Liam

So I got like the cheapest lens I could, and now it’s the only one I like. “Character” or crap, I love it. Just a non-ai 50mm with a $10 wide angle adapter. I have a telephoto adapter too, which definitely still has character, but not always my favorite. I like this even more than the 50 by itself. Didn’t know if there were just terrible cheap lenses anywhere that could be worth fiddling with. usually the budget lenses are still somewhat high for me. Kinda curious about fungus filled lenses, I’ve seen those do cool things

Ps, i know that those Dog Optiks are nice n Schidtty, and I appreciate the hell out of them, but maybe mostly interested from the cheapskate side of things, so /:

I’m kind of in a rut, I’ll try not to make this too rambling and bitter (in previous drafts it’s been much worse)..

I don’t want to speak too soon, since I’ll be in a film festival this week. But it’s really small, looks like a lot of terrible films going.. Not sure I’ll be making any valuable connections (of course definitely going to give it a try).

First, any advice for how to make the most of this festival? I have a feature film written and ready I believe (should I print up physical copies or better off with a pitch and taking down some emails?).

Other ways to go on from here? This film I was able to do with only me, but that’s not sustainable. I’d love to just be surrounded by like-minded, ambitious friends, but that’s not where I’m at. Find actors on craigslist..? Move to LA? I’m looking at animation (another way to not need anyone), but it’s daunting, to say the least.

I hear the advice every now and then “raise $10,000 and just make your film” - almost a possible amount, but where does that money go? I can’t imagine needing $10,000, and I’d probably still end up with really amateur actors, right..? Since it’s still not much money to anyone half big. So it just sounds pointless.

So um.. Fix me

20 hours ago, Asmundma said:

I took the camera files - mpeg files (they are 4:2:2) through editready and generated 4:2:2 prores. Did the same with Apples Compressror 4:2:2 . Can you adjust the internal bit rate somehow in editready??

 

 

So this is different from Sony slog, where one want to protect the shadows....?

I have still to see someone proving any extended dynamic range with this C-log.......

when I use Canon log to rec - its way off - so it not a log actually.

Yeah, dynamic range isn't really the point of this "log". It's nice to grade, and from what I've seen it's nice for applying luts, but maybe you need to adjust a little bit as well. I don't have much experience with luts. There was some talk here about how a custom picture profile from eos utility can't really increase dynamic range. Not sure how it works. Guess it doesn't go straight from the raw data to the picture profile. Yeah, definitely over expose with slog, but with it's higher DR, that's easier. With eoshd clog, it just makes sense to sometimes allow for some noise instead of making clipping worse than imaginable

protecting the highlights can mean over exposing. don't do it too extremely, like a blank wall that requires no dynamic range, pushed to just before clipping. and definitely under expose a tiny bit if it's a shot where a highlight is definitely going to blow out, but not to the point where the important part of the scene is completely black. there is some info in the shadows, but I do not think there is an actual dynamic range advantage here over prolost flat. the shots where you can overexpose a little and protect the highlights will be the best

You should post it to vimeo groups and "shout" it to vimeo channels

Those are freaking beautiful videos

@fuzzynormal I can't imagine someone not liking Hertfeldt! It's Such a Beautiful Day is the best film I've seen in a long long time.

@kaylee I've definitely been doing some copying. Free hand, things can get messy  And yeah, I've kind of just been sitting on scripts that I like for a long time. Even if I can't do animation, it's worth a few years trying, in case it could open the door to like.. everything I've ever wanted. A few years ago was maybe the first time I realized (duh) that animation could be the medium for any story and not have to dictate that it's childlike or zany or have monsters. Tokyo Godfathers was such a low key and fantastic film. I'm so into animation right now

19 minutes ago, Inazuma said:

I'm an animator. It's not really something you can just drop into. Takes a lot of time to learn and a lot of patience and dedication to get right.

I recommend getting the book "Animator's Survival Kit" which goes through all the core principles of it, with plenty of illustrated examples. It's probably a great read even for those just interested in animation but not necessarily wanting to get into it.

If you have a drawing tablet I recommend using Pencil 2D animation software http://www.pencil2d.org/ or if you have an ipad or android tablet get a stylus and the Rough Animator app. If you don't have either then I'd recommend getting one.

I would stay away from massively complicated programs like Blender if you're just starting out. 

If you do get serious about animation, I'd recommend taking classes at ianimate or animschool rather than going to physical place of education.

Thanks! I was looking at that book - can read a lot of it on Amazon's "look inside" thing. Good stuff. I'm alright with the animation looking pretty simple, but I id assume I'll be putting in a year or more work before really seeing fruit at all. I'll look into everything you mentioned, thank you

Been really into Satoshi Kon and Don Hertzfeldt lately.

Seemed like an interesting way to go, if it's doable, since I have so little help. Looks way more possible than I expected, having never even drawn much before.

Looking at Blender 2d animation and Plastic Animation Paper.

Didn't know if anyone here had experience animating, with tips for someone new, or thoughts on it opposed to live action, or could just share some of their favorite animated films. Anything really.

Happy filming!

4 minutes ago, kidzrevil said:

have decided to keep my nx1 and use it til it breaks because the benefits of the hack are incredible for the content I shoot & the look of the sensor is pretty unique.

There we go! that thinking trumps all weird concern everyone has about a "dead system" imo. It's only a problem if you upgrade all the time. This thing could last you 10+ years, and definitely make your $1500 worth it. 

If you're buying it mainly for video, I'd think a rebel or eos-m could be all you'd need. Maybe by the 80d you start to see actual improvements in video for detail and artefacts, maybe dynamic range. But that might be all imagined, and all you gain is digital sharpening. Haven't seen enough comparisons to know. The 5diii is probably best for moire, low light, and if you want full frame (though even then, you can speedboost an eos-m). A d5500 or d750 might be smarter all around though. Eoshd's clog has helped sustain my first camera purchase, on the cheap cheap side, but I don't know about investing into canon for it, unless you're also getting dual pixel auto focus or sexy 1dxii image quality at 4k60p

On 9/16/2016 at 4:38 AM, IronFilm said:

Astonishingly "We Are Heros" was shot in just **FOUR** days! :-o

I was just hearing a lot about how V/H/S was shot in about 4 days, and then Joe Swandberg rode the high and shot 6 feature films in a year. sounds like an invaluable skill

2 hours ago, jcs said:

Looks great David!

Promoting hate, however, causes suffering. Hating someone is like taking poison and expecting to hurt the other person. The only person hurt is the hater, mentally and physically: stress hormones damage healthy tissue, reduce immune function, etc.

Additionally, look at all the information about what is going on, from both sides, and from other countries around the world if you'd like to get a better understanding of what is really happening. Do you want to be a leader helping to heal yourself, your community, and the planet, or do you want to be a slave-pawn in someone else's selfish game?

We need to focus on loving ourselves, those around us, and everyone else around the planet, and holding those accountable who are promoting division and hate, replacing them with more enlightened leaders.

are you saying Ed's video was promoting hating Trump? that's ridiculous. the video only promotes love, and the hashtag reads to me more like "Trump hates, and we have risen above him". the high road rarely involves violence. and Trump definitely hates.

not that we should talk any more about politics ever.

beautiful work, Ed! I thought I'd heard that camera has 13 stops?

If "on sensor" meant crop of the sensor, digital correction, it could only be like three axis, or probably only two

Red is flexible, but there is a color science to it that can show through. Isn't that how every raw camera is?

I could see it. Someone posted a long time ago about how he was going to use a red and an nx1 on a shoot. Don't think he came back with footage though

I think blackmagic wants to hold off "uprgading" their cameras as much as possible. You can sort of see how each of their cameras still has their own purpose. They were pretty specific in saying the micro doesn't replace the pocket, and it clearly doesn't. When they came out with the pocket, and newsshooter asked them about 4k, they said they wanted this camera to be 1080p. They didn't make it just to disown it right away. They like it, people want it. I could see them developing a new type of camera if they see a gap, but I think it could and maybe should take a long time to make a pocketii. Probably wouldn't be healthy for business to play it like sony. I can't exactly think what other range they'd want to develop right now. They have high end cinema, lower end cinema, drone, handheld, studio. Something more like a dslr, with better battery, evf, and the 2.5k or a new 4k sensor (like a crop of the 4.6k) would be awesome. But I don't think they feel they need it, and it really might shift their sales unfavorably. Not that I'm a businessman..

11 hours ago, Asmundma said:

Did you test against a standard Canon picture profiles?  As shown here, the highlights are burned and the value of the c-log is questionable. Still to see if we can squeeze more dynamic range out of it. Actually, you may lose color information. i.e. if you want vivid colors.   

Makes sense as a concern. I thought the dynamic range was identical to prolost flat on my t3i. But clog was better for colors when grading, and it's definitely looking better for LUTs too. Regardless, the cine picture profiles and LUTs are easily worth $10.. 

His words were ridiculous, but his hand gestures so confident.. I don't know what to believe anymore

3 hours ago, Pavel Mašek said:

Luca, it seems to me that prices are no correct - you have 419 Euros for NX adapter and delivery is set to "now". On opposite you have adapter for 499 Euros and delivery is in 2017. Maybe I am wrong but I guess that prices should be in the opposite way - higher price for earlier delivery and lower price for later delivery. Is it really correct?

This was mentioned in the hack thread. Sounds like the cheaper, earlier option may disappear at some point, so it's like an "act fast!" thing

1 hour ago, Jed I. Clampett said:

I just bought the color profiles, but no where are their any instructions for applying them? I assumed there would be written settings that I input into my cameras Canon t3i and EOS-m but instead got a bunch of files. Nothing in my camera manual tells me how to upload them to the camera or is this something done in my NLE? anyway, before I request a refund, maybe you can give me some instruction on how to use these in my camera and upload it to them?  Also would be helpful once they are available in camera to take advantage of them and use them to full potential as in setting camera to expose high lights?

not in your nle. it's done the same as with cinestyle. there should be an instructional pdf in your purchase. use canon eos utility for your camera, plug your camera into your computer, replace a user defined picture profile with whichever of Andrew's .pf3 files you're going to use

Anyone else getting blockiness in the woman in the left's wrist? Maybe my editor ruined it somehow? Maybe it lost something when it was downscaled from 6k? Also the shadows seemed a little blue to me. But my screen might not be great. I definitely don't want to scare anyone off either. I know nothing, and it's obviously a great file

Can't complain toooo much.. only surprise I see is the evf o.o

On 9/4/2016 at 3:29 AM, Marco Tecno said:

 

On 9/4/2016 at 3:29 AM, Marco Tecno said:

Do you have some sample to show this? Thx.

Yes