Mitchell Perkins
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We have "request policy" on this computer and I didn't think to allow the clips the first time I saw your post, Moises. I was way off and I see you are not just mounting a parallax view tap, but looking through the camera's viewfinder. That is so wicked! Great idea! I will certainly use it and thank you! Mitch
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If you look closely at my avatar you will see a "pinhole" surveillance camera attached to the matte box on the Nikon R10. You might have to stare at the avatar for a couple of hours [recommended]. Okay maybe not, but the pic was taken some 10 years ago. What I'm saying is that an iphone would be way better - big ol colour picture and you can zoom it to match the S8 cam frame. Nice! Mitch
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"Digital dreams are forever, Mitch. It makes sense because it's feels true and you know it does. It's the physical that doesn't last, our bodies, cars, building etc..We see physical "decay" all around us, don't we?" But film exists in my mind as a whirring purple hamburger, whereas digital seems to be a cat wandering off in the distance. I know this makes sense because I can feel something in my shoe. "What I find ridiculous is that your entire arguement hinges on the idea that the digital film hardware is and for the foreseeable future unstable and varied in manufactuing and therefore the data itself will automatically be corrupted or lost because it exists right now. Haha, that's naive." It is a well-known fact that anything that exists right now will automatically be corrupted or lost, probably within the next five minutes. What we need is a format that doesn't exist. Now! "Any "bugs" will eventually be worked out and you will be eating crow. It's a far more promising technology than motion picture film ever was." I met an old lady who ate crow once. She said it tasted like chicken....and bugs don't need to work out, that's naive! "Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour." Vous ete un mouton seule. -
"Who cares if they're been 20 or a hundred or a thousand million format changes in the last five years- it doesn't mean anything." It means you have to buy new gear. Who shoots movies and doesn't care about money? "Nothing has been lost, digital dreams are forever." MiniDV-captured home movies belonging to people I know have been lost due to dropout, for starters...(!) "Now, how many 35mm films have been lost, especially early cinema?" Only one that matters - "Mahoney's Last Stand". Mitch
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More footage....that's why Citizen Kane was such crapola - they weren't able to shoot More Footage. Also the actors coulda used Longer Takes probably. Just kidding Alessandro you are likely right. But then, is he allowed to shoot more footage right up to the same $$ they were spending on film stock? If so they switched for artistic reasons and not to save money. Now that would be interesting. For me HD fails in outdoor scenes a lot, certain extreme lighting situations indoors sometimes....but then I'm only really happy watching stuff from the 70's....shot in the US....on Eastman. Mitch
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Hey thanks Matthew. Anybody know what Chris Manley means by "a little more creativity" as relates to the subject? For the life of me I cannot get the full interview link to work. Maybe I have to join and sign in...that ain't happening - too many passwords already. Anyway I have honestly *never* heard any DP allude to HD allowing for more creativity. CGI? Mitch
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IMDb "full technical details" is confusing on this, for me anyway. For the life of me I cannot find anything online about the switch from 35mm to HD, if it happened... Anybody got a link or info? Thanks, Mitch
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And so you see, Peter, just how much things have changed on set.
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"I'm not aiming for technical perfection, more of an impressionistic effect." I love it when it's like that! "But I don't want everything completely blown or blocked up either." Maybe you want batteries in, and just make sure there's no flame in shot when you want faces/bodies. You could even use the fluctuating aperture for extra impressionistic effect. "And hoping that the latitude of the negative film stock will make up for mistakes." Yes. Yes it will. Mitch
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There's no depth of field to speak of in Super8 anyway, so I wouldn't worry about stopping down to get some. I've shot dozens of weddings on the S8 negs professionally. Based on your pics of the indoor location you'd better crank that thing wide open, 500T or 200T, or you will be disappointed. For weddings I used a Nikon Superzoom8 with part of the panel cut away to allow for finger-drag on the main gear - with camera set at 12fps and dragged down to about 6fps or so, I got usable faces indoors with 500T. 18fps would have left the faces dark. Since it's a wedding and not a narrative piece, you want faces! faces! faces! and everything else be damned. Let the dress and the windows and the table cloth blow out, but if you have dark eye sockets it will look bad. Mitch
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Wide open at all times indoors, unless the windows are huge and it's like daylight in there. And yes keep your [shooter's] back to the light....[!!!!!!] Outdoors, f11 in the sun, 5.6 in the shade [or shaded faces].....wide open if it's dark outside. This is rough but hey it's the negs and you can focus on the bride! Congratulations! Mitch
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Battery power works against an aperture sprung to rest at f1.8 They wouldn't use anything more involved for a simple camera Some are sprung to rest at the other end, not yours though Take the batteries out. The aperture will start shutting down if there's enough fire in the frame OTOH the flame itself will blow out with 500T... Mitch
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I mean the show often looks so good I feel like it couldn't be improved upon. But it does fail now and then in certain light/scenes where film would not, and the shows I see that are film-captured look even better....**in my opinion**. Mitch
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Its' always been available to anyone who wants to use it, with a "z"....heh https://www.google.ca/#output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=democratized&oq=democratized&gs_l=hp.3..0l4.287.3101.0.3251.12.11.0.1.1.0.271.1864.0j8j3.11.0...0.0...1c.1.11.psy-ab.vTUCWbaJEas&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45580626,d.dmg&fp=372026eff3d11cef&biw=1218&bih=906
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Only thing is we're still waiting for that to happen, and I could be wrong but I think that quote is from the set of Apocalypse Now....(!) You can't really democratize talent or inspiration I guess... WRT to professionals on set I imagine any time saved not changing mags is used for more takes...or temper-tantrums if the budget is really big. Hopefully a professional will jump in and help you out. I'll just take this opportunity to say I kinda thought film was good and replaced watching Southland, they do it so well! But then I watch something film-captured and it always looks way way better. To me anyway. Mitch