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Yash Lucid

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  1. Will be doing that when I'm there again, it was the late show so no key staff really was there to care.
  2. There was a right moving tracking shot that revealed a funny character, this did not appear because of the crop. People didn't laugh - they didn't see it. I have never seen a cinema experience be executed so poorly. Is this not... breaking the rules somehow?
  3. I just watched Deadpool 2 in the cinema, for the second time. (I won't post spoilers) And it was cropped. Cropped so badly. There are intro titles that show funny titles as expected. These were cut off, people were not laughing because they couldn't get the joke. There was a scene that scaled so badly, you could not see the character talk. When they showed a Breaking News TV snippet, the Breaking News title read eaking News. Guys this was so bad. I remember reading that Tarantino stood up at Cannes and said stop the effing movie or something because they showed the wrong aspect ratio, this is crazy.
  4. I just watched Deadpool 2 in the cinema, for the second time. (I won't post spoilers) And it was cropped. Cropped so badly. There are intro titles that show funny titles as expected. These were cut off, people were not laughing because they couldn't get the joke. There was a scene that scaled so badly, you could not see the character talk. When they showed a Breaking News TV snippet, the Breaking News title read eaking News. Guys this was so bad. I remember reading that Tarantino stood up at Cannes and said stop the **(obscenity removed)** movie or something because they showed the wrong aspect ratio, this is crazy.
  5. Hi! I'm looking for reference and inspiration material that involves car safety features, specifically commercials where something happens in one unrelated car scenario, and then match-cuts to a scenario in a car where the safety feature saved them. For example, someone is bungee jumping, and as the cord saves them from certain death, we cut to them saved by a car seatbelt.
  6. Better lighting, better colour grading, better cameras, better quality, 2 shot dialogue style cutting, ... and somehow that takes away from everything it used to be. Is it just me?
  7. I need to light a bottle, not really product-shot style, more like apple product-reveal/mysterious/edge light style. Does anyone have any links, and secondly does anyone have any tricks/secrets? I'm thinking along the lines of the foil bounce under the bottle trick etc
  8. Basically the shot opens on a beautiful beach, sunny skies, lovely weather, then we pan or track to reveal it's just a poster....... Anybody have links to this? I can't remember where I saw it, but I'm happy for references other than a beach too.
  9. Shooting 4K 1/50 on GH4. Need a tracking shot. Tried CPL. Tried defocusing but that only works when you're static. Is this a fix in post only issue?
  10. Is there any source to find famous director's treatments for TV Commercials and Music Videos? I would love to get an insight to some people's brains and their inner workings.
  11. Thanks!! What about stock briefs? For example... Travel and beach photos. Do people find a lucrative income source from taking on the briefs instead of uploading what they already have that is similar?
  12. If so, would like to find out more...specifically, which forum I can discuss other questions. I'm primarily intrigued to know how it works. That is, if there is a video brief on getty for example, how you go about getting the process started. Risk vs reward. Thanks.
  13. 100%! I started with a Canon 60D and worked my way up. I've always considered Shane's inner circle but it looked like it was more for DPs than Directors. Will check out the other class as well, thank you!
  14. Yes! I've heard about this, will look into it. Thank you!
  15. Quick Backstory: As someone who did not have the luxury to study film or even get experience on set even as a coffee-runner, due to an almost non-existent industry in my town (Durban, SA), I always wanted to learn how to film. I did have one resource however, decent internet. So I watched a Lynda.com tutorial, followed Tony Reale's HDSLR 101 series on youtube, constantly watched, commented and discussed topics on Vimeo Video School, as well FilmRiot/Indy Mogul/Cheesycam, and read a book or two. It has all lead to me this point since beginning my journey in 2012: I now want to use my skills gained from web-video directing, corporate video directing, and indie-film directing, to transition into commercial directing. I've moved up north to Johannesburg which is the "LA" of South Africa where I'm offered many opportunities. While I am working my ass off and getting on as many sets as I can and continuously working, I'd like to know if anybody can point me in the right direction to find any Directing tutorials online. Unfortunately, while watching hours of interviews with Tarantino, Nolan and so on are amazingly insightful, they are still far from the basics of what I'm looking for, so if anybody knows of the equivalent Lynda.com tutorial on directing, to be used as another source (i.e., not my only source) of learning, I would appreciate it! Thanks!
  16. Hi. First question which is a bit meta: How can I go about finding very specific types clips that many movies share? For example, walking away from an explosion without looking...is there a website to help filter out the tropes? My actual question: I am looking to find tv/film that show a text message being delivered to many people who are in different locations, like a secret club meeting text. I am certain that one of the fast n furious films had this but I can't be certain. Please advise. I need them as inspiration and reference. Thanks.
  17. Hi. I have two workflows that I need some advice on. I'm on Windows Workflow 1 (No AE needed) 1. Import RAW photo sequence into LrTimelapse 2. Process images 3. Export to lightroom 4. Grade 5. Export to ProRes 444 using LrTimelapse plugin integrated into LR Workflow 2 (AE Needed) 1-4 above 5. Import RAW sequence with updated metadata into AE 6. Do post work, cleanup, vfx, etc 7, Export Now, with Step 7, I cannot export ProRes from AE on Windows. What is the equivalent? I used DNxHR RGB 444 however the file size is far bigger, what else can I use that is equivalent? The colorist will need to grade to match their Red Epic grade. Thanks,
  18. David managed to answer my question, but to answer yours, see this https://youtu.be/Z1PCtIaM_GQ?t=318 (at 5:18)
  19. Thanks David - so I guess there isn't a specific term we use in film jargon - I like how you put it, simply overlapping the action. Thanks
  20. You know when you watch, say a kung-fu film for example. The star punches the villain - and we cut as his fist meets his face - and then we begin the next cut a few micro-seconds before, just before his fist made contact with his face. We do this so that our brain has time to readjust to the new shot, and then pickup where we left off, I understand that, but what is it called? Could we call the extra second on the second cut, pre-roll? Or is that specifically for the bars and tones that roll prior to tvc etc.
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