axel lindahl

Hi I´ve got a couple commercial coming up next weeks and we are after a "flashlight look". Ive got some ideas for achieving this but if someone has done something similair or have any good ideas Im all ears and would be grateful for any input. All spots are shot night interior and Im thinking of using one strong single source from camera, a bit topped for more contrasty faces, softing it just a bit and flagging/scrimming off the sides, leaving a burnt out spot in the middle... Anyone?

No I also heard that the french one was a bit tricky. I talked to a rental house here in Sweden last week and they had also tested the french-based Phantom and had big problems with it. Their experience was that it was more broadcast- than film-based. Did you have any technicans from the rental house with you?

Thanks for reply! I have more or less realised that 2K will be too much to ask for at 4000fps. 1920 might be the one in the end. The thing is that we are finishing in Lustre and my experience is that Lustre can compress 35mm scanned to 2K into 1920 and 720 very well and the grading looks fabulous but when starting with like 720 then it really doesn't hold. Therefore I would say that 1920 is my rock bottom. The action we are shooting are explosions, kind of like the end of Zabriskie Point but the director is talking about take it further. We are also going to shoot some things in 1000fps, like close-ups with differnet kind of liquids running down the face. Honestly I have not much experience with "raw" HD, 90% of what I do is 35 but as I understand it that shooting at this speeds digital is better. If you have any opinions in this matter, I would really appriciate! You seem to be much more experienced than me shooting high-speed, Im very thankful for all your input!

Hi! Im Axel, dp from sweden and Im a rookie at this forum. I have a quite big shot coming up with a lot of technical things in-camera, cos the director wants as little post-work as possible. W will probably shooting in France. The thing is we are going to shoot extrem high speed, like 4000fps and we probably will be going for 2K instead of 35mm. I know the Phantom can handle this but there are rental problems with phantom around europe because we are shooting very soon. Maybe the Phantom will be available for us but in case not does anyone know any alternatives? We have been looking at industrial and military-cameras but the problem there is the resolution. Also the Weisscam have been discussed but it does only support PAL at 1000fps and that isn't enough for us. If any of you have any familiar experience or experience with the Phantom I would be very grateful for your input. Every input is very appriciated! //Axel