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Darrell Ayer

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About Darrell Ayer

  • Birthday 12/27/1982

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  • Occupation
    Cinematographer
  • Location
    Virginia
  • My Gear
    Canon HDSLR, Blackmagic Pocket, Sony Mirrorless
  • Specialties
    Short Films, Student Work, Music Videos, Web series.

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  • Website URL
    http://www.darrellayer.com
  1. I know this is an older post. If you're using a mirrorless cam, you can always experiment with shooting stills at a continuous frame rate and longer exposure times. You'll be limited by the buffer memory but if you play it back at 4 fps, you may have something. You should be able to import into DaVinci and an Image Sequence and adjust the frame rate accordingly.
  2. I've been working in super micro budget projects in NYC weekends for the last decade. My life has uprooted me into the DC area and I'm looking to find out what is around here in terms of film community. Anyone have any leads?
  3. I am currently doing some tests in blender using footage from miniatures shot wider to combine with footage shot at a normal focal length and tracked. I'm shooting minis with a 9mm zero d as plates to put behind a live action plate. This way I have a ton of bleed over for the action. This doesn't work if everything has to be higher resolution than HD or some 4k. I'm choosing blender so I can just atmosphere if needed digitally to create the scale, like you would if you shoot an all miniature environment. Also look into the BTS from "Slice of Life" on youtube for some great pointers, also "In Camera" is a good resource.
  4. I have been treading water as a novice for almost a decade. I'm about to be able to start making a real effort to get into cinematography in any real sense within the next year. I feel that my website/reel is okay but any advice about how I can really make it appealing would be great. http://www.darrellayer.com
  5. Blender used to be an UI nightmare. It's come a really long way from those days. You're a doughnut way from using it for whatever you want to create. I learned it at the end of 2019 and it's a great tool to have in your back pocket. I would totally suggest doing the Andrew Price doughnut bit and then when you're comfortable, cggeek and ian hubert will have the right information to help you pull this off.
  6. I learned about Sodium process from it's use in Mary Poppins. It's a brilliant solution to Matting and Disney should have used it more since they kept it to themselves. I love the inventiveness of optical techniques.
  7. I went thru something similar. I created a PDF of a legal form letter from me and they responded the next day and paid what they owed me. It's nice to get paid for your work tho. Darrell Ayer
  8. I saw a breakdown of all the movies he's lost to over the years and every one of them was deserving of their Oscar, it's just bad luck. It's just a perpetual near miss until this year. I'm very glad he won, I can't wait to see how his work continues to push the envelope.
  9. Gaff doesn't know about the dreams. The fact that she's a unicorn because of her memories is what draws Deckard to her, and Gaff also understands how unique she is. It's just a symbol. This works with and without a the "dream", which i always thought it was added to drive the point home. This is why Gaff yells, "too bad she won't live." Gaff leaves the Unicorn to say that's why he didn't kill Rachael, because he understands how rare she is.
  10. I interpreted it that he was dreaming about her.
  11. I never considered that it was Deckard the Unicorn referred to. I always thought it was Rachael. She's a replicant with memories and therefore the experience to develop empathy. It would be something that Gaff would also know from an APB posted after she escapes. Even when he was dreaming in the special editions, it could represent how he finds Rachael unique and starts to fall in love with her. It always seemed pretty straight forward to me. But this is just my opinion. I'm gonna miss the anamorphic flares but I can't wait to see the world thru the eyes of Deakins. He's got the mood down pat as far as I can see.
  12. You would want a 50/50 for what you are attempting because you can more easily balance your exposures on both sides. I would try to smaller in glass because of the $$$ and get closer to the lens.. shoot thru the mirror to your subject and reflect your miniature. You can probably put a matte behind the mirror with a cut out for your subject and put a flag to block out the place on your minature so actors can be ^projected^ on it. I bought a 4x5 inch piece and it cost 35 dollars so i am sure the 18x18in will be quite expensive. It is optcial glass so I don~t think you would have any issues with ghosting or refections, like you would with a regular mirror, it~s what was used to do this type of work back in the day.
  13. I havent yet built it, but it was the most even loss. 1 stop to camera 1 stop from the light. I just need to finish building it. Im sure I will post it when I do.
  14. http://www.stereoscopicmirror.com/ I was able to pick on up to do a blade runner effect, i have yet to build the thing but the glass was perfect, shipped in a great level of protection.
  15. That was the first use of CGI in film too, "fun fact"
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