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Mario C. Jackson

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  1. I am a big fan of Conrad Hall. Of the choices listed I would have to say Road to Peridition. I like the pacing of the movie and how the photography complimented it. Mario Concepcion Jackson
  2. Wow I have always been taught that a single is one stop and a double is 2 stops. Mario Concepcion Jackson
  3. Also check out Fuji suites for film stocks. Hope this helps Mario Concepcion Jackson
  4. I try to always use the exact same Key Grip for all my shoots. He is very good and creative and I wouldn't want to dp or gaff anything without him. Thanks Mario Concepcion Jackson
  5. One idea is to take your camera and set it far away from your subject and then zoom in to the shot that you want. Remember to set the camera back a good ways though. I have used this idea before and it worked out ok. It's nothing like the range of depth of field on film but it will work. Thanks Mario Concepcion Jackson
  6. Make sure that you didn't blow fuse in the house when you turned the light on Mario Concepcion Jackson
  7. Another thing you can do is take 2 650w fresnals and shoot them into a bounce card. Then cut two circles out from a old bounce card. Then put warm gels on one circle and cool gels on the other. Then once you start filming spin both of the circles of gels around. This is a good and cheap way to emulate tv light. I gaffed on a shoot and used this idea. Hope this helps Mario Concepcion Jackson
  8. I shot a film 3 months ago called 13 Months of Sunshine. I had to shoot a scene almost exactly like you did. We literally had no budget. So what I did what was drop a polarizer in the camera and just started shooting. I made sure the main actress was on the side of the car where most of the light was coming from, set my exposure and told my cam op to just roll the camera. Hope this helps Mario Concepcion Jackson
  9. I think the picture is pretty good. I would just have pushed the book shelf back, the picture has to much depth of field. I don't see anything wrong with the chair. Perhaps you could move the plant, but I don't think that the plants position is that bad. Thanks Mario Concepcion Jackson
  10. I would just change use the normal lights in the bathroom and just enhance them. Then maybe I would use the sun as backlight coming from a door or window. Hope This helps Mario Concepcion Jackson
  11. I shot a movie last fall and the director asked for the exact same thing. I shot that whole seen at T 1.3. I shot a baby through a 4x4 silk right in front of the door. So the silk was right up against the door and I shot the 1k through it. I also added 1/4 blue to the 1k. Then I cut the practical light on. Then we made our shots so that you would not know that it was another light in the room, it looked as if it all came from one light. I recently saw a rough cut of the footage and the scene looked good. I have been trying to get some frames so I can post them but no luck just of yet. Hope this helps Mario Concepcion Jackson
  12. What kind of gel could I put on a tungsten light to make it look like it is sodium vapour. I am doing an exterior scene under sodium lights and their is no room in the budget for a generator but I may be able to hook a light up to a car battery. Thanks Mario Jackson
  13. I think the picture looks good. You said you used a 500w photo flood backlight but I didn't see a back light. I really do like the picture though. Perhaps maybe if you kept the exact the same lighting and just repositioned you actor it would have been alot better. Mario C. Jackson
  14. You can also push film at the lab. Or if you were shooting a 320T stock you could set your meter to 400 ASA, 500 ASA and so forth. Hope this helps
  15. Hey guys I have alot of film and I was wondering what would be a good film test to shoot. I have done a couple of test before but I just wanted to know what you guys thought. Thanks Mario C. Jackson
  16. Yes their are a couple of femaile dp's. Amy Vincent, Ellen Kuras ASC, both of these cinematographers are very good and I admire their work. Sad thing is i only know of male dp's and from my knowledge there are not many female dp's. I attend film school but their is no photography program. I actually am a animation student. I kind of created my own cinematography major. Well atleast thats what everyone in school says. I have shot tons of movies. One semester in school I was dp for 15 shorts and I worked on more than 30 productions. All that was just one semester, which was about a year ago. If you want to be a dp, always find a way to get a shoot. Run camera, AC, grip, electric, gaff, free lamce or do what ever you can to learn the art of photography. A friend and I watch a movie every week and break it down shot by shot, we study magazines, paintings, etc... Bottom line emerse yourself into the art and do alot of praying. Hope this helps Mario C. Jackson
  17. Yes Kaminski uses a net behind the lens, although I do not think that he is the originator of this method. A gaffer I know told me the name of the guy who started it but I cant remember his name. Mario C. Jackson
  18. Next time you do a shoot do it with people who are your allies but will do a great job. One thing I do not like on shoots are attitudes. A movie, commercial, video, etc.. are all collabrative efforts. No one on set has the right to argue with a director in front of everyone. An adult should act like an adult. Their is not one dp in the world who knows everything about cinematography, besides Jesus. If your not him then you should not have an ego. It is also good to have atleast two people on a shoot who can back you up. As a dp I always use the same gaffer and he is wonderful to work with. He knows more about lighting than i do (just being honest). I also try to work with the same camera op or someone in the camera department that I have workded with before. You are the director so direct the film. I have never shot on 35mm before but if you want to take a chance with a first time dp on your next project then send me a e-mail. All dp's should have character because that is what makes people want to work with you. Hope this helps Mario C. Jackson
  19. David your right I'm sorry. I was thinking of a tungsten stock being shot in daylight situations. I wanted to use the 500D because of the way it saturates colors and how pleasing it is to skin tone. Thanks Mario C. Jackson
  20. I think the relationship between the director and dp is like a marriage. I believe the dp should be involved as early as possible. I know that a director has a final say so but it is a dp's job to make sure the image is good. I have worked with all types of directors. One director I worked with wanted me to come up with every shot of her film. Other directors wanted me to go over everything with them from the beginning, lighting, camera placement, it was highly collabrative effort. I have also worked with directors who already had the movie visualized in their mind but allowed and trusted me enough to make suggestions. I guess it pretty depends on who you are working with. I think every dp has a nightmare story but nevertheless you are the dp so shoot a good picture.
  21. House of Flying Daggers was shot by one of my favorite Dp's Zhao XioDing. The stuff in the forrest is mostly natural light. He doesn't like to use filters in the camera, so I doubt that he used them for House of Daggers. Alot of the saturation was done in post, especially the deep and heavy greens. He and the director figured out where to place the camera to give them the best look and feel for the film. They also used a fog machine, but someone already mentioned that in a post. Hope this helps Mario C. Jackson
  22. Hey guys I am still choosing film stocks for the upcoming movie I am about to shoot. I leaning towards 500D (Fuji). My question is if I shot the movie on entirely daylight balanced film without adding a filter in the camera and just light everything as if I were shooting on a tungsten film stock what do you think the image will look like. I know it will be blue but I just wanted to see some input on what you guys thought. Thanks Mario C. Jackson
  23. I would love to shoot a action trilogy liket the Matrix. I love those types of movies. Anything action oriented I would love to dp. i also like science fiction, so maybe a weird dramatic, action, science fiction movie would be the type of movies I would love to dp. I think all dp's would want to make a war movie I am a big fan of Conrad Hall, Bill Pope, Zhao Xioding, Paul Cameron, and Mauro Fiore Mario Concepcion Jackson
  24. When it comes to film stocks I would probally go with 320T. Normally when it comes to shooting film I normally choose fast film stocks and fast prime lenses. But for some reason I think 320 T (7277) will be the way to go. It has a very soft look which will work well in film noir. It picks up good detail, and also maintains shadow detail. This stock also has very rich black and it has a good latitude. So your lighting package should be fine. I shot film about ayear ago on 320T and I learned alot since then. It was my first time shooting film and it didn't all that good to me but when I looked at the dailies I got to see the detail and latitude of the film. I have since shot on film 5 times and although I love fast stocks I would defintetly shoot on 320T again. Hope this helps Mario Concepcion Jackson
  25. I have never done that before but I would assume that the light have to come form directly above. The over head light would have to be brighter that anyother light on you subject and environment.
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