David Schuurman
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Is it possible to make a d-tap cable that splits at the end into 2 barrel connectors? I want to power a monitor and transmitter from a single dtap cable. in my head this works the same as a d-tap splitter cable. Does anyone have any thoughts on doing that? I'm comfortable making cables but unsure of what the ramifications would be if any.
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you're in toronto and there's no litemats available? 2d House, AE, Ontario Camera, and Whites all have them to rent. Or look on Shuttershare for private owners. I have one I can rent to you but I'm in Hamilton. You mention being unable to rig to the ceiling, but do you have any photos of the ceiling you're shooting in? Is it a drop ceiling? just white painted drywall? if you're not hazing it up then your best bet is to use a source 4 like David suggested, you may need to put a bounce up, or just shape it right on the ceiling. only thing you probably can't do that way is skirt the whole thing to minimize the falloff. If it's a drop ceiling you could maybe pin up some duvetyne . If you have the budget for a skypanel, which is like $250ish/d you could probably hire a grip to help and rig up a cheaper light.
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this is all great insight folks. thank you for that. Leapfrogging is great advice, which I've already implemented on this new years sets. So is understanding what I can't actually control. The one thing I don't often have the luxury of though is extra crew. Typically I'm using 1 AC and gaff+grip. so everything takes time. Gotta start pushing for more.
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Im just wondering if theres anything you ensure you do as a DP that helps you make your days? I always find we go way overtime and usually its because we tried to be too ambitious but I feel like I need to direct my focus more into ways to keep to reasonable timelines.
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LED bi-colour source 4 leko?
David Schuurman replied to David Schuurman's topic in Lighting for Film & Video
oh that's great to know! thank you, the studio HD is exactly what I'm after I think. Do you by chance know the LED versions output equivalent to a tungsten lamp ? are they all about 750w? -
Hey folks, I'm pulling the trigger on a litemat s4 and I'm wondering if anyone has encountered a solution to transporting it in a hard case for air travel? It seems there is not much option other than to custom build something but hopefully someone out there has encountered this roadblock and solved it. Thanks!
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Is there such a thing? I have no idea where to start when it comes to leko's and it looks like it'd be a great investment for my lighting game. Thanks!
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Hey thanks guys, to clarify, I mean moonlight coming through the window. All the lights are off. for instance, it's a bedroom scene middle of the night. the room doesn't have a lot of light coloured walls so everything is really falling into black more than I want. so I want to lower the contrast range between the moonlight and the rest of the room.
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Lighting once and shooting everything?
David Schuurman replied to David Schuurman's topic in Lighting for Film & Video
Thanks so much for the insight you guys! Really helpful! -
I see a lot of lighting breakdowns on here and it seems to me that there's a whole lot of "lighting for each shot" and I'm wondering how often you folks light an entire scene and shoot everything with minimal if any tweaks for closeup? Any examples of lighting setups where you've done it this way?
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Hey folks, I'm going to be heading to NAB later this month and wondering if anyone here is oging to be giving any talks on behalf of any exhibitors or anything like that? Listening to people wax was my favourite part of NAB last year and I'm hoping to have a better plan for it this time around. Thanks.
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rotate the camera 180 degrees on a tripod method?
David Schuurman replied to David Schuurman's topic in Grip & Rigging
hmm, I had thought about using my ronin but was concerned about that happening. it was also quite windy where we were shooting so I wanted a locked solution. -
rotate the camera 180 degrees on a tripod method?
David Schuurman replied to David Schuurman's topic in Grip & Rigging
Thanks Adrian! Here's the shot paired with a bts of the setup in action on my Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/BSjKVlAAbiz/?taken-by=ballofyarnfilms -
Wireless Focus Controls
David Schuurman replied to Brenton Lee's topic in Camera Assistant / DIT & Gear
How do all these stack up to my LenzHound? -
rotate the camera 180 degrees on a tripod method?
David Schuurman replied to David Schuurman's topic in Grip & Rigging
Hey Dwayne, here is a bts video of how I had it rigged up. worked perfectly! https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-BBHEG_PBIMWk5HhGlC8akK1M4yHms-eng -
rotate the camera 180 degrees on a tripod method?
David Schuurman replied to David Schuurman's topic in Grip & Rigging
This is a personal project I wrote this weekend and we are shooting it in the morning at 6am. So $100 is still $100 over budget, and I would have nowhere to source from on a sunday. But definitely good to know for the future! -
rotate the camera 180 degrees on a tripod method?
David Schuurman replied to David Schuurman's topic in Grip & Rigging
Thanks Brian, I think that's a solution that would be far out of my budget! I actually managed to rig something up with an additional bowlless tripod head and two angle brackets. I'll post a BTS still when we use it tomorrow!