Aaron Munoz

Not sure if I'm late on this thread but anyway,natural lighting still needs molding. The reflectors are magical, use them. Depending on your mood, decide between hard or soft reflection. This will help you expose for both sky and subjects. You can also experiment with distances on the reflectors to bring up and down the stops on the subjects. You can use the reflectors as key and fill too. the world is yours my friend.

I liked your shots. I have to disagree with the film look thought, though. With the Red or a Black Magic you get the same 12.5 to 13 stops of dynamic range. I believe the Alexxa has 14 stops! Using some of the older, softer lenses will give you the same look. The only thing I'm not sure it can be simulated yet is the unsteady exposure. And that can even be tampered with in post with software like After Effects.

Very well done. I had to compare the phone shot over and over because I thought you used the original haha. To give you input, I must say that you lack a bit more dynamic in the shots. There's a higher contrast ratio in the original. The first shot needs a coculoris and the pattern to land on both the actor and the wall behind. The lamp should have been hotter, maybe a 60w or 80w bulb. The phone shot was perfect IMO. The original can though, has a silver rim at the middle of the frame that gives it a nice highlight. In summary, higher contrast! p.s. Check out my short posted below yours. ;) Would love your feedback.

Good stuff. I'll learn from it!

Thank you for watching. I can see how the music finale can be distracting. As far as motivation for light, I was going for a surreal film noire kind of look. I didn't really pay attention to how realistic the image looked but rather how it felt and drew attention to the viewer.How do you balance motivation and mise en scene?

Oh and the adpater was a metabones. There was no crop factor. True Super35mm. Well...Super 35 sensor. I think it's 90% to Super 35 film stock.

First off, this is my first post. This forum rocks! I ran into this section and I though I'd give it a shot. Here's my student project. It was a minute and a half film that had to keep a consistent tone. It was shot on the Sony FS100 with a Canon EF 24-70mm and Canon EF 70-200mm. I used an ARRI light kit and stuck with just the 650w and 300w tungsten. Used the scrims and ND gels to knock down the light for the limited dynamic range on the camera. Used a battery powered LED outside the window, only when he is peaking through the blinds. You can kind of see it. hehe. Enjoy! Critiques welcome! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGGSObJUiDo