Dimitrios Koukas

Mario, Sry I forgot to mention this .Use some led battery powered light for bicycles for the close ups. ;) This will do a great difference to the things u have been experiment till now. It will give u a great shine in the actors eyes. Dimitrios Koukas

Unfortunately not in Ikegami monitors especially the ones that u use as a reference :) Dimitrios Koukas

An easy way is to use chinese lanterns, (chinnese ballons), with photoflood lamps 250w or 500w. U can hide them in corners and u can easily hang them from the ceiling.Also use black cinefoil or carton paper to cut unwanted light of them. That's just an idea, it doesn't mean that u will have to follow it, u also can ask the art director or set designer to add as many practicals as he can in the set or u can choose them together and maybe u can go with the practicals and some fill light from the lanterns. I don't know what would be your artistical approach, so I am just suggesting. Dimitrios Koukas

Do u mean the pressurised chambers? I think there are from steel 1meter thick? Look this have the same pressure with u as u get in, and then they change the pressure to the one u will need to go to the other side. If I am getting it here? Are we suddenly completly out of topic? lol sry. Dimitrios Koukas

I believe it's very well loaded, and do not worry about the pressure, u see the pressure plate itself is arranging this. Let's hope the springs of it are in the manufacturer's limits. Also if you don't see the film scratches itself anywhere on the magazine then I can guess you did a perfect loading and u should try with a new roll. Before you do this, clean the magazine and your gate, the test film isn't so clear. Don't forget to shoot with the magazine lids closed this time. (jokin). Dimitrios Koukas

I don't know what is a pelican can u be more specific? Is it the oxygen masks? Dimitrios Koukas

Why not Videography and Media arts? Dimitrios Koukas

Yep. Dimitrios

Your result would be a track I guess? It's like u follow her with a stabilising system.Beware that the light u turn on and off don't spoil your background. Good luck Dimitrios Koukas

Also there is a button on the camera with the markings W and Z. W goes for wide angle lens and Z goes zoom .Press it to see what happens. U see your camera has a ZOOM lens wich is a wide angle AND a TELEPHOTO too. Dimitrios Koukas

This are your camera specs am I right? Try to remove the digital zoom option from your camera And remember that it's unatural a camera to get bigger or smaller or to other physical parts of it. :blink: :blink: 0.34 megapixels (effective), 18x optical zoom/360x digital zoom, Mini DV format, 2.5" LCD, auto and manual focus, electronic image stabilization, 1.14 lbs. Dimitrios Koukas

There is no need to apologise to someone that doesn't know what framming is. What I believe from what she is saying is that she presses the zoom button all the way and always goes to full telephoto. You have just asked her to be more specific. Dimitrios Koukas

Even that I have my times of electronic, rnb etc music, my tastes are quit similar with Tim, except Dylan and the beatles. Also some eighty's stuff like the mission, the sound, Cure etc. Manic street preachers I liked a lot and David Gray. Dimitrios Koukas

Most video cameras have a B mount wich is the special bayonet type. Also note that there are some digi-primes allready in the market in case that u want to go with this. www.digiprimes.com Dimitrios Koukas

Mr. Rose, I can still scan the manual for u and send it in your e-mail if u like. I believed I have been helpfull here? Dimitrios Koukas

By the way, have u done what I was telling u about running the camera with open magazine lids and an allready developed film? Dimitrios

twelve images, wich is about 13 perforations, then u have to pull the loop up and then send half on each side Dimitrios Koukas

I liked mattias style, Also in case they have a hole under don't forget to cover it with spun or some diffusion. Put them on dimmer packs, I am sure that u can hook them up in the club's lighting desk, in case u re not equiped with one. u can use 8 per/ channel if u want, in case u have 250w photofloods, if u dim them they will give u a nice warm look and u can also flash them for more fun. Try to play with the clubs lighting , if there is any, and ask for the bar's electrician or the person that uses the fixtures to be there for a cooperation. Dimitrios Koukas

I meant inside the camera. Dim

First of all don't panic. 435 Arri gives you (as u allready know) the possibility to change ground glass, but also it has some short of masks for the Arri glow feature. Wich means if you have changed the ground glass then u have to change the Arri glow mask too. It's located somewhere in the top left of the cameras door. Regards Dimitrios Koukas

Friend, The american cinematographer Video manual first edition has an article on this on pge 167 ''hiding lavalier mics'', if you want I can send you the page scanned. Dimitrios And by the way we are out of topic here, so please ask some sound engineers about this.

This is a very nice suggestion, that u can also use outside! U have three hours after the sunrise that the sun itself could ''burn'' your background easily.U just need a good large silk or grid cloth surface with a good rigging, cause u see this thing will ''fly away'' with some light breeze. By doing this u will only need reflectors for your foreground, I don't know though if three hours are enough for u. Anyway for a studio application use just one 1x1.40 m soft source 45 degrees for the background.Don't worry if u see shadows, just be sure that u overexpose the background a bit. Go one stop higher than you readings for the shadowed area. This will make it look even. Then u can use whatever u like for the foreground, knowing the f/stop set for the background. Please if you need more explanations don't hesitate to ask. Dimitrios Koukas

I usually shoot tv commercials in 35 fully aperture gate,that gives me the oportunity to scan it in the telecine and crop where I want, as long as the most of the works I ve done for TV adverts companies prefer full screen TV 4:3. Or sometimes that they want WS television 1:1:78, I am just changing my ground glass using the same gate. U go for the telecine and just tell the technician what format u want it on tape. 3-perf, is really good for HD tv series or anything that goes for wide screen.For television. In the case of 3-perfs for cinema we only save some money when shooting for 1:1:85, that we re loosing after in the indermediates. Pleas correct me if I am wrong. Regards DImitrios koukas

"I do miss the warmth and lustre of film," Fairfax sports photographer Tim Clayton says. Who is this guy? And why not going on film when he misses it so much? I believe that the big money productions are duying not film! Everything now goes for the post and CG. When anyone can have an AVID Xpress or final cut in his office to play with, and when people believe that sony HDcamcorders for home movies are the best solution for their projects, I can see the reason why. Hehe Dimitrios Koukas

Maybe the bungie rope will do best for your aplication, but imagine that your first AC will jump up and down in panic to catch the camera! And also have in mind that the chain cause of it's weight it's in a way more ''controlable'',the bungie will do some left and right yawings too. But, you are the DP here, and u are the one that has to comply with the productions demands. Good luck with this and I hope that u will give me the opportunity to look some of this footage in the future. Dimitrios Koukas