Ted Ramasola

Thanks for the constructive comments guys.

Thank you for your comments Noah, The shots and scenes were storyboarded and took 3 days to shoot with a fourth for pick-ups. Lighting was all natural for exteriors, with reflectors, interiors were just 2 tungsten redheads. Food shots were 2 flo softboxes and several small LED lights. I edited in 24P but several scenes where shot 30P, only a couple of scenes,were 60P. Reason I went with 30 is resolution, even though i knew I'd be slowing down almost all the scenes, the camera can only give me 60P at 720, knowing i'd be projecting on big screen, I went with 30P and used twixtor for scenes requiring more than 70 percent slowdown. Shooting during these months in asia is tricky and mostly cloudy and overcast, so i mostly filter my exteriors with grads. Reason I used a that "amberish" looking grad (I forgot if its called sepia or coffeee), on that balcony scene was the framing and colors involved with bldg. I felt that the "amberish" hue can blend in with the "brownish"wooden structure that was in the half of the frame, I thought I can get away with it better than using blueish grad. I think I also used ND grad together with that amberish color as it was so overcast all of a sudden for that scene. I have "mixed reviews" on that scene from other DPs, and I liked how I got differing opinions about it. Ted

I have to correct a typo on that last post regarding the exported sequential TIIFs, I wrote 7gig. It supposed to be 37 gig in size. So I had to send 9 dvd discs filled with those files to the DP supplier to convert it for ingest.

Yesterday I went to one of the local malls with digital cinema projection to preview the ad I made for digital projection. I was blown away by the results. This is digital 3D capable cinema with an 11.5 x 5.5 meter screen(38.5 x 18 ft). EDIUS NLE output sequential TIFF files to preserve quality then separately output a single 48khz wav file. This was from a 1080 23.97P timeline. I edited using a SPARK card output to a 32in LCD monitor during the grading process. Grading was 95 percent done in EDIUS. I sent the resulting 7 gig file to the digital cinema provider to convert the files into a file compliant for ingest in the projection server. I was told they are JPEG2000 files. Which particular ones I wasnt told. I still have to check the file in the server. Heres a pic of the theater to see the size of the screen;

Thank you Kieran, I used a jib I made without a remote head, it seemed to move but it was just an illusion because of rotation of the whole rig, and a wide 11mm lens. Some filtration are done in camera, sepia grads, NDs and a pola to control the reflection on the golf cart windshield. I agree my music choices are limited due to budget and those were the closest to their spec from my existing library. Ted

Adam, I went back to the edit, and hopefully i can use this for the mass produced giveaway DVDs and for their resorts' online gallery. I removed some dissolves where its supposedly in real time and left mostly those for time changes and suggestive 'imagination' scenes. Its still for critique so its private with the password: test video link Please see if its better. And also for others as well, I know theres a lot to learn from those in this forum. Best, Ted

Thanks for the comments Adam. I'll push myself harder.

Its my first post here, been a member for a while now, but would like to "test the waters" of the community. I produced this cinema commercial for digital projection using a 7D. Sure would like to get some feed back to improve on. This is already approved by the client though, but I thought I'd share also to technical people so I can do better for next time. Every production aspect is mine, from storyboard shooting and post. PINR Cinema Commercial