On the eve of the first day of shooting my first feature. Just as scared as I am excited. Thanks to everyone who has answered Qs along the way, and a special tip of the hat to Spot & Mannie at VASST for letting our wayward Waiter wear the VASST logo. It'll be a cute "wink" for those in the know...
I also wanted to extend a BIG thanks to Jay Gladwell who was generous enough to take the time and steer me around a big potential iceberg.
Along that line, there was a thread a few months ago about getting "the film look" by use of camera modes, filters, lighting, etc. Because there is a chance this project will actually be transfered to film, we have to take a different route than previously thought. Originally, we were going to shoot in FRAME mode and use a Tiffen Soft/FX 1 and Black Pro Mist 1/2. After doing a lot of testing, I've found that there really isn't much you can put on the lens that you can't do to the image in post - especially if you have tools like Magic Bullet Editors, Ultimate S and DVFilm Maker, which is available (along with a TON of resources) at www.dvfilm.com. The down side is that you're on the set looking at "really video-looking" picture (is this a movie or One Life To Live?"). The big upside is that you're capturing clean picture and are not "stuck" with anything - like recording clean, dry vocals as opposed to putting the verb on as you record...and what if it ends up being too much?
There is also simple math that makes 60i much better than 30p if transfer to film is ever part of the project's life.
So, the gadget freak is now a purist convert. Again, thanks to Jay for that. And be sure to check out DVFilm's website. I purchased their book and filled in a number of potholes before pulling out of the garage.
Kevin
I also wanted to extend a BIG thanks to Jay Gladwell who was generous enough to take the time and steer me around a big potential iceberg.
Along that line, there was a thread a few months ago about getting "the film look" by use of camera modes, filters, lighting, etc. Because there is a chance this project will actually be transfered to film, we have to take a different route than previously thought. Originally, we were going to shoot in FRAME mode and use a Tiffen Soft/FX 1 and Black Pro Mist 1/2. After doing a lot of testing, I've found that there really isn't much you can put on the lens that you can't do to the image in post - especially if you have tools like Magic Bullet Editors, Ultimate S and DVFilm Maker, which is available (along with a TON of resources) at www.dvfilm.com. The down side is that you're on the set looking at "really video-looking" picture (is this a movie or One Life To Live?"). The big upside is that you're capturing clean picture and are not "stuck" with anything - like recording clean, dry vocals as opposed to putting the verb on as you record...and what if it ends up being too much?
There is also simple math that makes 60i much better than 30p if transfer to film is ever part of the project's life.
So, the gadget freak is now a purist convert. Again, thanks to Jay for that. And be sure to check out DVFilm's website. I purchased their book and filled in a number of potholes before pulling out of the garage.
Kevin