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Perhaps already mentioned here Aputure 600c with projection lense...these are really great for little golden spots. All these lights are great if you use the falloff of the light...so dont point it directly at the subject, but just let the edges of the light fall where you want and you get a very natural look
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Is The Fluid Head Obsolete?
Neel Potgieter replied to Marcos Cooper's topic in Camera Operating & Gear
Been working a lot with jib arm + remote head with handwheels...i find it just frees me up and doesn't limit camera movement to how far I can twist my body : )- 18 replies
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Alexa 35 with Hawk V-Lite 1.3x
Neel Potgieter replied to Neel Potgieter's topic in Lenses & Lens Accessories
Hi all, thanks for the responses! I will do a test tomorrow at Vantage Paris and see what the solutions are. Effectively I see that the image circle is around 23mm so it can be a bit tricky. I will keep you posted ; ) -
Hello folks, I am just wondering if anyone has tested this setup? Is there a definite interest to shoot with them to get a 1.85:1 final format? As the Alexa 35 is a 3:2 Opengate sensor, do you know if I can use the full sensor? Like a Alexa SXT for example Thanks for your thoughts!
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Hi everyone! Would any of you perhaps know how to or can advise me on how to achieve a shot where: An actor walks in front of a car and open the door. The camera jibs down and track with him and pushes in (as an example. The point is that the camera is moving). I need the car to be sharp without motion blur, but I need the actor to be blurry! So a bit like a motion control timelapse, but the actors motion is in real time. I hope that makes sense. Here is an example...except I dont want the actors to have a sped up / timelapse quality in their movement. It needs to be real time. Thanks so much for any help with this. P.S At the moment I am thinking motion control robot doing multiple passes at different framerate/shutterspeeds, but I am worried that the compositing where the blurry parts are will look rubbish on the car....
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Water / Caustics Lighting FXs Suggestions
Neel Potgieter replied to Adrian Sierkowski's topic in Lighting for Film & Video
Probably too late now but you could try this bad boy: -
Expose for more detail at lower ISO
Neel Potgieter replied to Neel Potgieter's topic in Camera Operating & Gear
Ok thanks David, Appreciate it. -
Expose for more detail at lower ISO
Neel Potgieter replied to Neel Potgieter's topic in Camera Operating & Gear
Hello David, thank you for the response. So would it be correct to say that in real world examples, for instance a house interior (without seeing windows), you would lower the ISO to say 400/320ish but still expose "normally" (with an incident reading for example) and then have 1 stop of detail more in the shadow areas; or as another example, say you are shooting a day exterior in bright sunlight, with cloudy skies. You push the camera to 1600 iso, expose "normally" and then you have a stop more info in the highlights. That is the way I understand it currently, but in reality it feels counter-intuitive. A more extreme lighting situation, say for example a night street scene, with the possibility of lighting it, would you lower the ISO (assuming of course that you have some lamp lights/windows in the frame and you loose info in these specular highlights)? Final remark - I think the only time I can see doing this is if I cant light it properly. Or would you use it even if you do have the possibility of lighting the scene to your taste? Kind regards -
Hey folks, I'm hoping someone can clarify for me the idea of lowering Alexa ISO when you want more detail in the dark areas of the image. How is this different to filling in the dark area with light? I'm not sure what the process is, for example, I meter at f8 at 800asa. So then I put the camera to say 400 iso and shoot at f5.6, and then I have a stop more detail in the dark areas. But this is assuming that I have enough light in the dark area to read it in the first place no? I appreciate that this may sound confusing, but that is exactly what I'm trying to figure out ; ) Any responses/answers are much appreciated. Neel
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Multiple formats from anamorphic OG 4.3 2x
Neel Potgieter replied to Neel Potgieter's topic in General Discussion
Hi Bruce, David, and Phil, Thanks for the replies! I really appreciate it. David, you would shoot 6:5 rather than OG because we would loose the sides in any case? And if I understand correctly, you would do the extraction of the 8:9 and unsqueeze it after, is that right? Phil, with regards to the spherical element, I think we prefer to keep it to anamorphic where possible. For the 1:1 we are not really concerned. This is something the agency will take out after, any part of the frame that suits them, to do instgram commercials of 3 or 4 shots. It doesnt really impact us as such.- 5 replies
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Hi everyone, I have a question thats been asked before, but I havent yet found the exact answer. Or lets say I'm not really entirely clear on what the best path is. So, we are going to shoot on ARRI MINI in anamorphic. Some ARRIRAW, some proress for higher frame rate, OpenGate. I plan to shoot OG 4:3 sensor mode. The client wants to take multiple formats from the shoot (car commercial) i.e 2.39:1 for main film, 16:9 extraction for web, and 1:1 for Instagram. We need to convince the client that its totally OK to shoot anamorphic and just extract the 16:9 from the footage. And this is where I am not sure... a) Is it even possible to have a 2K 16:9 image from a desqueezed anamorphic source? b) Is it better to take the 16:9 extraction from the UNSQUEEZED 4:3 and then desqueeze after, and if so c) how can one do that? What is the correct workflow. I assume its better to take the extraction before the footage is desqueezed to keep the max amount of pixels, right???? Any advice will be hugely appreciated!!! All the best to you all, Neel Potgieter dop Paris France
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Aerial Lift Soft Source
Neel Potgieter replied to Neel Potgieter's topic in Lighting for Film & Video
Thanks David, effectively skypanels is probably the most efficient. So lets say 3 that is rigged to the basket. As its a "small" lift, I guess best is to avoid trusses and any added rigging.... -
Aerial Lift Soft Source
Neel Potgieter replied to Neel Potgieter's topic in Lighting for Film & Video
Hi ed, we are actually shooting in south Africa. Does this 40' have outriggers? We need to keep a smallish footprint. I was looking at this but I'm worried about the weight bearing: https://www.manliftgroup.com/en/rental/products/5637144934_jlg_600aj So my question is what sort of lamp can I place on it to fill a 12x12 with skirting and still get the arm out say 6m or so... -
Aerial Lift Soft Source
Neel Potgieter replied to Neel Potgieter's topic in Lighting for Film & Video
Yes that's ok. My question is more about what lamps and what kind of lift. Thanks. -
Aerial Lift Soft Source
Neel Potgieter replied to Neel Potgieter's topic in Lighting for Film & Video
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Aerial Lift Soft Source
Neel Potgieter replied to Neel Potgieter's topic in Lighting for Film & Video
Here is a picture of the setup I would like. Any thoughts and advice would be greatly appreciated, Kind regards Neel Potgieter DOP Paris, France -
Hi everyone, I have an upcoming shot of a car parked outside a restaurant at night. I'd like to create a large soft source just above it to nicely show its lines. I was thinking of using a aerial lift and making a soft box with a skirt, say a 12x12. My question is: what sort of lamp would be good for this? I would prefer tungsten, so a 10K? And the second question is what limits should I look for for ordering the lift. I dont have experience using it before. Here is a pic simalar to what I'd like to create.
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Hi all, apologies if this is a stupid question but what is the difference between a dimmer and a chaser? Many thanks!
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Space lights and Flicker in greenscreen
Neel Potgieter replied to Neel Potgieter's topic in Lighting for Film & Video
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Hi folks. Does anyone have advice on shooting 120fps with a 90 degree shutter with lighting à greenscreen with 10 space lights and 10K tungsten on subject. I'm worried we would get flicker from the space lights and have a strobing effect on the greenscreen. Any advice or heads ups would be greatly appreciated.