Justin Schroepfer

This is my latest Cinematography Reel. I would really appreciate it if anyone could give me some constructive criticism. Thanks. http://vimeo.com/41508950

I was doing an eye vs. tape focus on my Bolex and I noticed the measurements weren't matching. It was a difference of about 4-5 inches or so on my 16mm and 25mm lenses. I decided to try adjusting the lenses by not having them screwed into the C-mount turret as much (just a very slight adjustment). This got the eye and tape focus measurements to match because of the change in flange distance. But is it possible that even with eye and tape focus measurements matching, that something could still be off? I will do a test soon, but I'm just wondering if anyone here might know anything. Thanks.

I'll be visiting Los Angeles next month for a week. I'm interested in a career in cinematography/camera department and I was wondering if there were any places you would all recommend visiting, relating to that field (rental houses, film labs, camera workshops, etc).

I'm glad you liked them. Both films were shot on a Bolex H-16 REX. Alpha Cine in Seattle processed and scanned both films. 'Good Morning' was shot on Kodak Vision 3 500T Color Negative and all the lighting was natural, utilizing street lights and sun light at dawn and pretty much shooting wide open until near the end. For the shot of the bike wheel, I used duct tape to attach the camera to the back of the bike (with some foam padding in between them to protect the camera). The moving shots were done by just shooting out of a moving car window. I made it look like a Super16 aspect ratio in post. 'It Had to Be You' was shot on Kodak Double-X B+W Negative. The actual film used was a tail end of a friends shoot from 2 years ago. However, who ever respooled the film after they chopped it off wound it up backwards, so I had to respool it yet again. This accounts for the scratches and dust marks. I also shot this with an anamorphic lens, which I adjusted in post. For lighting, I utliized equipment that the theatre had, like spotlights for stage shows, as well as bringing in a some halogen construction lights I got from a hardware store. I'll gladly answer any other questions you might have. Thanks for watching!

I made a couple of 2 minute shorts and I was just looking for some feedback. Thanks. http://vimeo.com/36703048 http://vimeo.com/37548111

I'm not sure if this is the best solution, but in the past I've had my footage scanned at 1080p resolution with black vertical bars to keep the original aspect ratio and then I would drop that footage into a 720p sequence in Final cut and then adjust the image to fit the 16x9 aspect ratio. It's probably not the best method due to the amount of information lost with downsizing the video to fit, but it's not too bad.

I've acquired some left over 16mm film from a friend's film shoot. It's about 40' from a 400' reel. He wound up the excess film and put it in a can without a core, but I don't know if he put it tails out or heads out. I wish to put this film onto a daylight spool, but I don't know the orientation of the film. What is a easy way to tell if the film is heads or tails out? (the film is single sprocket with the sprockets facing away from me when in the '9' position as opposed to the 'P' position [outer end of film goes under roll, film goes clockwise from center] ) Thank you for your help.

I've been trying to contact anyone at 'ScanYourFilm.com' since the end of July, but I still haven't gotten any response. I've emailed multiple times and called them on numerous occasions to no avail. I'm looking to HD san 200' of 16mm for cheap and that seemed like the best option, but now I must look somewhere else. Any recommendations for really small projects for fairly cheap price?