Richard Davis

This reply won't be any help, so i apologise in advance, but I'm guessing Staffordshire Uni right?!

I'm taking a gap year between level 2 and 3, so I have all that to look forward to in September.

I've just been to see it on Imax and I was blown away by it! I've never been a fan of Star Trek previously, but it felt like the concept has really been reinvented in this new film. The characters seemed fresh and the story was of a far higher standard than the majority of new films.

The cinematography was pretty cool. There were very few moments when it felt lacking and was rarely overly cooked, most moments of such coming from the mentioned flashes, which could be a bit over powering on the huge Imax screen.

Overall massively impressed though.

Hi,

I shot a short two weeks ago using a HVX-200 and, like your director, we wanted something a bit more "interesting" than 16:9, so we went for 2.4:1

I masked off the pull out screen on the camera to 2.4:1 and the also the directors monitor to 2.4:1. Due to the assignment regulations (it's a project for uni), we have to project it and hand it in in 16:9, so we're using a 2.4:1 window as a mask. The handy thing is that if it's decided we want to slightly change the framing of the shot, they can be moved up or down under the mask. I'd recommend this method, it looks pretty sweet.

These are two films I've made for my degree in Film Production Technology. I've made more, but these are the first two that I was officially DoP on.

Stalker: view here , this was for Video Editing Technology module.

Cinematography: view here , this was for the Cinematography Technology module.

Any feedback would be much appreciated!!