Will Baldy

Hi Guys, just made this film on the 5D, what do you think? https://vimeo.com/56767594

I was doing was to many jobs, to make matters work the director we had had NEVER directed before, I was the only one on set with onset experience, so I had to keep things moving a lot. It was a very stressful shoot. But I can look past this and defiantly see why people are so passionate about film. I only every take stills on film, as I fell digital is so easy to get carried away with.

Hello Gregg, Thanks for your feedback on the film, its really appreciated. The film was intended to look like a stage, so I'm glad that came across. As for the font, its supposed to bring out a very vague "Western" theme to the film, a small hint of it. It co-insides with the smartly dressed protagonist and his cool nature, the name of the film (sounding western to me) if you listen carefully to the sound at the begging of the film you may think that (before the location is revealed) the location could be some desolate, a desert perhaps. I wanted to trick the audience at the begging to think the film was going to be something different. I see it as a very modern take on a Western, ripples of a long gone time, but human nature has not changed. And working with super16. I was dop on the film, and we had a lot of dolly/pans/focus pulls all in one. Which was the hardest thing I've ever done. I didn't have an assistant, or a grip, or a focus puller, so all me. When I was filming/doing these movements I needed to push my eye against the eyepiece to see the frame, which made it very hard, and we had to rehearse a lot. Also Its important to mention we only had 800ft to shoot a 7min film, so everything was one take, unless I knew I messed up. Most of the shots turned out great, despite the difficulty. I will probably find myself working with film again soon. The images are real. As a dop I find difficulty in achieving what I visualize with digital. Film is a lot closer to what I visualize (for obvious reasons). I will post the film here when I get a copy. It wont be till mid jan. Thanks again for your feedback. Will.

Hello Gregg, Thanks for your feedback on the film, its really appreciated. The film was intended to look like a stage, so I'm glad that came across. As for the font, its supposed to bring out a very vague "Western" theme to the film, a small hint of it. It co-insides with the smartly dressed protagonist and his cool nature, the name of the film (sounding western to me) if you listen carefully to the sound at the begging of the film you may think that (before the location is revealed) the location could be some desolate, a desert perhaps. I wanted to trick the audience at the begging to think the film was going to be something different. I see it as a very modern take on a Western, ripples of a long gone time, but human nature has not changed. And working with super16. I was dop on the film, and we had a lot of dolly/pans/focus pulls all in one. Which was the hardest thing I've ever done. I didn't have an assistant, or a grip, or a focus puller, so all me. When I was filming/doing these movements I needed to push my eye against the eyepiece to see the frame, which made it very hard, and we had to rehearse a lot. Also Its important to mention we only had 800ft to shoot a 7min film, so everything was one take, unless I knew I messed up. Most of the shots turned out great, despite the difficulty. I will probably find myself working with film again soon. The images are real. As a dop I find difficulty in achieving what I visualize with digital. Film is a lot closer to what I visualize (for obvious reasons). I will post the film here when I get a copy. It wont be till mid jan. Thanks again for your feedback. Will.

heyho

Hello, I just finished shooting a film on super16 with a arri sr2. It was great fun but REALLY hard work. The camera chewed some footage, but we got past that. We didn't have a monitor or anything we only has kit that was available in the 70's. Which made my job (cinematographer) harder. Given the opportunity I would do it again (next time with updated kit) Here is a film I just finished, I wasn't going for the film look but it looks sharp. I filmed on a 5DMK2 with Zeiss CP2 primes. Let me know what you think, and please pass it around if you like it.