Robert Hu

So i was ACing on this 16mm shoot and the DP was using a 10 to 100 zoom lens. When he chose to use 16mm on that lens, we had a focus issue. When I shift focus from foreground actor to the background actors, the size of the image shift too. The DP thought it wont show up on film. When I saw the footage today, the shift did show on film. And it is very apparent that the director don't think it is even usable. Does anyone know what is the cause of this?

I shot the film this weeekend on Vision II 250 D. Since out budget was really low, we could not get a gene. As a result, I could not use any lights nor fog machines. I had a polorizer, a black promist, and a ND 3 on for the most of it. Since it rained on Saturday, the continuity of the lighting is totally broken. We also did not have enough people on G&E so the 8 by and mirror board that I had was not used for the later half of the shoot. Yesterday I dropped the film to the lab to get a best light transfer. Does any one think I should get a supervised transfer for the final cut of the film?

I am shooting a short with Arri-SR. The story is set within the half of an hour after sunrise; however, due to budgetary reason I have to shoot the 12 pages in three days. I am gonna try to shoot all wide shoot in the morning and all tighter shots later in the day. Does anyone know how I can change the light with butterflies and refletors so the closer shots would match with the wide? Even though the woods is our only location, we have 6 to 8 small locations within the woods. That means we have to do company move several times. What kind of color filter should I use in order to give the film a post-dawn look, a little bit warmer? How can I make the film more saturated? I just did locatioin scout yesterday and the woods is very bushy and ugly. The director told me that that is our only option. Can I use fog filters instead of fog machines? The produer said we can get fog machine because we won't have a generator. Are there battery-powered fog machines? Does anyone know any good films that are shot in woods so I can study? I just saw "The Thin Red Line" which is amazing. In addition, what's the difference between Cookes and Zeiss? (Cookes are much more expensive than Zeiss.) Will I get better image if I use 35mm lens on a standard 16 camera? Thanks, Bobby