Davi Silveira

I'd love some feedback. I was DP and Director in this short film.

Joel,

That's a nice guide! Very cool build, I guess what I miss in flexible custom build I gain on incredibly ease and speed. I do wish I could make a circular one though. 

Hello,

I'm curious if anyone has ever tried using this. I did and found it awesome. Of course I ran into Roger Deakins "light ring" he uses on set. And since I don't have a gaffer and didn't want to get too crazy I thought of how I could build this myself and came up with this idea of using a power strip with adapter sockets for lightbulbs. It gives me a on/off button and I can hook it up to a dimmer... Anyone ever done something like this?

Hey, 

Just a thought, I felt like you had really strong compositions and lighting felt very natural... The only shot I didn't like was the boy outside. The second to last picture. I don't know but it felt flat and had no style to me, specially compared to the other ones. I agree with Daniel (above) on the color too. 

Hello,

I was looking for storytelling feedback as it relates to lighting, composition, blocking... This was a simple shoot I did with a neighbor for an Idea I had. Comments welcomed ?

thanks

Just wanted to share a video.

My first one in tackling some Cinematography ideas and topics. I think I'll do a series of these.
Looking for feedback on the value of this video for young filmmakers and DPs looking to apply their knowledge and new knowledge to their tool kit!
 

Great topic for a documentary. Nice job!

Thanks Ken, It is a really cool topic for today!

Thanks Ali, it's a super cool topic that touches almost everyone today.

Sorry screwed that up, Jeff was a programmer, he was lead software engineer Bill English was hardware. He built the mouse. They were the 2 top dogs under Doug

Yeah it is! In fact the first one ever made. Built by Jeff Rulifson from Doug's invention! And that's the most basic thing he invented.

Hi all,

I had the pleasure of being the a Cinematographer for the bio doc on Douglas Engelbart. (The only reason you're typing on a computer is because of this guy!)

Let me know your thoughts and questions.

Thanks

Thanks Davi for the kind words. Just saw this now almost a year later :)

haha yeah no problem. I just now finally got around to fixing it lol

Bruce, here it is. I actually changed it quite a bit. Let me know your thoughts, I decided to keep this reel for my Narrative work only and keep it as short as possible.

Thanks for your feed back man.

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I definitely will Tom! :)

Guys,

Just got a website up, it's still a work in progress as far as look goes but it's coming along. Our Kickstarter will be up soon, we are based out of Seattle so if you're close by come on over. We would love to meet you and show you our product. www.sonderlux.com

Jack,

I have to give it up to you man! Incredible work! I have finally caught up a little on my project that started this whole post! Here is our facebook page guys, we are in Seattle and will be launching this pretty soon! Please comment, like, share!

https://www.facebook.com/Sonderlux/

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FocusMark by sonderlux by Davi Silveira, on Flickr

Sonar by sonderlux by Davi Silveira, on Flickr

Also, (guessing again) it looks like you isolated the sky somehow and lowered the brightness (and maybe messed with the saturation)? You might want to dial that back a little too. (if you even did that. I don't actually know).

Frank, thanks man for the reply. Yeah I agree I may have gone a little too far. But dialing it back a little is easy to do. I will neutralize the blacks more, and yeah the idea is to lift the midtones while lowering the blacks, I introduced some blue into the mid's as well which spilled into the shadows. You have a good eye and I'm probably sloppy lol but yes I isolated the sky and made it bloom (trying to soften the transition of sky and other objects) but I actually removed this blooming cause it was too strong.

 

Hi Davi,

 

It doesn't look bad at first glance, but it is definitely a look.

 

Can you elaborate on what you mean by a "natural look, but a little better"? What specifically are wanting to improve? Saturation, highlight roll off, shadow roll off, dynamic rang?

 

With color, it's always good to first figure out where your content will be viewed. It's safe to say most content nowadays are consumed on TV, a computer, tablet, or phone. These devices all share (with exceptions) a REC709 color space. Working within this color space on your monitor (which is most likely REC709) will ensure optimal and close-to-consistent results for your final look.

 

Cinema projection has a different color space and thus requires a different monitoring situation. If I'm not mistaken, DCI projection is a wider color gamut; essentially, more color information and dynamic range can be shown.

 

I hope this helps!

AJ,

Thanks, totally helps. I guess what I meant by "natural look, but better" is like when your TV was switched from SD to HDTV. That difference between the two is what I want. Something natural but obviously better in color, contrast, etc overall. Maybe a better way to explain it is I just want to enhance the natural look a little, keep it real not too crazy but with an edge of enhanced features. hahaha crap I don't know what I want but I really appreciate the help, this will be going to TV, and WEB. I have been working on a REC709 space. AJ, do you like the look personally or is too much or just right?? I know not all exterior shots match in color...

To me these look kinda nice, but not "natural". Highlights are clipped somewhat harshly. Not sure if that happened in post or just how the camera captured it. Only immediate adjustment I could see being made is toning down the blue overcast in the shadows of the first image.

Thanks Macks,

I see what you mean on the first pick, it's too blue. Specially when compared to the rest, nothing was clipped when I shot it and it's all in RAW so I fix that hard highlight clipping, I wonder if my export setting could have an influence on my grade cause I thought it looked nicer in DaVinci but not as much now (I'm speaking about the highlights)

Thanks again,

Davi

Hello,

I'm trying to understand color in a more professional way. I'm a Cinematographer and not a Colorist but I enjoy color grading and I've done it for several year. (not paid) I am working on a big documentary and I was hoping to get some feed back on the look I pulled off.

I got this look by converting my BMDfilm to LOG-C then applying the Arri LOG-C to REC709 LUT and used a reference image I liked from a feature film to fine tune the color and contrast. I think maybe I went too far... I don't want the Instagram look or candy pop look, I truly just wanted a look that was close to natural but a little better. Natural with an edge! Please let me know your thought I'd really appreciate it.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5wBk9P7iZUMcWRiWXBya3FZYUk

Sincerely,

Davi

All things considering I'm very proud of this project. A lot of the lighting was done with augmenting practicals and natural light. Of course some Roger Deakins inspired diy strips of light with tungsten bulbs. Probably the best investment I made for this was buying some Insulfoam from Lowes as a bounce board. They have a silver side and a white foam side which is perfect. Plus a sheet of 11 feet by 4 feet was only $11 dollars!

Finished up a passion project. Short narrative, thought I'd share it guys. Shot on BMCC 2.5k w/Speedbooster and Sigma art 18-35 Lens. Shot Raw and graded in DaVinci Resolve. The story and idea is based on experimenting with the power of music.

Best light on planet earth

I have to say the very first thing that came to mind was the Sun! By far the best bang for your buck, best color, best light! Of course, this is just me and these are all just opinions.

Davi Silveira

www.davi-silveira.com

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