Anthony Halloran

Agreed... i am about to start shooting my next project on two Sony HVR-Z7U and am looking to do everything in my power to achieve some depth of field, and soften shots on talent. Thanks for checking out the video.

Helpful as always John. I actually went and got everything for china balls yesterday, but did not know what bulbs to get for them. I ended up getting a 120w incandescent "spiral" bulbs. Lit up my whole damn apartment. Also went and got hand dimmer parts and am going to throw those together tonight. Do you know about how much the 500w bulbs were? Also picked up a 750 worklight, hoping i may have something strong enough to get moonlight in my night interiors. Im guessing duvitine would be my best bet for controlling the china balls? Every thing for 3 hand dimmers Fixtures (bulbs i will be returning) and 5 china ballschina Extension cords for china balls Two 50 foot extension cords 750w work light LOTS of electrical tape Spent about $150 - it was a good day

Your shots of 24/12/60 FPS looked great too bro, going to cut together really badass!

I actually got to use a 12x12 with an ultrabounce on one of my last shorts. Put it high up and shot a 2500HMI into it. i was fairly happy with the results. Its the establishing shot about 28 seconds into the video below. But im sure all that nice equipment will be bedsheets on this next project. http://vimeo.com/2465815

Yea, they do have some larger 12x12 and 16x16 frames... not sure what a butterfly kit is tho.. :blink:... chances are i wont be able to get my hands on it for an out of class shoot.

The whole room was silent during your whole viewing of the footage. Really great work John, can't wait to see the finished edit.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I was definitely leaning towards some china balls.

Thanks for checking out my video, and for the feedback! Also i thought of the flashes director decided not to go with them once he saw them in the edit.

A short i shot for my room mate in a lighting class a few months back. Any feedback would be great, thanks. http://vimeo.com/2465815

What movies does everyone have in their collection that the DP speaks more than like 5 times throughout the commentary, and gives some good info? Thanks

Yea i figure i am pretty far off from being able to get some real "industry" lights or even anything close. Im kind of wondering what i could do with that much if i were to take it to the hardware store, or something similar. Looking more for what everyone uses for their DIY light kits. That HMI mayyyy be a possibility from school, but im not sure how we would power it at the handball court.

Hello all, new to the site and anxious to start getting some feedback from some of the very talented people on this site. I am currently attending film school and have been DP for a handful of shorts and a music video since i have been in school, but i am about to start pre-production on our biggest "out of class" project so far. I wanted to just post some of my concerns and...ideas and see what everyone would have to say. The story is a love story that shows the "realistic" ups and downs of a relationship (you wont find my name in the writing credits), and i want to show my ability to keep a visually exciting, yet still true-to-reality, feel to the video. My locations are: Int/Exterior of apartment living rooms, bedrooms... both night and day Ext. handball court day Ext. night, firepit/ poolside party Int. Larger home living room, day I will have access to a small amount of the school's lights. Three 650 Tweenies, possibly 1k or 2...some gels...bounce boards...And if i am lucky a 4x4 kino bank. Now the real reason for this post... I have set aside roughly $250.00 to start my own light kit and i am wondering where my money could best be spent, with access to to equipment i have already listed. I want to be able to buy something that can fill some of the larger locations of this shoot, and something strong enough to hopefully help augment the sunlight for the handball court scene. We are currently set to shoot this on two EX-3's, but are waiting to hear back on using a CineAlta (fingers crossed). Any feedback you think i could use on a low-budget shoot like this would be much appreciated !! Also we plan on having torches lining the pool...hopefully to minimize the amount of lights needed for the wide party shots. Wide shots at night are my biggest concern right now, the party will be fairly big and take up the whole back yard. Sorry for being all over the place on this guys. But shoot me any ideas u have! thanks again.