Niels kakelveld

I was the technical director and camera operator behind this project. With my camera gear hauled all the way to Vienna it was shot over the course of 4 days. 2 months later I am ecstatic to show you the result very soon. "Instead of finding peace and enlightenment, I found the darkest nights I'd ever seen with the most frightening sounds coming from the woods at night (no Slenderman present because he already fled the scene out of fear). I spent 3 days alone (+ whiskey) in the middle of nowhere in a cottage in the woods to answer some questions for myself: "What do I want to do with my life? Where will I be in 26 years?". I wasn't planning on writing a song, but amidst the weird noises and the solitude this kinda happened. "Night In The Woods" is about feeling stuck and being anxious about your deathbed regrets." It is going to premier on YT on the 1st of October. Editing: WHSPRS, Bardic Colour grading: Me, WHSPRS

Soon I will be shooting 2 (3?) music videos in Austria with musicians in the VRChat/Furry scene. So expect the virtual and real life to intermix with the help of the funny animal people and fluffy avatars. The majority will be shot on Super 8, right now I am gathering and organizing my gear for the trip. Film has already arrived on location. Still debating whether I should bring my steadicam rig, because it is such a hassle to bring even on checked luggage.

I am part of the VRChat filmmakers group, and have been watching this huge project unfold over several months. This short film was recorded entirely on the social VR game VRChat, which centres itself around user expression and creation. All of the assets, avatars, environments, and visualizers you see are build by the community that create content for one purpose: To get people together. It is really awesome to see the filmmaking scene taking off, so many strides have been taken this year for this very new medium. People can wear trackers on bodyparts such as feet, legs and elbows to have motions of the user translate to their avatar in VR. Up to 11 points of tracking can be ingested. I think it is very interesting how Ariel intermixed the HUDs and various screens of the game with the footage taken with the vrchat camera, I haven't seen it done like that before. Also like the colour grading and FXs such as grain and QA added in post. One big problem is that eyes of avatars look at the closest source of audio, so unless the actor has an (expensive) headset capable of eye and face tracking, it does unfortunately look off at times. I feel like this short film also showcases some types of environments and people that I have seen in the game for real as well, and perhaps this imitates life... "A young woman searches for connection across one night in the VRChat club scene." Filmed over 6 months in real VRChat music venues during live events, and featuring a soundtrack of incredible songs and OST created entirely by VRChat users, Ulterior Motives is one of the most ambitious film projects created within VRChat, and was created with the assistance and passion of so many people in the scene.

Thanks Jörg, That's a lot of good info. I might also want to record some tripod shots, and I am thinking which mics to use. I assume if I put the GoPro ontop of the camera and use its internal mic the mechanism audio will be way too loud. I see most super 8 mics can be angled up and extended outwards away from the body to cut off noise. Are mics like the canon BM 50 and 70 directional towards the front, so audio coming from the back like the camera noise is mostly cut out? So I am thinking getting a BM 50 or 70 and plugging it into the GoPro would be ideal. Unless there are modern comparable microphones?

Alas, none of those companies can or are willing to do a CLA on that camera.

Is there any place left that can CLA a Canon 1014 XL-S? I have found a receipt on ebay that appears to have been about repairing and CLA'ing such a camera. But I havent been able to find the company. I translated the receipt with Google Lens and it says "Shinji Co., Ltd. 804-7128-8798 58 Imaue, Noda City, Chiba Prefecture." Any thoughts on current CLA services? Regards

I recently got a Angénieux 6-80mm F1.2 lens with the reglo-zoom collar and motors, for a 4008 and 5008 Is there a way to put this lens in a 6008 LCU? So I have auto aperture and zoom controls. Preferably without modifying the lens. I do have spare LCU.

Pro8 has grading/colour options you select when you file in your info. Amongst these options are things like a scene to scene grade, single grade and a flat/log scan. There may be more options. Looks like you selected the LOG option. This is meant to be very flat so there is no clipping in the highlights and shadows. So this scan needs to be graded in something like davinci resolve before it looks like something projected with reversal.

I'm guessing most super 8 camera's meter Ektachrome 100D as 160? Do you know if the Canon 1040 Electronic and Canon 1014 XL-S meter it at 160 or 100?

Can confirm the 6008 S still has the power zoom enabled in manual exposure mode.

Which camera do you recon will get more light on the film, a Canon 1014 XL-S at 18fps and 220 degree shutter, or a Beaulieu 6008 S at 18fps and Low Light mode? Both at 1,4. From what I have read the Canon 1014 XL-S has a much longer time where the film is exposed compared to the Beaulieu, but the latter doesn't lose any light to a beam splitter. I will probably take both with me anyways on the next convention. The Canon might be easier to focus because it has a split prism and the Beaulieu just has a ground glass in the middle.

I have shot Ektachrome with my Nizo on auto and set to the lightbulb (filter out of the way) and it came out great. I think it meters for either 160 or 100 which would be good. If you set the switch to win I think the red filter will be out into place and make your recordings very red. Put it on lightbulb. If it does meter at 160 on lightbulb, manual override of the aperture is trivial with this camera to correct it 2/3 stop.

It is looking like the 1014 Elec does cover or largely covers max 8, I would need to do a full zoom sweep to know at which focal lengths. I may take the gate out again to take a better look, or get a finer file and try on a spare gate from a parts camera. When filing take your time, you can always file more off but never file back on. You can see I took too much off at the top so it projects through to the previous image. From what I have seen the 1014 XL-S has a smaller image circle and doesn't cover anything beyond the normal super 8 frame.

VrChat is a social and game platform where people meet, talk and interact with each other in virtual worlds and avatars. The user wears a VR headset, controllers and often also full-body trackers that translates their movements to the cyberspace. High-resolution 3D visuals from the headset trick the mind in experiencing a real sense of commodity and closeness. Some others even experience phantom-touch. Creators are the integral cornerstone of the platform, managing to build incredible spaces and avatars that make for experience completely unlike what is possible. Friendships and even love is born out of their efforts that allows everyone to come together. It was only a matter of time before people took the platform way beyond what it was initially conceptualized as, and with imaginative minds and ever growing skill-sets are at the forefront of something beautifully new. It is wonderful to see so many get together to make things that speak to their heart. Much like with stop-motion where people come to accept and even love the jittery ness and fingerprints as an integral and romantic part of the medium, I think the right way to go about using VrChat is to accept and go with the janky-ness, even use it to their advantage for comedic effect or storylines. A few lovely and expertly done videos: And this video played towards the end of a 2-day virtual festival hosted by Furality, it played during their closing stream so it was a wonderful meta-inside video that was cool to experience there live. The festival hosted live music performances done by musicians in VR, and also meetups and avatar showcases. The hourly fireworks show at the lobby was breathtaking and emotional to witness with friends:

I'm entertaining the idea of recording a 3 minute acoustic performance on a single super 8 cartridge, as one continuous take. I'm already talking with the musician and he would totally be up for it and use it as his official acoustic video of the song. He said he will have to shorten the songs a bit to fit in 3 minutes but that's no problem. He also said he has a portable recording setup so we can do it inside or outside whenever. A few questions: I'm also thinking to put a field recorder ontop my 1014 XL-S or Beaulieu 6008 as a backup and to get the camera noise/ambiance. Any idea how loud the camera noise will be? Neither camera are crystal sync, should I still use a film slate at the beginning and end of the film? I want to move around and change angles during the video, any idea for cool shots?