Eric Ornelas

My director has a perfect indoor location that he does not want to change. He wants to use the existing lights as practicals. The lights are color corrected daylight bulbs but we're shooting on 7219 500T film. The light ballasts are damn near impossible to change out without having to take apart their complicated assembly. If I put an 85 filter in my matte box on tungsten film will it appear orange? If so, would it be easier to put full CTO over the lights themselves to correct the color? I looked into switching to daylight film but it isn't as fast as the tungsten film and I am reading 1.4 from the practicals so I think the faster film is the wiser choice.

I just bought a Spectra Professional P-251 at a pawn shop. I cannot find a manual anywhere. Does anyone have any experience using one? How do I set the frame rate? I don't have the slides but luckily I am only 5 miles from the Spectra factory in Burbank where I hope to get replacements. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Hello, I am going to shoot a fellow student's thesis film and he wants to shoot on the Sony F900. He wants the look of the film have a "green" atmosphere, much like The Matrix. I was wondering what is the best way, in camera, to achieve this. Should I use KinoFlos without 3200k/5600k bulbs? Could I put a 1/4 green gels in front of the lens? Could I boost the green in the setup menus of the camera? Or is there a better option that is much more simple? There is both INT. and EXT. scenes. Thank you for your time.