Philip Shaw

As it happens, I'm making a documentary at the moment about mountain biking. Honest opinion? Stay away from head cameras. There great for riders but not for storytellers. I think you'd throw your audience out of the illusion of watching a mountain biker if you gave them a P.O.V. This is just my personal opinion. (and even with a full 1080HD resolution, there probably single CCD chips, or small seniors, plastic lens) Philip

Hey, not off topic at all, great question! We used a Zoom H4n sound recorder with a Rode NTG-2 shotgun microphone on a boom pole. It was a real pain in previous productions using this set up because post become a nightmare, so we developed a technique to make it easier. I suppose it's a standard thing to do, but we called the scene and take number out, and clapped it. There's a new feature in FCX to automatically sync your audio and visual, so this saved up so much time! Thanks for getting in touch, glad you enjoyed the short! Philip

Hey! Thanks for taking the time to have a watch and reply. Usually the site of a student short film isn't taken very seriously at first, so thank you! We shot this on a 550D, and used a 50mm lens, and also 70-300mm macro lens. We only had basic equipment, tracking was made out of PVC pipes, and a shoulder rig which actually broke during shooting! It was all shot in 4 days, and edited together in about a month (from script to final edit, about 3 months). We spent a long time working on the edit, and also it was hard to find time over the Christmas period. Me and Rich both really wanted to shoot this with care, and make visual storytelling a strong element. We've seen a lot of beautifully shot shorts on Vimeo but it's rare to find one which actual purpose to the shots and it's main focus being storytelling! So we're really pleased to hear that it's worked, because we're really passionate about it. Sorry if I haven't answered all your questions, feel free to ask more! Thanks again for the response! Philip

Hello everyone! I'm a student at Staffordshire University, studying Film and TV Technology and Production Management. I've been interested in Cinematography for a while now, and me and a friend have just made are first real short film. I'd really appreciate it if you guys could have a watch, give me some direction/tips on improving my cinematography and also any other area's of improvement relevant to filmmaking. Bare in mind I'm only in my second year at university, and I'm still learning. Thanks in advanced, looking forward to hearing some response. Philip