Nathan Porter

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There are a lot of books available that can help you such as Cinematography by Blaine Brown and Lighting for Film and Television by Gerald Millerson. There is an Amazon list somewhere (on here?) of cinematography books that will teach you about artistic and effective lighting.

Put each 1/3 of the dino on a seperate phase, thereby minimizing the flicker.

If they really had to be used in windy situations, I've heard about them being inflated in scaffold cages and sent up on a cherry picker.

I've just been around these on a shoot, and from what I can gather with a few chats with the balloon op, inside the balloon is just a bubble in a holder with a (very sensitive) safety circuit which senses the inflation of the balloon. If it's under inflated, the thing won't turn on, or it'll cut out if there is a leak. We used the tungsten versions, which had external boxes housing switches and fuses. They would've been great if it wasn't for the wind.

Has anybody else seen these bad boys? The c-model looks fantastic: adjustable colour temp, saturation control, plus/minus green ability. All models have passive cooling ability (a daylight source where the sound guy isn't on your case about ballast noise!), are single shadow, offer no colour-shift when dimming... The ultimate fresnel no?

Haha loving the 'DP Tips'.. "Timmy Rubensteiners' DP Tip #6: When there is a debate about whether the 180 line has been crossed, always argue the opposite of everyone else. If you're right, you'll be a hero. If you're wrong no one will remember anyways and they'll just flip it in post."

Good looking reel, some beautiful shots in there, only thing I picked up on was that some shots were vertically stretched. May be worth letterboxing those to prevent that?

Loved it, great use of focus pulls, some really nice shots in there. Nice one ;)

Great short, loved the look, even the font used in the title fits. Well done.

I know I've got nothing to offer to return the favour, but if anyone else has a few minutes, it would be great. I've got to get as many people's opinions as possible... Cheers

Guys those responses are perfect, I appreciate it greatly. :)

Bump.. I've got about a week left before I have to draw conclusions and gather all the research. So this is a last ditch plea for some responses! Please guys, just a few minutes of your time. Cheers.

These guys are pretty much on the ball with Canons and REDs, try giving them a bell. http://www.postfactory.co.uk/canon5d.html Just checked Direct Lighting but no luck there..

I hope you all don't mind if I leave this list of questions here...! Basically, my self chosen subject of research is the affect digital cinema cameras are / will have on cinematography. I would very much appreciate it if any of you could provide answers to some or all questions written below. It doesn't matter much whether you give one word answers or lengthy replies, but I would love it if you could give some sort of answers. Thanks in advance! 1. In your opinion, what are the biggest advantages of using digital cinema cameras and techniques over film? 2. In your opinion, what are the biggest advantages of using film cinema cameras and techniques over digital? 3. In what areas do you think digital will take a long time to replace film? 4. Have lighting techniques changed since the increase in use of digital cameras? If so, in what way? 5. How has the digital cinema revolution affected the learning curve of people trying to get in to the profession? Do you think people still need to learn about different film sensitivities and grain etc? 6. Do you think there will be a time when there are digital only cinematographers, and where film cinematographers will be specialists? Or will a cinematographer have to know both formats? 7. How do you feel about the ever increasing need for computer-based skills in cinematography? (e.g. understanding video compression technology and data rates, compared to knowledge of film stocks and lab processes) 8. How would you like to see the role of the cinematographer develop?

Bath University do an FdA in Digital Media Arts, it touches on stuff from studio production to web design. I wouldn't recommend it if you want to strictly learn film and lighting techniques though.

There's a free program called RED Alert! which has been recommended to me as the program to use to do initial colour correction. Then do it more thoroughly in the editing software.