daveyboy

Hiya i'm hoping to get my film graded - telecined at some company. They sent me an email saying 'Are we grading to an edl?' Does anyone no what this means? Also she said 'If you can provide me with examples of grading references you are after - i will try to get someone on board for you.' Does she mean what sort of films i like the look of to help them with the grading. The film is 16mm b+w if that makes any difference to any of the answers. Thanks for help

as you know from my previous post (be great if someone could give me some feedback on that) i am a relative newbie to cinematography. We're shooting in a studio with a mixture of lights already mounted. I was wondering if there's any online articles help files i can read where i can learn about using such lights to the best effect. I can't find any! We're trying to make the scene dark, film noir style so should i not use them and stick to0 using red heads. Should i keep them nearer the ceiling or bring them down closer to the actors. Will it best to put some sort of tracerr paper over them or close the barn doors a lot to cut down the amount of light it gives off. Is there any normal/basic sort of setup i.e. one behind one infront one on the side of the actor etc - or should i just try certain things out and see what happens. We only have the studio for two days, so i won't have much experimenting time. Also is there anythnig i need to watch out for, a common mistake i could make to muck the look of the film up. Also it would be great if someone could explain to me the process of using a grey card when doing light meters, as i'm still not 100% clear of what it's used for. i.e. shouldn't i take a lot reading of the actualy people/objects in the scene not of a grey card which won't be in the scene? I know you can tell i'm a complete novice but anyone's help would be much appreciated. thanks guys Dave

as you know from my previous post (be great if someone could give me some feedback on that) i am a relative newbie to cinematography. We're shooting in a studio with a mixture of lights already mounted. I was wondering if there's any online articles help files i can read where i can learn about using such lights to the best effect. I can't find any! We're trying to make the scene dark, film noir style so should i not use them and stick to0 using red heads. Should i keep them nearer the ceiling or bring them down closer to the actors. Will it best to put some sort of tracerr paper over them or close the barn doors a lot to cut down the amount of light it gives off. Is there any normal/basic sort of setup i.e. one behind one infront one on the side of the actor etc - or should i just try certain things out and see what happens. We only have the studio for two days, so i won't have much experimenting time. Also is there anythnig i need to watch out for, a common mistake i could make to muck the look of the film up. Also it would be great if someone could explain to me the process of using a grey card when doing light meters, as i'm still not 100% clear of what it's used for. i.e. shouldn't i take a lot reading of the actualy people/objects in the scene not of a grey card which won't be in the scene? I know you can tell i'm a complete novice but anyone's help would be much appreciated. thanks guys Dave

OK i'm a pretty much newbie to DOP/Cinematography but i'm doing it for one of our student films - i wonna be a Director - We are shooting on 16mm colour film stock. My Director wants me to try and make a part of the short film look Black and White - even though we're shooting on colour stock. We're gonna make the actor wear grey/white/black type clothes with a dark background. He's gonna wear make up, like they do in olden silent films. Basically i don't have a clue how this is gonna turn out. What do you think??? Also i'm not sure how to light this, as if i give too much light your gonna be able to see the yellows/oranges of the lights. Also i don't want to underlight so you can't make out the actor and what he's doing. I just wonna really know what experts feel this could turn out like. Will it look rubbish or could it be good. We're shooting on an old Arri camera, a BL i think. The film stock i believe is Kodak 400 that's the norm right? but honestly i'm not completely sure yet! Is there any special gel, filters i need to use. It's all going to be shot inside. Will i need to push the F stop or anything like this also. As you can tell i am pretty much a newbie. Any advice/help would be great. Thanks. David

OK i'm a pretty much newbie to DOP/Cinematography but i'm doing it for one of our student films - i wonna be a Director - We are shooting on 16mm colour film stock. My Director wants me to try and make a part of the short film look Black and White - even though we're shooting on colour stock. We're gonna make the actor wear grey/white/black type clothes with a dark background. He's gonna wear make up, like they do in olden silent films. Basically i don't have a clue how this is gonna turn out. What do you think??? Also i'm not sure how to light this, as if i give too much light your gonna be able to see the yellows/oranges of the lights. Also i don't want to underlight so you can't make out the actor and what he's doing. I just wonna really know what experts feel this could turn out like. Will it look rubbish or could it be good. We're shooting on an old Arri camera, a BL i think. The film stock i believe is Kodak 400 that's the norm right? but honestly i'm not completely sure yet! Is there any special gel, filters i need to use. It's all going to be shot inside. Will i need to push the F stop or anything like this also. As you can tell i am pretty much a newbie. Any advice/help would be great. Thanks. David