vincegortho

Trump 2020. 
Democrats don't even talk policy anymore. They've now debased themselves in to trying cheap tactics to impeach him. Even Obama is telling the progressive party to chill out with the cancel culture woke lexicon. What happened? How did conservatives become the cool* counter culture? 
 

I would love to purchase Sony. They are a powerful brand who always have something on the horizon. The only thing holding me back is just the color science. If they can do something with that I'd be a sony whore. A dirty little sony whore.

The first rule of Flight Club is that you don't talk about feature making on the EOSHD forum ;)

 

My future plans involve returning to shoot in Asia. But it won't be a feature, instead it will be pieces of cinematography, portraits of the place and people, with a message behind that. And I will try and make it as innovative as possible, through the visual techniques, the message and the audio. Berlin for me is like a base to refine and hone my technique. When I go back to Asia I'll be a better cinematographer and actually have something meaningful to film. That said, I am still working on music videos & trailers here in Berlin with a cast, and some more to come out in the winter. Here were the last 3:

 

 

 

 

The problem with making a feature is that it would be the end of EOSHD. I'd have to commit 100% of my time to the feature and they are years in the planning & making & promotion. A short narrative piece would be more doable.

 

I don't think people should see 'feature' as the main event anyway.

 

People tend to think of features as the ultimate goal of a filmmaker. Why? It's just one genre. Like pop is of music. An animated short is just as big of an achievement, and can take years to make. Cinematography on it's own is as much of an art form. A sensitivity to the material and personal take on the world has as much meaning as a fictional narrative from the best writers. Then there's the documentary area of filmmaking. For me those are the ultimate goal for me as a filmmaker. To make something like Koyanisquatsi which is basically a documentary told purely with images. A mixture of the art of photography and filmmmaking. Great sound track too, very important.

 

Feature film is just one sub-genre of filmmaking and no more of an achievement, often in fact much less of an achievement if you look at 99% of them!!!

 

Some of my shoots I enjoyed the most creatively and not just technically, were not actually tests although in the context of EOSHD they were presented that way...

 

This one is about the struggle of Taiwanese people to maintain independence from China...And it had a subtext about war...

 

https://vimeo.com/12472000

 

This one was about the disappearance of history from Chinese culture, with the new tower blocks looming over one of the last remaining temples in Shanghai...

 

 

This was a play on the themes in The Machine by Pink Floyd.... the people obsessing over mobiles, stuck behind a black mirror, trapped in a transport system, the drunk on the U-bahn, a study of Berlin....

 

https://vimeo.com/72605257

 

And this is about the modernisation of a small island in the Philippines (which thankfully survived the recent typhoon intact)...

 

https://vimeo.com/9853081

 

And this is about love lost... but living on in memories... That's what the padlocks represented for me, at that time in my life...

 

 

And my very earliest stuff, shot on the GH1 and 5D Mark II...

 

https://vimeo.com/14534844

 

https://vimeo.com/11349060

 

So if you have only followed my shootouts and tests, hopefully that puts it all in perspective a bit.

Veeeery nice. I have plenty of my own words to digest now.
Never realized you're such an artist in this ilk of filmmaking. 100 percent agree about feature work being a subgenre, my post should of been a bit more diplomatic.
Again. Your work is great. I asked mostly because I just got over the technology bug and am trying not to relapse. I went full circle with owning so many dslrs that shooting and accomplishing goals took backseat to doing a plethora of test and voicing complaints about 8bit limitations. 

 

 

 

Andrew you are no doubt very talented with the video you shoot, showcasing the qualities of different cameras.
I mean no disrespect when I ask this question, but when is it time to just shoot a movie?
You have a blackmagic cinema. 14bit Raw 5Dmark3. A sony Fs100. Gh3. Gh2 and possibly a few other cameras.
I'm curious to see how you tackle scenes involving dialogue with people portraying characters under lighting setups.
It's almost unnecessary to wonder what Nikons doing with pro video. If your talents are badass with a t3i, your next project might find enough investment from backers to shoot on film/9k RED/Sony f55 etc...
You are very well written. Unless your goal is the blog, I'd say your talents are like Fight Club waiting to come out of the basement.

 

 

NIKON D800 USED TO SHOOT DEXTER ALONG SIDE ARRI ALEXA

http://nikonrumors.com/2012/09/07/nikon-d800-goes-to-hollywood.aspx/

interesting

No nikon D800?
You can push the footage a lot further than a 5DM3.

My question is, how many of people who dislike 48fps are really FILMmakers?
The majority of us are using digital, trying to replicate classic cinema with tools that dont look like classic cinema.

It's like eating immitation crab and calling it the real thing.

If the hobbit were shot on film., I'd say: Yeah, sure, let it be 24fps but it's shot digital, which looks nothing like film.
Why not let digital have room to be something else?
Alexa. Red. Blackmagic or 5DmII. Don't fool yourself. Tradition is only an illusion that things are going to be the same.

Check out this Tokina 11mm-16mm CP2 style lens from Cinematics.

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What about sigma 20mm 1.8, 24mm 1.8, 28mm 1.8

I apologize for old questions.
If I don't want to shoot RAW DNG on the black magic. Will ProRes 422 files be compatible with Premier and after effects CS5.5?

So is it $8000 US, or is it $6279?

So the GH3 is staying micro 4/3 sensor size then?
I ask because, so many people gave panasonic grief about it's small sensor size.

Sad that the sony a99 is alpha mount. Is there anyway I can connect my canon glass to it?
And what are the downsides of doing so?

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Im a guy who plans to go back to school while trying to create stories on the side, if this camera claims to be what it is then im incredibly excited. I dont have alot of extra money, im planing on getting a GH2 by the end of the year because it suit my needs as a person delving into this field more seriously in the future. By next year I plan on actually getting this as an upgrade(If it proves to be true of what it claims to be). My point is that I cant be spending money on a high end camera or incredible gear/rigs. I need one that is versatile, more bang for buck, and this seems like the next logical step. While saving next year I'll be honing my craft with a GH2 in preparation, just to get my head around the concepts of light and composition. Im glad this is going to hit the market, I hope it shakes thing up in the indie market. I cant wait!
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If you're are fully funding your own stories, this camera will be a great tool.
If you're just trying to hit some festivals to pitch your story talents for outside funding of a full length feature, just grab a GH2 or 60D.
It seem the better the resolution and pro look of anyones video, should be equally matched with production design, along with director skill.
It's easier to forgive the guy who did a okay job with a t2i and blast the guy who was mediocre who shot on Red.

Canon just laid an egg!

I can't wait for next month!

Hopefully the announcment of the A99 and Gh3 will put in to perspective the fate of my 5D3.
My only dislike about sony is their products (on the prosumer level) don't look filmic but very video looking.
Keeping fingers crossed that both cameras have a log/flat picture profile.

A very nice read. I was very disappointed in the Zacuto shootout for the same reason.
My favorite type of lighting is bounced light, that pours in from windows. There's such a nice warm glow to everything it touches.

What brand matchbox is that?

So its just a casing? Not even hacked?

The red button and monitor sing Red camera!
Will we be impressed with sensor size? S35??

REDS 3k camera for a little bit more than $3k!
Or Atomos entry in to the camera realm, offering 4k on s35 sensor... I give up!

A video of the lens.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2krTPYVOizg

I almost ordered one, but thought best to modify my old lenses to this body style, standardizing them to a single format.,

Im holding out for the magic lantern hack. Anyone think the bitrate increase feature may have give better results since now the 5dIII doesn't line skip?

In regards to affordable gear, has anyone seen these Chinese knockoff CP primes called CT???
They use real zeiss glass in their own body at a fraction of the cost. A 50mm is only $1065 instead of $3999

Or they can rehouse and customize your old lenses in to a cine-style. Hope this isn't old news.


http://www.pchood.com/电影镜头/film%20lens

I was thinking of sending my 5DIII off to maxmax and having them do it.
Do you regret modifying yours? Or will you recommending certain precautions to evade the dust issue?
Sorry, this is the topic I'm most interested in, which seems to have been ignored by James Miller* and that other mystery guy on vimeo who posted a six minute video then removed it. So much mystery around this mod.