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andrew heggli

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  1. Hi all Been watching clips, trailers and tv spots from Sweeney Todd, and in one scene where Mr. Depp sings "I will have vengeance, i will have salvation", his face is in the trailers very pale and white, but in the clips or tv spots (can't remember which) the same scene, his face is more "normal" coloured. Have they changed this in Lustre? Or some other digital grading software?
  2. Whats a diffuser? Yes, I am a "noob" :rolleyes: And do you really need any additional lighting for makeup rooms? I was a photographer for a school play thing and I thought a couple of the pictures came out pretty good with just the lightbulbs around the mirror: http://driftnorway.deviantart.com/art/Behi...scenes-71729275
  3. Hi all How does one get exposure right? Are there any tools other than the camera to do this? Seen lots of "making ofs" where some guy goes up to the actress with a small device, points it at her cheek, then turns and walks off. I have a DSLR camera that has metering options in camera, and thats all good if your gonna shoot auto. But if your shooting manual what can you use? Andrew
  4. If i offended anyone i apologize, but that was not the point. And I did not exclude everyone else, (as can see in the second line of quote) i just thought of addressing Mr. Mullen because it seems he has worked on bigger projects than most of us. Thought maybe digital grading was only for the bigger projects, therefore i addressed him. Thank you very much for the replies, everyone. They were very informative. Andrew
  5. This is a question directly to David Mullen, if its allowed on this site. Hope you have the time and are willingy to answer David, it would be very much appreachiated. I was watching the LOTR exra material a few days ago and finally got the answer to how they got the colours and shine in some of the scenes. now to the questions (anyone can answer really, but would like it if Mr. Mullen answered as well): 1. Are you familiar with digitalgrading? 2. How much does the DOP have to do with digital grading when used? Know that Andrew Lesnie was a part of the grading but it usually just the digital grader (?) thats doing the job? Andrew
  6. Thanks Eric, I'll check it out! Peace
  7. I don't really have a great answer but it'll probably be difficult determining the light source because that looks like some heavy post production... Sorry for the non-informative reply :P
  8. For those who haven't seen the trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_featur...omises/trailer/ enjoy! Well, I was kind of sceptic to Viggo Mortensen playing a Russian, but after seeing the trailer... WOW. This is definately a movie I'm gonna watch. Viggo has the russian accent done real good. The cinematography seems good (though its just a trailer so... never know, many films look wonderful as trailers but aren't all that when you see them at the cinemas), but what really put me on to this was 1. The story (mafia flick, russian mafia) 2. Viggo Mortensens acting... wow, i mean, if its as good in the rest of the movie as in the trailer then this is gonna be good! 3. Viggo Mortensens look in the movie. He visually suits this role REALLY well. He seems much older (far stretch from Aragorn this...) and has loads of tattoos. And the way he acts so calm and controled. Just like a mafia boss. Anyways, anybody else think this looks good? Peace Andrew
  9. Hi all I'm thinking of shooting a 5 min short and renting a canon xh a1. The reason I chose this one was because I've seen a few youtube vids (i know they're not the best quality) and it seems like a pretty good camera. I know you have to customize the settings to get the effects you want, but that is also one of the reason i would like to rent this one. I'm looking for a prosumer camera to grow as a cinematographer, one where i have to set the right settings for the picture to come out as i want it to. The short is a thriller/sci fi short and will be shot at night. ok, down to the questions: 1. How good is the depth of field on this camera? 2. Is it easy to control the colours on the camera or would this be better to do in post? 3. What are the main problems you have come across using this camera? (even in post) 4. Would like to have 1.85:1 aspect ratio, is this a bad idea? Are there any "guide letterboxes" on the camera? (hope everyone understood that question :P ) All comments appreciated. Peace Andrew
  10. hi guys, sorry if its in the wrong category, if any mods would like to, feel free to move it. yep, its from the Notre Dame in Paris! =) Btw, thanks for the feedback Michael, very much appreciated! Peace Andrew
  11. Heres a couple of pictures I've taken with the Sony Alpha DSLR, woudl like some consteructive feedback if anybody has some time on their hands. Will be very much apprechiated. Well, here the first one, and before you see it, if i were to do it again, i would have had a lower ISO. Still think it turned out ok though. http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/42875386/ I was just waling to somebodys place if i remember correctly and saw this and decided to take a pic. Thought it turned out ok. Both colours and (whats this called in english again... english is actually my first language... just speak too much norwegian nowadays...)... whats it called again? composure? The way the picture is set up. http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/43043179/ These pics are a bit old but they're the onyl ones i have online right now. Peace Andrew
  12. lol, thanks for the comments David! i live in norway, theres loads of girls to shoot (though i might have one perticular in mind :D ) and i will take all the advice here, really glad i found this site. I should probably buy a cheap SLR like Patrick said. WAIT! i just thought about it right now! maybe i can buy the one my dad has! its old but i think it still works. and his got multiple lenses so that could be fun too! anyways, i will try to get hold of a slr and i will use the dlsr i have right now to take pictures with different light settings. About the manual mode thing, i've been testing that out lately, fun stuff! I've (for once) started reading the manual, i'm about half way through. I guess alll in all the best thing i can do is get practice and read. Thanks again for the posts!
  13. thanks for hte replys guys! I'll definatly be purchasing that book! and the lighting, taking a picture every 45 degrees seems like good practice. Just gonna have to save up for a 35mm slr... I have a Sony Alpha digital camera right now so will be testing out some stuff with that very soon! Hopefully I'll be able to put some pics up on the net and get some critque from you guys.
  14. ok, I'll be very straight forward about this, i know NOTHING about lighting (at least compared to the majority of people on here) and would like to learn about this as quickly as possible. Where shoudl I start? Any good internetsites for pre-reading? Any good books? dbut most important of all, where can I get experience? I have not got the money to be buying lighting equipment myself (not sure how much it costs but if its anything like the other technical wonders in film making then...) and even if I get a job as an AC, according to what i know about that job, I will be mostly watching other people do stuff (and even that will be useless if i don't understand the technical terms). So, great light masters, where shoudl i start? Peace Andrew
  15. That right there is so poetic! I could not agree more! Especially after watching The Prestige :P
  16. WOW, thanks for the posts (almost) everybody! I saw the picture, and yep, it was a machine, good. I just couldn't get my mind around how a cameraman would have space to move in there. and i agree with chris and the others, that wasn't just money, even though they might have had a lot of it. there loads of high budget bull crap thats been put out before. I will watch the youtube videos also, right after posting this! Thanks again Peace Andrew
  17. I haven't seen te whole movie (I will though), but the car scene I've seen on youtube and I was really stuck on how they did that? How did they have space for a camera man in there!? Was there no cameraman in there? did they use some remoted controled thing? (didn't look like that to me though... shots were too smooth) if anyone knows i'd really appreciate it. Peace Andrew
  18. i don't think its only because they can like chris said (though i agree with you on that, part of the fun with animation is just that, its animation, its not real), but also because it expandes possibilites for other feature films that are to be produced. Before it was real easy to see the difference bewtween real and fake, now that the difference between "real" and "fake" is becoming smaller, maybe some shots will be much easier for movie makers to do. A really dangerous stunt sequence e.g.... i dunno... theres probably loads of uses for it. Maybe not as a whole film made that way (it would become boring if all the movies were like this, just think this one is the first to look THIS real, therefor i am fascinated). Peace
  19. easiest would probably be to search for and buy them online... good luck
  20. 1. (in other words THE one i would choose, if i had to choose just one), Andrew (he has my name!!!) Lesnie. Mainly because i think that other than both creative and technical aspect of making movies, he can also teach the business side of it. + he's been on two huge projects (LOTR and King Kong). 2. Draw between Dion Beebe and Robert Richardson (hope his name is spelt like that). 3. David Mullen (haven't seen much of his work but seems like a real down to earth guy and others on this site praise his genius so, must be good + he does seem knowledgeable) Peace
  21. Thanks for the reply! ok, in the first fadein frame we see benicios face to the right of the frame, as you said, theres really no full black, if you look to the left (the dark space in the image) its not really black, since i'm better at still photographer i'd say they might put the ISO levels very slightly too high up or something. And basically throughout the rest of the trailer, the colours are very... bland... they're not the same sharp high contrasty colours many films today have. Those are the two main things i think that made me react to the trailer looking different.
  22. For those who haven't seen the trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/t...ire/medium.html I was just wondering why this film looks so... different... Most movies on cinema these days are looking (or at least trying to look) real "crisp" and clean. Why doesn't this one look like that? (not asking why the film makers did it this way, i'm wondering HOW they did it that way). Peace Andrew
  23. onyl seen the trailer to 2046 but yeah it looks like a beautiful film, gonna have to catch that one too. fellowship of the ring is also a classic, andrew (he has my name! lol) lesnie did a great job.
  24. thank you everybody for the comments, espcially jonathan! Btw, even though its wonderful to know how they set up the light, i was wondering more how they got the colour, because the two photos i added (as stated before) aren't really showing how it looked in the movie. In the movie (maybe one of you guys have the dvd or have watched the movie recently enough to remember) the skin of both bond and vesper had this lovely (IMO) golden colour to it. As Chris said "As I remember, that whole scene was very warm and luch, as if from all firelight even though there was only one candle on the table. Those stills aren't as warm as I remembered the scene. Probably lots of CTO and/or straw going around.". Would the CTO and/or straw be the reason their skin gives that colour? Just thought it looked great, especially when the rest of the colours in the frame where black or dark red.
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