Francisco Valdez

John Bailey and Gabriel Beristain in "Incident at Lochness"

I totally agree! There's no point in elaborating on that

Very nice images and good choice in music too Congratulations!

I swtiched to test skin and it seems to be working fine. Which is a great thing for me, the only reason I ever use Firefox is to come here. I don't know which one is a better software, but by now I feel at home when using Safari. Francisco

Use common sense, if your character is far from the TV set, avoid giving the light comming from the TV to much presence. More often than not, starting filmmakers overdo this effect. Subtlety is the key, what might look like almost nothing to your eye, is about the right amount, especially if the tv is of different color temperature, than your other sources. I've used efectively a daylight balanced soft source, while moving slowly some folded gels (blue in my case) in front the source. All that said, I guess that an ultra low budget way to do it, is to use a real TV and since you don't see it in the frame you can place it as close as you need to. Are you shooting film or video? Good luck, Francisco

Thanks a lot, Francisco

That's kind of my general understanding as well. For some reason the director is very interested in knowing the exact definition according to the industry standards, that is if such a thing exists. He wants to make sure we are all talking about the same thing, when we have our next meeting with the Line Producer, whom I'm almost sure will have his own personal definition of what a setup is. Thanks, Francisco

While planing our shots and estimated setup times, the Director of a film I'm iinvolved in, asked me what constituted a setup. I said that everytime you move the camera, do a change on the lighting or both it constitutes a different setup. He asked me if this was the dictionary definition of what a setup was. To which I ansewered that this was just my personal understanding, but that there was a good chance that I was wrong. Does anyone have an answer? Thanks, Francisco

Thanks

The ASC magazine of what month? I usually read the entire magazine every month but I've fallen behind the last few months and would like to read that article while the movie is still fresh in my mind. Thanks, Francisco

Try asking a question... Or you can also browse around the forums There are a lot of people sharing their knowledge in here. Francisco

So his face is 5 stops under? Hum... I'm staying away from this emulsion

Fahrenheit 451

One stop under exposure is not enough for the silhouette effect.

I think his shadow on the wall has to much presence in the frame. The size of it suggests he was slightly lit from below, which the sun never does unlees you're high in the sky. To my eyes it truely looks like daylight. I don't think I need to see "the window" on the right to feel it's pressence, the light of the "sun" comming through it is enough evidence that there's a window around there.