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Tim Schroeder

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  1. Hey y'all, Not sure if this is more of a grip and rigging question or if it's more appropriate to this section. That being said: I have a potential on location shoot taking place at a convenience store where the shot in question needs to be shot through the window of the business. During the day the reflections make it near impossible to see inside the store, while at night, the lights illuminating the gas pumps are visible in the reflection of the window. Plus the issue of the camera itself showing up in the window reflections as well. Unfortunately the shot does need to be straight on as it were, so there's no place to hide the camera off to either side. What kind of set up would be needed to get this kind of shot that would eliminate the window reflections?
  2. The way I understand it based on what I read on how this was made, neither. Which is what has me confused. Especially as it seems the focal length and camera placement makes it seem as though the camera is between the two.
  3. Thank you for the response. The shot type maintains similar framing throughout the film (I'd say something like 60% - 65% of the film is the same type of frame and the reverse of it, most of it moving) with most of the content within the film being characters conversing while in the car. It is a car where the driver sits on the left. The shots below take place in a scene where the car is continuously moving. Shot on top is passenger, shot on bottom is the driver. The characters are never seen in the same shot at the same time. When the camera is on the passenger, the director is driving and feeding questions to the actor so they have the appropriate response. The way the process was described (to my understanding) they didn't use a trailer that the car would be on; instead the director had the camera affixed to the car in some way while he drove and fed lines / questions. Then of course this is a film from '97 and the camera most likely used was some variation of the Arriflex 35BL, so it's not exactly a small camera either.
  4. Not entirely sure if this is the correct part of the forums for this question... Anyway, in watching Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry, I couldn't help but notice how the scenes were covered inside the car. While on the surface of it, it seems like it'd be fairly straightforward in how these shots were achieved, but I can't quite seem to figure it out. I'm thinking that a hostess tray rig might have been used but I'm not certain of this. What makes it more puzzling is that in shots where you don't see the driver, the director himself was driving while the camera is facing the opposite direction. To my knowledge, the car was not modified in any way. I can't tell if the camera is inside the car or not. In short, how might this shot have been achieved in a way that does not obstruct the driver, and not have the potential of the driver obstructing the shot?
  5. Hello. I've been mathematically constructing some dream lenses where internet DoF calculators aren't cutting it. I'm going two stops faster than F0.7 (F0.35) from a Super 8mm field of view. I want to know if these lenses could work mathematically. Does anyone per chance know the algorithm to calculate depth of field?
  6. So in the sense of lower end digital cameras with an 8 bit 4:2:0 signal (Say the a6000 for example) it's best to just have the color balance "on the money" as opposed to balancing it to capture the color of the location? Would it be a bad idea to shoot everything whilst maintaining a 5600k color balance?
  7. So in a nutshell, when shooting on film stock, if you get the color temp close enough it can easily be corrected in the DI process or through chemical means? And color temp is often correct through filters or a combination of lights and filter?
  8. Alright, if the goal is to match the color temp of the area, how do you find the exact color temperature so that you can use the correct filters to achieve the desired effect?
  9. I'm curious as to how DP's that work with film stock go about white balancing. Since the WB is fixed do they use gels on the lights set up? Or do they use filters in front of the lens to achieve the desired effect? If so, how incremental is the filtration?
  10. Noted. Thank you helping clear that up.
  11. Thanks for clearing that up. :D I have some adapter lenses that just might work once I figure out how to mount them. I looked into buying a Beaulieu, but it's out of my budget for the time being, hence the interest in the QUARZ. Also, do you have any recommendations as far as adapters go in terms of the anamorphic lenses and "normal" spherical lenses?
  12. Thanks for the info. :D So what your saying is that adapter lenses will work as opposed to normal c-mount lenses?
  13. I've adapting some Nikkor lenses to work for video/cinema. Is there a place where I can get them measured in T-stops so I can maintain consistant lighting easier?
  14. Hello, I've been enamoured by the organic qualities of Super 8 and 16mm film for some time now. One question I have though is if wind up cameras are worth the cheaper price. I know the Krasnogorsk k-3 is a good 16mm camera, but what about Russian Super 8 wind ups? I also recently read an article from 2007 about how you can adapt the camera to take other lenses, it just takes some fiddling. Anyone know how to do that process? Article: http://zenitquarzcameras.blogspot.com/2007/07/submit-your-quarz-made-super-8-films.html?m=1
  15. Thanks. Everything seems to be working just fine.
  16. I recently updated my Sony a6000 to firmware 2.0, which includes the XAVC-S codec. When I import the footage into lightworks NLE or to cliptoolz convert it reads as AVCHD. Am I doing something wrong?
  17. Anyone had any experience shooting with the Sony a6000? I've had the camera for about six weeks and have been have issues with noise and sharpness in my footage, even after post-processing, Does anyone have any options as far as picture profile to use or properly exposing the image?
  18. I have a few questions regarding the 5D Mark III with Magic Lantern Raw. First, what kind of computer specs would be need to handle the 14-bit raw smoothly? Second, does the camera have the option to record in 10-bit or 12-bit? Third, what kind of challenges come from using the 5D Mark III and/or Magic Lantern?
  19. Hello, I've been color correcting/grading with cliptoolz color for awhile now, but I've run into a few issues: First off I don't fully understand waveforms, histograms and scopes in general. I know how to read them in a basic sense, but that's not really working in the results I'm trying to get. Second, I'm shooting an a Sony a6000 in AVCHD, and I don't know how to correct/grade with AVCHD without having digital artifacts after de-noising. Lastly, The computer I'm editing on is a dell laptop with Win 8 with a resolution of 1600 x 900 (not ideal I know, but it's the best I have to work with for the time being) so everything is SUPER de-saturated until I plug it in to a 1080p HD television which then the colors turn out alright. But it has me concerned that when I finally render it it will not look how I intended it to. No I cannot upgrade software, cash is tight. Any advice on the matter?
  20. Thanks for the help, these methods definitely helped with the 50mm and the 105mm. However the 200 does something wierd by not having any screws other than those on the lens mount and just under, but getting access to the ones under the mount is difficult. Any ideas?
  21. I recently inherited a trio of nikkor lenses that I plan on de-clicking. I've browsed numerous forums, blogs and videos with no success. Anyone know a good source on how to de-click these lenses? Nikkor-H Auto 50mm f/2 Nikkor-P Auto 105mm f/2.5 Nikkor-Q Auto 200mm f/4
  22. Any ideas on how prevent or fix this problem?
  23. I'm talking more about the aliasing/ moire. That's actually not noise though, it's just a film grain effect I used to try and mask the noise already present, which actually was almost non-existent upon further inspection.
  24. Having been shooting on DSLR's for awhile (t4i) I thought I had gotten the hang of things.....but now in the color correction process I seem to be encountering some odd digital artifacts (seen below). Is this just anti aliasing or am I over correcting the footage?
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