Jeremy Hughes

Flash photography hasn't gone anywhere and the high sensitivity has been more effective in still photography now for a while. When you're trying to keep a large room with a consistent look and be able to reset fast, I see the need for large lighting staying put for a long time, especially when you're competing with the sun.

you can but try to match as best as you can on set. The 5D and 7D have a softer almost yellow and magenta tint to the skin tones and smooth them out more than the EX. Also shoot to keep away from as much noise as possible. In coloring, I find I have to remove a little of those two colors to get a match. If you have a 35mm adapter and can use matching glass, that goes a long way too. I've done it on several projects. It works but it has extra work.

As a former storyboard artist, here's what I can tell you. You need as many frames per scene or per shot as what is required to get the idea across to all who need it. For instance, if its just dialog, you can do a nice job with a limited about of shots that need boarded. Wide, closeups, define camera movement, etc - enough that everyone from the actors to the DP to set can get a good idea of what will be in each shot. For action, one line of a script could have huge amounts of boards tied to it. For instance, you could have something like 10 boards for a single camera move that is covering the action. Its really important here in that anyone looking at them, can get exactly what needs to happen in that shot, even down to insurance companies. The actors should be able to understand what needs done, any wranglers and special effects people, on up and down the line. Its a bit of the gut instinct on yours and the directors part here. Pull those boards apart and putting them into a good animatic can also be a big next step - it actually can help speed things up a little for you if you are drawing pieces you know you're cutting up and putting together in an animatic. Hope that helps

Also, either add a psd layer of black bars overtop of your timeline or use a filter like crop or letterbox that is one long cut overtop of the rest of your film. That way you wont run into that issue.

Wow! I love that you can pause on any spot in that demo and the image would hold up on its own as a complete still photo. Very nice. The couple in the field and the balloon shots were standout to me.