Miguel Angel

Am I the only one in the world who liked this movie? If we skip the horrendous CGI (which I don't understand the reason why it is like it is in 2020) I liked the songs and I found it entertaining! I'm a big fan of the musical so maybe it has something to do with it! ? Have a lovely day.

Congratulations on your award @Jarin Blaschke! Super super well deserved! ?

I do Yoga 2 days a week and Crossfit 4 or 5 times a week. And when I'm on holidays or off I surf and paddleboard. Your usual Crossfit class or Yoga class is 1 hour and everybody has 1 hour to spare in their lives, and when you are experienced enough you can just do the workouts, which are, typically from 15 to 30 minutes. I stretch for 10 minutes before I start a shooting day and if I'm shooting in a place where I don't have a gym to go to and is in the middle of nowhere I do a small workout routine which is: 50-40-30-20-10 (descending) Double unders Sit ups Squats Burpees And I finish with a 2 minutes plank or a small 10 minutes Yoga video from youtube. I believe that camera operating is all about your core strength, flexibility and a good back! Specially if you do a lot of hand-held. Also, from time to time it is good to go to a physiotherapist.. and on top of that having a good balanced diet and being fit helps! ? Have a lovely day.

The Turin Horse (or any Bela Tarr movies!)

Shallow Grave is amazing! If I remember correctly Rodrigo Cortes had 2 or 3 coffins made and they changed them back and forth depending on the shot they were going to do. They also shot in 15 days or something like that.. which is quite understandable.

Did you know that there is no identical shot in that movie? It is something that Rodrigo Cortes and Edu Grau were very adamant about, since they were confined in a really tiny place they wanted to make the most out of it and they decided that they weren't going to repeat any shots. Taking into consideration that Rodrigo Cortes is one of the cleverest directors in Spain, there wouldn't have been a movie without an A-list talent because he always had Ryan Reynolds in mind and he wasn't going to have a no as an answer.

Meanwhile in Ireland the working hours are 9 with running buffet or 10 + 1. In Spain for commercials is between 12 + 1 or 14 +1 although there are many production companies which cramp 17 hours in a day. Have a good day.

@Justin Hayward I think that it is a pretty common effect in either movies, commercials or tv series in Europe. From the top of my head I can remember Penny Dreadful, Game Of Thrones, Vikings and many others which do that to recreate sun light. There is a movie that I love and I always use as a reference called "Cafe De Fiore" that uses simulated sunlight really well. And here are some commercials that use it really well, especially the first one. For the Velux one all the simulated sunlight are 24Ks far away.

Thanks David.

I have a question here David, I hope that you don't mind answering it. Why is there a loss in saturation when duping? Wouldn't be a duplicate from the original a perfect duplicate with all its values untouched? Thanks! ?

Monos Alejandro Landes and Jasper Wolf bring us a really good story about a group of "guerrilleros" teens who have to make sure that a Doctor doesn't escape the camp they are based on. Really subtle and with powerful acting, the movie is one of those visual feasts because every single frame is wonderful. Go and watch it if you haven't yet! Have a lovely day.

Pues todavía no. Cuando lo tenga te lo envío. ¡Un abrazo!

Same to you Greg!!

Yeap!!! He was the teacher on a course that I did on cinematography many years ago down in Listowel, Kerry, where he is from. I'm sure that he hasn't forgotten about me because we had a bit of a misunderstanding on Black Promist filters! ? (Hopefully he has forgotten that? Ha!) He was actually the one who pushed me to become a cinematographer and shoot things instead of working as a 2nd unit dop (if that makes sense) even though he might have not realised that at the time he was very encouraging and a really good teacher. On top of that, he was the dop on Vikings when I was one of the 2nd acs on it! Definitely one of the best cinematographers I have had the privilege of working with.

Say hello to PJ!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is amazing and lovely!!!!!

You can use a clip-on mattebox and you can use the 19mm lens support with a 15mm reduction ring in the 15mm bars. The camera rental house should have those, or your assistant camera people. Have a good day.

That would make your life (and your hand-held operating skills) easier, it is a setup that I've used multiple times. You will still need a support for the zoom but it can be a 15mm support and you can use a clip-on mattebox. Have a lovely day.

65mm in anamorphic is a really nice lens.

I'd get the 180mm and I'd ask for a 2x extender that you can use with the 75mm. Not all the anamorphic lenses work with extenders so ask if they have one that does. Have a lovely day.

Episode 8 will be released on December, 27th.

No, forget about it, the EVF extension is useless under my point of view. You're much better off with a mini monitor like the Tv Logic. Have a good day.

The configuration is not ideal for using it in hand-held mode, not because of the weight (although it is a very heavy configuration) but because of the length of the kit and how unstable and front heavy it will be. Take a look at a photo of the same lens on an Alexa Plus (which is kind of the same width and length than an Amira) Now, if you still want to shoot hand-held with this go to the rental house and find a good position for the camera to rest on the shoulder, and ask for a minimonitor as the viewfinder ? AND an easyrig. Have a good day.

Marriage Story, directed by Noah Baumbach is already on Netflix. Marriage Story - Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y1HhAlAOTs If you like excellent stories, real characters and pretty honest point of views, aside from an incredible cinematography from Robbie Ryan, you should just watch it. I had the chance to watch it in the Stella cinema in Dublin some weeks ago when it came out and when it finished I was unable to talk. The movie just sits with you and lets you think about what you've seen, which, for me, was the best movie of 2019. I just watched it again and it is just a great storytelling experience. And Robbie Ryan's work is one of his finest. I hope that you watch it and enjoy it as much as I did.

That is AN AMAZING LOCATION!!!!! And you say that it doesn't have any direct light during the day? Even better!! We don't know how many shots you're going to have or how long you will be there but if you are planning on getting a wide shot looking towards the window and then some close ups with the window side lighting the characters I would do the following: 1) Plan the shoot so I would shoot the profile shoot when the light is best for that shot and I would silhouette the characters. 2) I would, literally shoot with natural light but I would put a large negative frame behind the camera for the profile wide shot to create more contrast and I'd ask the art department to put some net curtains in the windows. 3) If I were to shoot close ups of the characters on a 90º ish angle I would place a frame with a light diffusion the closest I could to the actor to soften the window light even further; and I would place a big frame with a single or double net silk on the opposite side to create some contrast. Now, if I had to light that I could do it in a couple of ways: 1) I'd rig a couple of polyboards above the windows and I'd bounce a couple of 4Ks off them (it seems like there is a bit of distance from the ground to the window and they are quite tall). I would try to lose the upper part of the windows (those little windows on top of the normal windows). I'd still ask for net curtains for the windows. 2) OR I could cover the windows with diffusion, like grid cloth and I'd direct two 6Ks from very far away towards the windows (ideally it would be an 18K or a M90 but 2 x 6Ks are super good and they will cover all the windows very well) Those 6Ks would have frames in front of them to soften them before they hit the windows. With this 2nd approach you could have something like the following images (although they are pretty bright as this was from a Christmas commercial) Or like the following one: Hope it helped a bit!

Thanks to all for the answers! ?