Charlie

2 minutes ago, Nikkor said:

Buy both.

hajhahjjhahahahahhahahah

Cant decide between the 20mm f1.2 and the 2000mm f3.9

Any thoughts??????????????????

1 minute ago, freeman said:

Charlie I really dig the first cut at :06 to the reveal shot

Thanks man!!!!

43 minutes ago, hijodeibn said:

Great short Charlie, I liked it, I know the pain of bad sound, it is my biggest nightmare all the time, I also would like to do something improvising, but a good actor is hard to find in a budget…..yours here was very good, I would like to fond something similar here….keep the good work man!!!

muchismas gracias amigo!!

This film was shot for literately NO money.......and won a festival.........no excuses guys

1 hour ago, IronFilm said:

Sometimes I'm tempted to go shoot an entire feature film improvised with only a rough outline, but that is just because I'm lazy and I need to find a script writer to partner with!

 

It was an on camera mic? (oh wait, maybe maybe there was one lav)

Nearly 10 minutes is quite a long short film to do in only 6hrs, I'd keep it more compact. From my skim over your film I feel it would benefit from snappier cuts?

But then again a couple of weeks ago I shot around 20 pages of script in only a single day ? Shit

One cheap sound guy with the most basic equipment and no experience ?

Normally i script everything, but with this film all the actors improvised....everything.........it was shot in just six hours........The best part is i only told the actor about the beginning.....the last part i surprised him just before we shot it........he was angry jjajjajajajaja

On 7/25/2018 at 12:49 PM, Andrew Reid said:

Why not pay them?

Because they get my effort for free and they are nor pro-models

just finished this one

11 hours ago, kye said:

@Charlie @zerocool22 I've struggled to find places that talk about creativity rather than equipment too.

There are a few threads here, but I think the real artistic knowledge is worth money and is held mostly by people too busy making films to hang out online or the people who do hang online are selling that knowledge via online courses.

There is a lot of debate about "should I go to film school" and one of the arguments for and against it is that the best way to learn is to practice and actually make films - the people who say avoid film school say make lots of films instead and the people that say go to film school say that it's good because it forces you to make lots of films (as well as other advantages too of course).

I've found that EOSHD is good for equipment discussions, forums like https://liftgammagain.com/forum/index.php which is about colour grading and post production, and manufacturer specific forums where users of that software/hardware sometimes talk about creativity, but they're often rare.  I like liftgammgain because a lot of what colourists do is artistic judgement so those topics come up quite frequently. 

Make films!!!!......you should see my first film....it was utter shit jajjjjaajaaj......check it here, its dogshit hahahahahha

Thats how you learn

7 hours ago, IronFilm said:

Auckland, New Zealand 

search for TFCD on Facebook...............models for free who want any free work................Thats how i do it   ?

1 hour ago, Andrew Reid said:

It's a blog about camera tech. Go figure!

My mistake................i thought it was for all filmmakers to help each other

Not just a tech masturbation fest!

1 minute ago, IronFilm said:

Ah, so they're all doing their own MU.

How do you source your models and chose your locations? (do you come up with the ideas, or is it a collaboration?)

Basically we talk on Facebook, they show me clothes and |I say yes or NO jjajjajaajjajaj

where are you based?

12 minutes ago, IronFilm said:

Do you work with a MUA as well?

And any lighting modifiers?

Normally no, nothing.......i just pick the right time i.e sunset......except on this one....i would love to but i make these videos for free, cant afford make up and lights!!! jjjajjajaj

2 minutes ago, kye said:

Thanks @Charlie it's always interesting to see how other people approach a project!

I also thought your tutorial was good - well paced with the right level of information provided..  I'm definitely interested in more.  I'm especially interested in how you record things when you're out shooting

Thanks Kye................I appreciate the kind words!!

Check this out.....

17 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:

There's a place for this. It's called the SHOOTING forum!

Thanks

So this place is just for tech talk???

I thought this might be interesting, you've seen my work

I shoot alone, no fancy equipment......me, GH5, three contax primes....and my cheap Newer shoulderrig when i never leave home without......i LOVE focus on the fly hence no electric leneses............i never use the LCD.....yuck!!! i want to see exactly what is in focus!!

Here is a video, below is the tutorial, i hope it helps!!!!!! 

11 hours ago, jonpais said:

Well it’s easy for him to say, since he’s shooting with an Alexa and Angenieux lenses, but I’ve just got a crappy old mirrorless. ?

That made me laugh out loud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ?.............i think people say LOL but im too bloody old!!

My post was not to irritate or piss people off...........

I just get sick of this gear talk..........show your work for Christs sake............then we  can (friendly) help each other

Cameras are to make  things with............................NO????????????

Who gives a shit about gear???? I dont................

13 hours ago, kye said:

Great stuff @Charlie!

Just one thing that looked like it might have been out of place - on the shots where she was silhouetted against the sunset the highlights of her dress were iridescent blue.  Was that intentional?  It looked more like the orange/teal grade had gone a little awry?

i THINK LIKE A normal audience member, not a tech film guy.............so I dont give a shit hahhhahahahhaah

11 hours ago, zerocool22 said:

I never practice, I practice during projects. So I #@{* up some projects now and then because I am trying out some new things. Sometimes it pans out, mostly it does not. You learn from your mistakes. I don't like filming stuff for practice (as in uninteresting subjects with bad lighting) as it would kill my love for shooting. 

Totally agree with this, I hate shooting stuff without an actual end goal i.e a short film, music video, whatever.

I do a fair few modelling videos which is great fun for soooo many reasons. You can get models to shoot on various Facebook groups, TFCD, TFP or whatever who will work with you for free in exchange for some edited video or photos for their portfolio.

Am shooting one tomorrow in fact....

2 hours ago, fuzzynormal said:

You got to love it.  The modern world.  You can you get it right IRL, but get chastised for failure by random internet strangers.

Indeed...but I always take on board (constructive) criticism and appreciate everyone has different tastes. I took a risk on this wedding, which the couple were fully aware of and they are very happy with the result. That is all that matters to me. 

This forum is generally better than most in that the vast majority of people here make good points and appear to enjoy helping others.

For those that make childish/insulting comments, it's water off a ducks back to me. It says more about you than me.

1 minute ago, TwoScoops said:

 

No. If this were the case, in the film days they would've needed a different hand held light meter for 35mm, 120, 4x5, etc. ? F4 is the same light gathering in 8x10 or super 16.

 

Interesting, I stand corrected. 

28 minutes ago, Gregormannschaft said:

learning how to maintain good exposure is a crucial part of the job

Exactamundo... 

Regardless of what people think of my wedding video, the exposure and focus are pretty much on the money.....even though I'm swinging the camera like a lunatic ?...all manual 

Being in control of the gear is half the fun. 

39 minutes ago, nigelbb said:

BTW You do realise that the sensor size has nothing whatsoever to do with exposure, aperture, shutter speed or ISO? So whether it's M43 or FF is irrelevant.

As understand it, and I may be wrong, f4 on m43 is f8 on full frame in terms of light gathering, therefore if you had an m43 and full frame camera, both set to f4 with the same shutter speed, the full frame cam would be brighter, no? 

Wow, letting the camera control shutter? Tell me this is a joke.

If you were at f4 in bright sunlight, you would have to have a shutter around 8000, on an M43 sensor.

With respect, if you cant operate a variable ND and control your focus on the fly, why bother?

8 hours ago, kye said:

Hallmark cinematographers will get the bulk, but live the dream and do it your way!

I can do the Hallmark style, that's easy - put everything in slow mo, add zhiyun crane, blend with Ed Sheeran, sprinkle in the odd drone shot because hey, it's like totally cool...season with microwave LUT cus...dem colus dough innit...........?

Heard back from the couple today...

"CHARLIE!!

WOW! We absolutely love the video! THANK YOU SO MUCH! It was so wonderful having you there to capture everything. THANK YOU SO MUCH! It really does capture the happiness of the day and everyone's crazy personalities! WOWOWOW!

Truly can't thank you enough! We'd love to be a reference for you if you need!

THANK YOU!"