Premium Member Uli Meyer Posted March 12, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted March 12, 2019 At the beginning of last year, just before the prices shot up, I bought an Arricam LT and an Arriflex 235, both 3perf. I decided to shoot a short film to test the cameras. The idea had to be simple, a couple of actors and one location. We shot on Vision 3 200T using Master Primes. Every single shot was storyboarded, we didn't shoot one foot of coverage. Happy to report that the cameras are working...I'd like to share the result. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hasson Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Great film! Beautiful shots. I loved the wide of her first line, "I'm delighted of course." Such a brilliant location as well. How many rolls of film did you shoot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Uli Meyer Posted March 12, 2019 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Dan Hasson said: Great film! Beautiful shots. I loved the wide of her first line, "I'm delighted of course." Such a brilliant location as well. How many rolls of film did you shoot? Thanks Dan! We shot roughly 6000 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Sekanina Posted March 13, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted March 13, 2019 Beautifully shot Uli, congrats! What scanner did you use for the DI? And can you tell us more about your light setup? Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon O'Brien Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Wow!!!! This is the type of film I would like to make. I can't say enough to express my appreciation at seeing this touching film. Film (and music, etc) tries to give fleeting glimpses of what life is really all about. You know what? It's got to do with love. But it's sort of mystical. It's almost beyond us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruben Arce Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Wow! incredible work Uli Meyer. Talk about amazing image quality, cameras, lenses, extremely clean scan, good cinematography, acting and beautifully composed images. I thought the prices going up on film cameras was my imagination, but by looking at your short film I can see why. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Uli Meyer Posted March 13, 2019 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 13, 2019 4 hours ago, David Sekanina said: Beautifully shot Uli, congrats! What scanner did you use for the DI? And can you tell us more about your light setup? Great work! Thanks David! The footage was scanned at 4k by Kodak London. Not certain which scanner they used. Before the shoot, I made notes about the position of the sun throughout the day. All shots involving the artist on the bench for example were done from 3pm onwards because if there was to be sunshine, it was not going to hit that spot for the rest of the day. Controlling the lighting was easier by blocking and adding light . For the shots of the woman on the bench we used a Molebeam. The lighting was done by two very talented young DPs. Nathalie Pitters on the day we shot Emma on the bench and the slow motion bits and Kupa Warner on the other days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Uli Meyer Posted March 13, 2019 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 13, 2019 Thank you Jon and Ruben for your kind words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Connolly Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Nice - looks great, the location was perfect and the edit was nicely paced. The twist landed at about the right time - I only guessed it about 30 secs before it was revealed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Uli Meyer Posted March 15, 2019 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 15, 2019 18 hours ago, Phil Connolly said: Nice - looks great, the location was perfect and the edit was nicely paced. The twist landed at about the right time - I only guessed it about 30 secs before it was revealed. Cheers Phil, thank you for your comment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Will Montgomery Posted March 22, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted March 22, 2019 Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Uli Meyer Posted March 27, 2019 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 27, 2019 On 3/22/2019 at 6:36 PM, Will Montgomery said: Beautiful. Thank you Will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Greene Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Watch the film, you'll enjoy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Uli Meyer Posted May 27, 2019 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 27, 2019 Happy to report that we won Best Cinematography at the Vaughan Int'l Film Festival. https://www.vaughanfilmfestival.com/copy-of-18-winners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Mark Kenfield Posted May 27, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted May 27, 2019 Congrats Uli! Just watched it, absolutely gorgeous! (with a lovely twist and soundtrack too) I feel like most of the 35mm features I've seen in cinemas recently have felt almost indistinguishable from the digital ones. But you really "feel" the analog in this piece. And it feels wonderfully appropriate. Did you do anything in particular with the processing, or rating of the stock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Uli Meyer Posted May 27, 2019 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 27, 2019 44 minutes ago, Mark Kenfield said: Congrats Uli! Just watched it, absolutely gorgeous! (with a lovely twist and soundtrack too) I feel like most of the 35mm features I've seen in cinemas recently have felt almost indistinguishable from the digital ones. But you really "feel" the analog in this piece. And it feels wonderfully appropriate. Did you do anything in particular with the processing, or rating of the stock? Thanks Mark, much appreciated! We used Vision 3 200T stock, straight forward processing at Kodak London. The footage was shot 3perf and then cropped top and bottom, which helps let the analog shine through. When color grading each shot, I had a specific red/green palette in mind and let the rest fall into place. This resulted in a slightly off-realism look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 On 3/12/2019 at 10:28 AM, Uli Meyer said: Thanks Dan! We shot roughly 6000 feet. Jesus, you have to have $$ to run with the big boys! Beautiful work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/27/2019 at 12:46 AM, Uli Meyer said: Thanks Mark, much appreciated! We used Vision 3 200T stock, straight forward processing at Kodak London. The footage was shot 3perf and then cropped top and bottom, which helps let the analog shine through. When color grading each shot, I had a specific red/green palette in mind and let the rest fall into place. This resulted in a slightly off-realism look. You succeeded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Uli Meyer Posted May 30, 2019 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 30, 2019 On 5/28/2019 at 4:33 PM, Daniel D. Teoli Jr. said: You succeeded! Thanks Daniel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Kovats Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Beautiful simple execution. Well done. I loved the look of your footage and the resulting scan. Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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