Ronald Carrion

But other times i see things with noise that are very pleasant to watch. I think it's because the noise, in some movies, adds some sort of character to the them. In others. the noise is just a mistake. On film, the grain adds some nostalgic feeling.

But other times i see things with noise that are very pleasant to watch. I think it's because the noise, in some movies, adds some sort of character to the them. In others. the noise is just a mistake. On film, the grain adds some nostalgic feeling.

But other times i see things with noise that are very pleasant to watch. I think it's because the noise, in some movies, adds some sort of character to the them. In others. the noise is just a mistake. On film, the grain adds some nostalgic feeling.

I just watched Thomas Vintenberg's "The Celebration", winner of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, it was shot entirely in handheld Sony PC-7 , the smallest video camera available in 1997. I liked it. Nothing wrong with the grainy look.

I wanted to make a short movie based on "Arena", the classical science fiction story. But then, I found it very hard to do : the guy is talking to himself all the time (thinking), and the planet he is in has blue arena. I started with the adaption based in what I had and could achieve: instead of one guy with voice over, two guys, so they can talk to each other and jump to conclusions. And, not a planet with blue arena anymore, but a desert full of dunes. Let's see.

I have been thinking that noisy images are not always something terrible. It can add personality to a movie. Cassavettes's "Shadows" , and Lars Von Trier's "Dancer in the Dark" come to mind. (I am using the word noise and grain for the same purpose in this topic). If so, why is that noise is so criticized?

Almendros Storaro Deakins Prieto Hall

I totally agree , Fred.

Hello John, thank you for your time and your review. I was told at the lab where the film was developed (Pro8mm in Burbank, CA) that, apparently, the film was jumping because there was something going on with the right functioning of the camera. I was never very convinced of that because in other parts of the same wedding there is no jumping so I think it could have been the film in the magazine. In a second thought, it could have been too, that because the camera was on a tripod which was on a garden, the stability failed when the camera started rolling, producing that jumping. Anyway, I didn't have that problem again. It did bother me the first time I saw it, though. John, this was my first wedding ever. I had never done a wedding before, not even on video. So, I thought, "OK. I going to film just a few parts of the ceremony, a bit here and there, in order to save film". However, to my surprise, there was a script for the whole ceremony. Even the jokes were in there. And, as a request of the bride, and for the sake of the funny moment forever on film, the ceremony had to be filmed entirely. To my financial relieve, the length of the ceremony was way shorter than I thought, just a few minutes, unlike the ones in my country (Peru) where weddings last around one hour. The reason of the inter-cuts doesn't obey esthetic reasons, it was simply because is right in those moments in which I had to change the film roll , so, in order to avoid a few seconds of nothingness a placed romantic takes of the couple in those spaces. I filmed a lot that day, so the romantic takes of the couple came in handy when needed. The magic of editing, you know. Finally, the subtitles. Well, after the new wife saw the first cut of the film, she asked me to include subtitles of her part because she was so emotional in that moment that she couldn't speak clearly. Even-though the officiant is saying the same words, and you can hear him, she still wanted to have the words of her vows as subtitles as proof that her vows were there. I understood, so I made them. John, thank you one more time, and if you want to see more of this wedding, just go my Youtube page right in my profile. Cheers. Ronald.

Hi, A while ago I posted my two weddings on vimeo. How do you think it could have been etter? I will greatly appreciate a few minutes of your time to watch them and say something about it. Thank you. Link: http://vimeo.com/12622315

Is it possible to become a cinematographer without knowing much about electricity? I am really good and experienced at camera operation but not really experienced in lighting and electricity. Can I still be considered a cinematographer? I think that a gaffer can do that job for me. I could direct the lights but he would do the rest. I like to concentrate in the camera. What do you think?

But what about "Days of Heaven"? It has made 3 and a half million in revenues since 1978. The director, Malick, and cinematographer, Almendros, kept making movies...

Nestor Almendros.

I have used the 1014 xls for a few weddings. Great camera in my opinion, very strong, and with several interesting features ( like the timelapse) . About the noise, I remember in one wedding people turned their heads towards me like saying "what's that noise?" But after the ceremony nobody would notice. I filmed the whole day with only one set of batteries. Here is a sample of two of them in vimeo. ( In the wedding abroad the Queen Mary there was hair in the right side of the frame. The guys at Pro8 told me that my camera was needing some some cleaning. Any way, here are the samples). Enjoy. http://www.vimeo.com/2598704

Thats ok. You can always add an anamorphic lens to a 16mm camera and thats it.

Hello Antonio Please send pics at rcarrion2007@sbcglobal.net In case you haven't sold it yet. Thanks.

Well, I have the V1U and I wouldn't recommend that. What I do is to exposure for the object in front of the lens, whether there is window or not. That will open the iris to get the light needed. If you expose for the windows it will look dark when you have a take inside the room and as far I as I know-the V1U can not handle darkness very well. Whatever you do I wouldn't recommend more than 6db of gain and no more than 24 shutter speed other wise you'll get the oil paint effect> Good luck.

Dont you think this camera is too noisy? You are going to need a sync camera.