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    "Love Hurts", my first 16mm film! :D

    in Please Critique My Work

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    Well I thought it was FANTASTIC!

    The wide shot of the girl at the end is great. All that mixed lighting.

     

    What I found interesting is the detail in the old man's hair shows up nicely, but in the woman's, it's blown out. Don't know if that matters, or if it was intentional.

    The only think I found I didn't like was the camera push in. It's a little jarring for some reason. It may be due to all the locked off shots before hand.

     

    Still, I Think it's fantastic.

    Any chance we can get the juicy technical details? Shooting ratio for a 1 minute short? Amazing.

     

    Thanks a lot! Well, I wanted some of the highlights on the bride to be a little bit blown out, but I found it hard to adjust the highlight rolloff on the DPX to make it look exactly the way I wanted. Perhaps I overdid it a bit and should have kept more detail. I'll look into it!

     

    Juicy details:

    Carl Zeiss superspeeds 16mm & 9mm, Ultraprime 6mm

    Fuji Eterna vivid 500T

    I had 122 meters of film, so about 10 minutes. Ended up using 100m!

     

    :)

    2010 reel! :)

    in Jobs, Resumes, and Reels

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    I really like your work, the colors and dolly moves were terrific as well as the cinematography. What kind of dolly or slider did you use for the trucking and dolly moves?

     

    Thank you! The dolly is a PVC tube-based thing, not too great actually. Usually I need a few takes to get it right cause it's a bit shaky and the joints aren't as smooth as one would hope. But when it works, it works! :D I think we've got about 60 feet of "tracks" now, that's kind of cool. hehe

    Student film: Signature / style

    in Please Critique My Work

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    Its not bad by any means. In hink that to best get across who you are a cinematographer though, you need to add a day interior and a night interior. When i see it, i think, ok, the guy can do backlit exteriors. But can he light a set/location? A very contrasty chiaroscuro of a man boxing is not enough to wet the appetite of a director I don't think. But the work is good so far, just keep adding to it and always excersize taste and restraint.

     

     

    Speaking to what "style" comes across rather than a technical critique, this is what I get from the reel:

     

    You like the slightly surreal. Not all out surreal, but just a slight disconnection from reality. This comes through in most of the aspects. The lighting is stylistic and does not mimic real lighting situations. The colour grading choices though sensible, have a surreal feel to then. The use of slow motion also disconnects it from reality.

     

    I think it definitely communicates a style. The point of the exercise was to show your style. Yes, the lack of certain types of shots may not make it the best reel to show directors by itself, but I think for what the assignment was you nailed it.

     

    Thanks a lot to the both of you! Appreciated! You're absolutely right, it's not a complete reel yet by any means. I wanted to shoot 3 more settings, but didn't finish in time. But thanks for the comments on what I did finish. I think it's right to say that I like my pictures a little surreal and not quite ordinary. Perhaps it's something I should work even more on, to make it a more thorough trademark. I'll think about it! But thanks!!

    Student film: Signature / style

    in Please Critique My Work

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    Did you do a lot of grading? In which program?

     

    No, I didn´t do a lot. I did white balance manipulations in-camera, and tweaked the gamma/contrast on a few shots in post (Premiere). I also avoided the super-flat canon picture styles. Basically I tried getting it right in the camera as much as possible as it was mostly a "cinematography" project.

     

    By the way, being a hardcore Final Cut (+color) user, the native transcode-free workflow of CS5 blew me away, especially dealing with RED footage. Saved a lot of time in post, which allowed me to spend more time shooting! :)

    Student film: Signature / style

    in Please Critique My Work

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    I finished this short film last week, and wanted to show it to you guys to get some critique and help! :) The assignment was to shoot something - anything - that could show "who I am" as a cinematographer. As I did the whole thing by my self, I struggled a bit with getting the right locations, actors, budget for lighting, grip etc., so what I managed to finish in time (what you see here) is considerably less than I wanted to shoot. In addition, I do feel that my personality and style is best shown when in a context - working with a director, trying to achieve something specific. Nevertheless I did finish something, and I kind of like how at least some of it turned out. So to clarify: no story here, no script, just shots I like.

     

    :)

     

     

    Feel free to comment on vimeo as well!

     

    thanks in advance

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