Cristian Olariu

Hi guys - I just finished shooting this Heinz Commercial Spec for their 'Top-This-TV' contest. It's posted online on youtube at Please give me some feedback, and if you like it, vote for it. Thank you. Cris

Nice general feeling. Good pace. Some of the shots could've used more lighting, like the one from down below as he is reading the card, you can't really see his face in it. Also, instead of a profile as he is reading the card I would've done a POV from the card.

Personally, I prefer to get a clean image in camera, then alter it in post. There is however a filter that I will always use on the camera: the polarizer. No matter what you do in post, I have never seen results that would compare to what a polarizer could do. There are another couple that look nice, not to mention the gradient ND filters, which always helped me so much. Cris

I was looking at your narrative reel, and here are my comments (these are based on personal preferences): Too slow, pick up the pace a bit. Some shots are way too long, especially the first one and the one of the little girl at the train station. I think you should only keep a few seconds of each. That way, you don't show us their backs for 10-15 seconds. Was that shot hand held? Cutting them short might also lose that. A lot of producers and directors like smooth, steady camera movements. Hope this helps a bit. Cris

WOW... I must really suck if no-one says anything.

Man... I must really suck if no-one says anything. :(

Oh... OK. Thanks for claryfying that for me. ;)

This is what I saw: "Starting at $2.50 per month, IMDb Resume is the lowest-priced resume resource available." (http://resume.imdb.com/) I hope you are right and I'm reading something wrong.

So how do you achieve the fast forward effect? The one when one character is moving at normal speed but everyone else in the room moves at very high speeds? Thanks. Cris

You are absolutely right. It doesn't matter what you do on a feature (or a short that is accepted to the festival; I don't know what the deal is for commercials or other work). You don't have to be a DP necessarily. Whatever you do, if the producer ads the film with all the people that got credited. There are a lot of people that have their IMDb pages on and have worked in smaller (not to be read as 'less important') roles.

The way I know it, there are two ways of getting a resume on IMDb. One is, just like David said, to have a feature on IMDb, then your credit will show up. (Even with a short that was in at least one festival, if the producer added the credits for it, then your resume will be created then.) The other is to pay to get it on there, and you have to do all the work of adding your stuff in. I personally do not agree with that, cause that way anyone can put anything on there.

Hi - My name is Cris Olariu. I recently uploaded my reel on my website and I was hoping I could get some feedback from other DPs/Directors/Camera Ops etc. Please take 5 minutes to take a look at http://www.crisolariu.com and tell me what you think (about the website, the reel, or both). Much obliged. Cris

R.I.P. Will be missed.

Hi - My name is Cris Olariu. I recently uploaded my reel on my website and I was hoping I could get some feedback from other DPs/Directors/Camera Ops etc. Please take 5 minutes to take a look at http://www.crisolariu.com and tell me what you think (about the website, the reel, or both). Much obliged. Cris

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