the limits. script provides for vivid imagination and absolute freedom to experimentation. email me on: amarssadal@gmail.com dunno if i am breaking any rules by posting this here. if i am then sorry, please if you could direct me to another website/forum where i can get further help, would really appreciate that.

i have access to super16 film camera at my uni, but am scared since the stocks costs ridiculous. instead i would want to have a hd and forget worrying about retakes. i have a dell m90 with about 360gb of external storage. answeres to the questions above would be a huge help really. also if anyone is based in london and would like to associate with my project as a dop i would be more than honoured. you can contact me on amarssadal@gmail.com

thanks a lot kevin for the quick reply. those links were informative but those are company websites which always upsell their products. do u have practical experience using any of those adapters. please people. i need answeres to all the questions. would be a great help. thanks

a student film maker here with some questions: ------------------------------------------------------- which is the best adapter for hvx200 - brevis, m2, teknik, mini35, movietube and others? and what do these adapter do to the image? whats the size of footage shot at full res uncompressed on hvx? lets say 1min. footage? how does it record sound? is it recorded on the proprietory format? whats a hvx2pc workflow? any idea where can i rent the hvx along with an adapter in london? please guys. am in pre-production right now and answeres to these question will be highly appreciated. if you think some of the questions have already been answered then jus direct me to the old thread. thanks a lot for your help.

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off all the high-end talk about cinematography happening here. a very simple and amateur request. everyone knows that every film we see is digitally graded. but if claudio along with others can post a raw frame and cc'ed frame(a few of them :)) it would be highly educating to see what a great dp sees and shoots to get a particular look he has in mind. thanks all for sharing

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am planning to shoot my next project on hvx200 with the brevis. i will need to hire it though. it would cost me aorund 300£ or so for a week. i have ready and free access to a dvcpro50 910. i had been told that dvcpro50 910 would gimme image quality on par with hvx200. if i use the mentioned dvcpro then i can use the money thus saved on production. what would you reckon i use? also consider that the footage would go through some heavy post production...vfx, color correction, composites....

what laptop would u recommend to edit and composite real hi-def footage. am 0ing in on dell precision m90 and dell xps1710???

OHH!!! SORRY PEOPLE DON BOTHER. I FOUND THE HI-DEF SECTION FORUM.

soon i will be shooting my 3rd and final short as a student. i had been given a budget and am thinking about going hi-def. i need to know a lot about it as in: > which cam to hire? > where can i hire cheapest? > what is the media these cameras record on? > is it uncompressed 4:4:4? > whats the difference between a DVCAM and HDV > whats the difference between a varicamand hvx200 all that and anything else that i need to know. coz i don wanna end up making a fool of myself if midway/post-production we realize we goofed up. reason i am going for a hi-def over 16mm is that i need freedom in the amount of footage i can shoot. hope i am right in assuming that.

thanks lee. i would appreciate some feedback and talk on this kind of film making. some technical & fx criticism is also welcome.