Jim Nelson

thanks for your help. So you put the same information on the camera mag and on the film can?

Hi, I've seen 2nd AC's put gaffer tape on the camera mag and on the film can and write information on the gaffer tape but I can't remember what they wrote on them. What information does the 2nd AC have to put on the mag and what information do you have to put on the film can once the roll is exposed? Can someone help me out? Thanks

I wasn't able to find it on the forum either. But now I know how to find your previous posts. Anyways it's all good now. so sorry again :)

So sorry. I saved the answers on my computer but I forgotten some of them and I couldn't find them on my computer for some reason, so I got a bit stressed out. That's why I asked again, just to remember the answers. Fortunately I found them, so I'm all good now. Sorry about that.

Hi, Can someone please help me out? I know that you adjust the lights from wide shot to a medium shot and from medium shot to close up in order to make every shot look good. I also know that sometimes when we go in closer then the lights may look more harsh. Apart from that, can someone please give me some other examples on how the lights and the shadows may look different when we go from a wide shot to a medium shot and from a medium shot to close up? Thanks

thank you very much for your help. I understood the reason why we use very intense lights but I'm sorry didn't really understand exactly why sometimes what I see through my eyes is exactly the same as what I see through the viewfinder or LCD screen and other times it is a bit dimmer?

Hi, what is the problem when you use auto focus and the subject moves in the frame? What I mean here is that he always stays in the center of the frame but changes distances from the camera. Will the auto focus always focus on him properly or not? Will it focus smoothly or not? thanks

And also what is the problem when you use auto focus and the subject moves in the frame? What I mean here is that he always stays in the center of the frame but changes distances from the camera. Will the auto focus always focus on him properly? thanks

Hi, What are the problems when you use the auto functions of a camera (auto focus, auto white balance, auto exposure etc)? Thanks

But what if you use a wide angle lens and the subject moves and changes distances? I know that you don't have to change the focus as long as he's in the depth of field. So where is the best place to set the focus? What I mean is: should you set the focus at the beginning of the action or the middle, or in the end?

hi, I've noticed that sometimes when you light, then look through the view finder, the image looks a little darker. Other times it just appears exactly the way I see it with my eyes. Each time it was properly exposed. Can someone please tell me is it like this? Obviously I know that the human eye can see in every light intensity unlike the camera. Also why do we use such intense lights in filmmaking? thanks

Hi, Can someone please help me out? When you have a wide angle, does it really matter where you place the focus, since everything is in focus anyway? And if it does matter, where should you place it? Thanks

Thank you so much. It was very very helpful.

thank you very much for your help. when you say that "the lighting may not look as good", are you also referring to the shadows that may not look the same from a different angle? and what are the other examples, other than the one you mentioned already, of light that doesn't look the same from a different angle but at the same distance from the subject? thanks a million

Hi, Can someone please help me out? I know now why you adjust lights when going from a wide to a medium and then to a close up. But why do you adjust the lights when you are at the same distance from the subject but just at a different angle than the previous shot? What I mean is that you don't go from wide to medium, but just from a wide shot to another wide shot. Or from a medium shot to another medium shot. and you keep the same distance from the subject. I know that sometimes you can have a light in the frame, but what are the other reasons? Is it also that when you are at the same distance from the subject but that you are just at a different angle, then the lights look different than the previous shot? thank you very much

The thing is I don't know which film to use when you have magenta lights, green lights, red lights, blue lights etc? And I don't want them to look white because they don't look white to my eyes. For the orange light I talked about earlier, tungsten balance was the best one, but what about for other colors? Will I get a color cast if I have a green light for example and I use the wrong film? Will the green look more green? Same thing for magenta etc?

"You can't really choose wrongly when the colors are that saturated and intense. Take a DSLR into a night club and take some photos in tungsten and daylight mode and you'll see what I mean -- a red gelled lamp is going to be deep red either way." But the thing is, I took a photo of an orange light. And when I balanced to tungsten, it looked exactly how I see it with my eyes, in other words orange. But when I balanced to daylight, it looks way too orange and not too realistic. Is it that whenever you have artificial lights (no matter what their color: blue, magenta, green, orange etc like the lights at night clubs), then you balance to tungsten? And when you have natural light (the sun) then you balance to daylight?

what I meant is that I want those lights to look green, red, magenta, orange etc. Because that's how I see them with my eyes. I don't want to make them look white. Also if I use the wrong film, will the magenta light look more magenta on the film, will the green light look more green etc? thanks

may I ask one last question please. Which type of film (daylight or tungsten) do you use when you have lights that look to the eyes: green, red, magenta, orange etc? The lights I am referring to are the ones you can see at night clubs or at concerts. And I want them to look the way I see them with my eyes. Thanks :)

Thank you very very much everybody :)

Thank you very much everybody. I finally understood this. It's been bugging me for a long time and now thanks to all of you, it's all clear. Thanks a million.

what do you mean? So that means that 3200K is orange and 5600K is blue and NOT white light?

"At around 5000K all wavelengths of visible light are there so the object is "white hot"" One more thing though, my cinematography teacher said that 3200K is orange and 5600K is blue. why do some people say that 5600K is white light? Of course now I understand that when you white balance to 5600K it'll look white. But if you don't. isn't 5600K blue? Thanks

thank you very very much everyone. Things got much more clear :)

thank you very much