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Max Field

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  1. It was wild how they made one location last an entire feature. I wonder how that film would've done without A-list talent.
  2. Source Filmmaker (aka SFM) is the big one that people are using on the indie scene. I've done a few shorts myself and compared them to stuff people from video game backgrounds were putting out and what I can definitely say is if you want your imagination to become completely free without physical or budgetary constraints, try making some SFM shorts. People who come from video game backgrounds pay very little attention to lighting and still blocking and opt for moving handheld camera 24/7, which really loses its flare when they end up shooting the whole thing like that. Use programs like that to pretend you have $250k to shoot a short.
  3. Just wondering if we could compile a list of suggested views that encapsulate great blocking and framing. Nothing on the scale of Metropolis with large elaborate sets, things that anyone is physically capable of in terms of budget, but need a trained mind to consistently do. Thanks!
  4. I'll be real, if someone screws me over in business I become incredibly vengeful lol.
  5. I think you're right on that one. My statement on Netflix still stands.. which is treated like being in the movie theater nowadays by the average civilian.
  6. Not sure if they're comparable, but I see tons of solid state consumer electronics from over 30 years ago still working like new with minimal maintenance. Digital cinema cameras are barely 20 years old, are we already seeing them dying due to "old age" as opposed to continued physical trauma?
  7. I'm not saying this to come off as brash towards you (just to contribute to discussion), but I am sick of people saying that Netflix and Amazon Prime are just handing out distribution deals left and right. It's still an extremely connection based industry, like it's always been. If the floodgates were really that open I would've been producing my own show on Netflix years ago.
  8. Maybe I don't shoot as much as everyone else, but every time I see $1000 off on a camera because it has 3,000 more hours than the others I immediately take it. Never had a problem as a result. Do camera hours for solid state technology really mean anything for the first 20,000? I hate when trying to buy an old camera and the guy is like "well this is low hours for a body this old so I can't lower price" and I'm just like "they're gonna stay low because no one's paying that much for it." Some (most) owner/operators are idiots when it comes to sunk cost fallacy.
  9. The actual biggest fear no one mentioned is for automation and phone filters to wipe out low-mid level cinematography as a whole. Videography is already a practically dead business thanks to the iPhone and the cushion most of us have had is being in the business of making the videos look cinematic as opposed to just making videos. Much harder for computers to filtrate the general look DPs are going for... but they'll eventually find a way.
  10. This had a great feel and look as others have stated before. Sorry to ask, but I'm extremely curious how such a small band was able to afford a music video shot on 35mm? Are they backed by some label throwing a ton of money at the situation?
  11. I might've just gotten lucky, but I got my Alexa for way less than what I'm seeing a lot of the newer Sony cameras go for now.
  12. Literally the only reason I like my Arri Alexa EV is for how the skin tones blow out so naturally and how the lips on faces are always this proper pink color. Are there less expensive camera options which surprisingly have the same effect? Please show minimally graded samples? Thanks for any input!
  13. Take note of the blue light bleeding in at the top right corner: This was shot on an Arri Alexa EV with a 50mm Zeiss CP2. 2 Arri 650s about 7.5 feet high pointing down at a cross to backlight the talent. The big question I have is on the science for intentionally creating more light bleeds like this, I'm in love with the look. I try to trigger it through just fiddling with angles but I have no real consistent way of knowing how to make it happen every time. Is it dependent on the lens? Does sensor size affect it? Intensity of the light? Please, any knowledge you have on this will benefit me greatly. Thanks as always!
  14. Just saw this on Christmas. Aperture felt wide open the entire time, was it one of the more difficult pictures to pull focus for? And did you go to the Checkers across the street from the Bronx stairs after wrapping? I visited the stairs and was way too happy to see a Checkers was right next to it. Also wanted to comment on the scissor stabbing scene. It's very rare, if not the first time, you get to see that level of horror movie gore with a completely casual tone. Maybe the most memorable scene of the film. Most visually impressive film I've seen this year... but my opinion doesn't mean much as I've only seen like 3 movies this year...
  15. Let's watch RED Cameras plummet even further on the used market in 2020!
  16. Which AC's job is it to calibrate the flange distance on each lens? I tried doing it on one of mine and could get it close but never exact. Or is that the job of the rental house when preparing a camera/lens package? I'd love to go purely off of measurements because I'm sick of having to squint-eye the monitor all the time.
  17. I've said this multiple places: Never found a Rode mic that beat every competitor at the same price point.
  18. I would post the sound clips you had, great is a matter of opinion.
  19. I'll be honest... barely any money in Youtube unless you're a huge channel. You could ask for 60% or 0% of all profits and you'd be left with a similar amount of money. Get as much flat rate as you can.
  20. Can you make a video demonstrating that? I can do that when it goes low down but I can't figure out the hand placement for it being above chest level.
  21. I've used the Zoom H4N and H6. H6 has much better GUI and more ins and outs, so to me the better buy. Whatever you do, do not use the built in microphones, they pick up vibrations and wind in the ugliest of ways. Also just don't really even sound that good. Always use an XLR mic into the input for the microphone aspect.
  22. Man this Phil Rhodes guy's been everywhere lately!
  23. Thanks for that end of it. What about when people say a camera would lose resolution in the red channel? Do different companies select the crushing of the chroma resolution through different methods?
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