Art

SO much better than a Michael Bay film

rockroadpix — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 09:33:12 +0000

Awe.some.

Great female directors

oscillian — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:35:58 +0000

So who are your favourite female director/s?

Lisa Cholodenko (love her episodes on six feet under)
Susanne Bier (Solid stuff always)
Cathryn Bigelow (Point Break is what got me hooked to cinema in the first place)

Keep em coming!

GH4 4K does Super 8 anamorphic

sebfarges — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 02:14:41 +0000

Yes I have just received the GH4 this morning :) 1st test : why not put my 60’s baby Hypergonar anamorphic 1.75X lens in the 4K cinema mode ? :) Fast filming, run and gun documentary style, focusing improvisation Doing 4K is for me like in 2006 when I went from SD to HDV. A huge orgasm ! Viva GH4 ! :) Baby Hypergonar anamorphic 1.75X lens on Qioptiq LINOS Mevis-C C-mount lens 35mm f1.6 (most of the shot were taken at f2) No diopter, no CC, variable Cokin ND filter EOSHD guide cineV preset settings 4KC mode 1080P streaming version on Vimeo, 4K version available for download 180° shutter speed 200 ASA

Shorts Shot on Film!

jpbturbo — Wed, 07 May 2014 08:37:39 +0000

ITT, Shorts that are shot on film.

This thread is to remind people what film actually looks like. Funky homebrewed filters that apply arbitrary color curves to your digital footage is not a real film look. Applying too much grain, scratches, and light leaks is not a film look. I have never shot moving images on film but I've shot my share of stills on a Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic that my mom bought back in the late 1960's and the instagram style colour filters that are touted as a film look for stills and video drive me insane.

Feel free to share your own shorts or music videos that are shot on film. 35, 16, 8mm, and even Imax is welcome here. To keep it easy to navigate and discuss lets keep it to one video per post.

Here's the first, Shot on Kodak 35mm with ARRI cameras.

UPTODATE Best Independent film festivals across the UK / Europe / World - Please Add Here

driftwood — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 06:06:15 +0000

I am compiling a list of the best annual independent film festivals around UK predominantly, Europe / worldwide would also be good to have. I think it could be a useful worldwide maintained guide to festivals here too for p-v members. I am not particularly interested in the obvious 'biggies' like Sundance etc because they are well covered.

For example, we have 'Cine City' here in Brighton, UK, which starts this November, showcasing up and coming film talent, artists moving image, exhibitions, etc.

So I would like to try and keep a maintained guide here on personal-view for us all to use. Many festival list sites are out of date, so ensure your festival details are correct. Please help by adding your town's festival below.

Please submit below the festival name, website link, submissions info, dates, etc. as my example;-

Thin Crust - Short Film shot on a hacked GH2

or2512 — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 10:43:37 +0000

Hi, just finished my first short film, tell me what you think!

Thanks.

British Pathé newsreels available online

MarcioK — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:29:55 +0000

Don't know if it was already posted (the search engine did not return anything): the Pathé News newsreels (about 85000) are freely available online on YouTube. If you like historical footage, is pure gold.

(the Hindenburg movie is very well known)

https://www.youtube.com/user/britishpathe/featured

Brokenman Trailer

vesubio — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 03:22:12 +0000

Trailer advance of Brokenman / Avance del trailer de Brokenman

GH3+voigtlander 25mm+tokina 11-16mm https://www.flickr.com/photos/musgo2012/sets/72157637203653026/ thanks for sharing /gracias por compartir

Philomena' the movie, DP'd by Robbie Ryan= Beautifully shot!

maranfilms — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:11:42 +0000

Went yesterday to watch this film, I loved the cinematography. I only wish more movies were shot this way. There was no CGI, or ridiculous un-motivated shots to stimulate the dumbed down unappreciative masses. Nope, just good old cinema at it's best, where shot composition, natural lighting, and film stock are used as a tool to tell the story and create a feel unmatched by silly computer generated effects, even though the majority of the film was shot on the Arri Alexa. However, when the s16 made it's appearance, it worked wonderfully well to convey time change and a feeling of saddened loneliness. The acting was also fantastically convincing, there's no silicone injected duck lip plastic people with bleached white Chiclet teeth and a side of Botox, really, It didn't need the Hollywood glamour and all the façade that goes with. The acting, cinematography and script was more than adequate to tell this story. My only critique was the scoring, don't get me wrong, it's not that it was bad, I just feel it didn't convey as much emotion as it could have, of course it's subjective and being that I'm life long musician, I tend to be somewhat critical. Others may disagree. In closing, If you want to kill a couple hrs. and gorge yourself with some cinematic eye candy, it's well worth the price of admission and a box of popcorn.

The 12 O'Clock Boys. 4 minute documentary.

brianl — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 04:36:04 +0000

I think this is exceptional. Defiance, passion, Americana. NY Times posted it. YMMV

I don't know these guys, never heard of them, but they're good. Filmmakers Lofty Nathan, Kevin Tran, Joe Williams et al

Budget/equipment vs knack/eye

Riker — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 17:28:57 +0000

I don't know how many of you saw the movie Pusher. I just did, even though it's an old one, from 1996. It was directed and written by color-blind director 26 year old Nicolas Winding Refn. I can't say how blown away I was yesterday after watching it. There are 2 more movies in the Pusher trilogy, second one being ok and third one being very good. First one is excellent tho.

Apparently the movie reached cult status, so much so that it received a typical modern aspiring filmmaker treatment - remake.

The remake basically copies the original movie scene by scene. For someone like me who just saw the original, watching the remake was a painful experience, since I just watched the original and remember every scene. The original has tremendous pace, rhythm, and it's gripping, can't think of more appropriate word than that. On the other hand, the same exact scenes and basically identical lines of dialogue in 2012 remake are just mind-numbing. The 2012 version is obviously budgeted. Cameras are better. Colors nice and vivid. The original was shot in chronological order entirely using hand-held cameras. The remake had jib shots and slides.

The original had significant amount of grain, noise, blown high-lights, heavily underexposed shots, over-saturated shots, they even broke the 180 rule at one point. The remake was done "by the books".

Yet the remake sucks all balls possible while the original is one of the best movies I saw in a long time, despite being "old". I didn't see it before so it's new to me :)

So with that in mind, and with all GH4 drama going around the internet, I find myself thinking......how big of a budget does it take to compensate for dullness or general boring style of storytelling?

First indie film: 1.85 or 2.40?

azza_act — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 14:22:29 +0000

Hey guys, I'm directing my first film soon and I wanted to shoot in 2:40. But my DP sent me this article http://newfilmbiz.com/2011/04/a-word-about-aspect-ratios/ Is this correct? Will Netflix etc only expect 16.9? The film I'm shooting is a dark(ish) comedy and were using the BMCC (if that matters) all of my short films I've shot in 2.40. What can I say, I love the look. Love to you other peoples experience. Cheers

Great music video

MarcioK — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 07:02:57 +0000

Inspired by double exposure photography. Amazing result.

Cinematography of "House of Cards"

ahbleza — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:44:10 +0000

Quite an interesting background article about the work behind the scenes on "House of Cards" (currently streaming on Netflix.) They use dual Red EPIC cameras with Arri primes, but no steadicam or handheld rigs.

http://www.hdvideopro.com/display/tv/political-gains.html

Cinematography of "Life of Pi"

ahbleza — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:02:49 +0000

A nice quote:

“Do you want me to tell the truth? Ai yay yay yay. Okay. I’m trying to work out how to say this most politely, and no offense to – I don’t know him personally – but what a total fucking piece of shit. Let me be blunt. Ah, fuck. I don’t care, I’m sure he’s a wonderful guy and I’m sure he cares so much, but since 97 per cent of the film is not under his control, what the fuck are you talking about cinematography, sorry. I’m sorry. I have to be blunt and I don’t care, you can write it. I think it’s a fucking insult to cinematography."

http://sea.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/874483/christopher-doyle-interview-part-2-life-of-pi-oscar-is-an

How to :Shoot, Print, And Frame A Massive Peter Lik Style Photograph On A Budget

simple — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:01:59 +0000

Aye thought i would share this i just found, looks awesome and like a for project for a gift, of home-style art for friends.

Text taken from Fstoppers great site to follow, got a lot of good info : http://fstoppers.com

If you have seen Peter Lik’s work in person then you understand that it’s impossible to put into words the look and quality of his prints. Peter’s photography (and his post production) is fantastic, but what really makes his work stand out is his printing and presentation. If his images were printed on standard photo paper at a standard size, his work would not have the same “wow” factor. Right before a trip to Italy I went back into Peter’s studio for a little inspiration. After studying his work and speaking with a sales rep about his printing process I decided to shoot, print, and frame a shot in Italy for the absolute cheapest price without losing the “wow” factor that Peter’s work has. This is how I did it.

Today it is so easy to stitch images together that you could shoot a picture like this with practically any camera with manual control and the more images you take, the more megapixels the final prodcut will be. Don’t think that you have to have some ultra expensive camera to get quality images. I went to Italy with only 1 camera (D7000) and 1 lens (Sigma 17-50mm). If I had brought a longer lens I could have zoomed in more and taken even more pictures for a higher megapixel image but I was so far away (and I could only zoom to 50mm) so only 3 images fit. 3, 16mp images combined into one made for one ultra sharp image though.

The metallic print from BayPhoto.com really did look like it was printed on metal and it definitely has that “backlit” look that people say Lik’s work has. The print in the video can not come close to the way that it actually looks in person. As I said at the end of the video, this paper looks fantastic but it is so reflective it has to be perfectly flat to look it’s best. I would highly suggest bringing your print to a professional, getting them to mount it on gatorboard and then using the mirror for something else (it actually is a really nice mirror). I hope you guys enjoyed this video. It is very different than our other stuff but we thought we would give it a try. We are really ramping up our video production and in the near future we hope to bring you an original video each week. .

Paper to look for at your local photo developer is to get the look is :

Kodak Metallic paper or Fuji Pearl

Post comments on what you think, and if you have done this, your experiences good or bad : ^^

The ability to create a moving film gives us such power.

DanPV — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:16:25 +0000

Just thinking about how much power you hold in your hand with the new cameras available today. I'm as guilty as anybody about posting little rants on Facebook when I get upset over some issue... I'm pretty sure my friends just ignore them. if you have the skills to create something half this good you have incredible power to influence people:

Brokenman teaser (GH3)

vesubio — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 16:26:27 +0000

Lumix Gh3/ voigtlander 25 mm f/0.95

Hawaii trip shot on a GH3

gh2simon — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:56:38 +0000

Hey, I travelled as far away from Sweden as I possibly could, brought my GH3+25mmPanasonic/Leica1:1.4 and did some filming using the 40% mode on the islands of Hawaii. I just wanted to share the footage with you. I'm no professional or anything, but I had a great time shooting and hopefully that shows! :)

Film acting resource

brianluce — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:00:36 +0000

If anyone here is in to narrative filmmaking and are doing it on a budget that requires hiring amateur actors, this is a great video to show them. I have the dvd and give it to every actor I use from pro (paid) to amateur. The pros seem to appreciate it as much as the amateurs -- more in fact. Good actors toil away on the craft aspects of their art their whole careers, so they appreciate this if they haven't seen it.

What do you film?

JustinBiber — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:04:12 +0000

I couldn't find a general filmmaking category , so I suppose I am right here in the Category art. While stumpling through the forum, with the aim to require knowledge for DSLR-Filmung/GH2-usage and Costum Firmware Patches, I have seen some good, detailed, lovely and professionel footage, while there was also lots of crap. People filming flowers in the garden with shaky hands, empty roads/bridges ships. I was feeling scared, like when I see amazon reviews of people shooting insects in their garden with expensive cameras. I don't want to imply anything or make it bad. But it's in my opinion sad. I have shooten one musicvideo(unedited^^), a short film(unedited^^), another film (finished but needs recut, now that I know more) a few concerts and I made one trailer. A lot more movies I would have shooten, if I had the right team. I almost had it once, but then it broke up because of two important members moved to another city (job). The other ones left weren't all motivated enough or reliable so I stopped the project. It would have been a waste of energy going on. Ideas and equipment is there. What's lacking is not money. It's finding the right people. To rely completely on my self I shot videos on my own, Concerts etc., things one person can handle. I wish I could make movies with other dedicated people. Meanwhile my Cam is rotting in the cupboard. How do/did you find your team or how do you handle this huge problem? Have a nice day, Cheers Justin

And back to my main question:

What do you film?

Oblivion, Behind the Scenes

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 21:35:19 +0000

GH2 in Iceland

magnus387 — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 19:17:14 +0000

Just put together this video for a friend of mine's website. It was all shot a few months ago in Iceland with the Moon V.5 hack. Couldn't have been happier with that path, and it allowed for some seriously stylized color grading. Hope you enjoy.

Call for entries: Sony World Photography Awards 2014

maxr — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:08:01 +0000

This megacorporate techno fatherhood thing created by chony and called World Photography Organization, WPO, has the pleasure of sucking your attention to World Photography Awards 2014. Basically there are 3 categories with subthemes. Pro, Open and Youth... ahh and monthly facehook!!!

Entry Close for all competitions: 06/01/2014

If I'm not mistaken, the entry is free, you have to be member (sign in), but you can Increase your chances by upgrading to Advanced Membership (enter up to 8 images) or Premium Membership (enter up to 20 images). Jajaja the pimp you till the last second

The Open Competition offers 10 diverse categories for you to enter, ranging from Action to Travel. As a Basic Member, you can enter up to 3 photographs for free, submitted into one category or spread across multiple categories.

More info 4 --> The Open Competition

More info 4 --> The Pro Competition

More info 4 --> The Youth Competition

Don't even think about being a young and open professional

Prizes for Open competititon

Winner of the best overall photograph will receive:

Title of “Sony World Photography Awards Open Photographer of The Year”
$5,000
Winning image showcased in the London exhibition and the winners book
International exposure on the WPO website
Global media coverage
Flights to London, 2 nights accommodation in a hotel and VIP tickets to attend the Sony World Photography Awards gala ceremony in April 2014
Digital SLR camera equipment from Sony

•

Winners of each individual category will receive:

Title of “Sony World Photography Awards category name Winner"
Winning image showcased in the London exhibition and the winners book
International exposure on the WPO website
Global media coverage
Digital SLR camera equipment from Sony

gashô

Call for Submissions: EyeTime 2013 Photo Competition

maxr — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 07:15:31 +0000

More INFO at --> Eyetime Competition

Submissions
Entrants must submit a collection containing three images (digital photographs) and title.
The three images (digital photographs) can be on any subject or series and should represent the thoughts, explorations and ideas of the entrant.
Each participant may submit a maximum of four separate entries.
The Competition is open to all photographers, artists, designers or any other creative field that creates with digital photography.
All international entries are welcomed and encouraged.
All submissions are digital

Judging
Finalists:
A group of finalists will be selected by public viewing called "EyeTime" which captures and records the amount and type of viewing time an image receives. For every second an image or a collection is viewed by others the entrant will accumulate various types of Competition "EyeTme." In addition, the competition organizers will select a minimum of four additional finalists

Schedule
October 15th 2013:
Collections may be submitted anytime up to October 15th

November 5th 2013:
Finalists announced and Stage 02 "EyeTime" begins

December 1st 2013:
Winners and Honorable Mentions announced

NOTES
Beware that awards are not money so if you win you'll be a recognaized poor photographer, je je je and, as states in Judging section, the competition has this showoff "philosophy" so in trend these days

gashô

PS 'cause you deserve just the best :P, Eyetime 2012 Winners

nice one, ahhh polish girls...

Dual Photography

ahbleza — Sat, 21 Sep 2013 12:06:48 +0000

This video describes an amazing technique of capturing information from the POV of light sources, using reflections. If you really want to blow your mind, watch the last 30 seconds.

Bacteriography, bacterias printing photos

lolo — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:28:05 +0000

probably useless, but interesting

Zachary Copfer self-coined the above photo as bacteriography. By growing genetically altered bacteria in a petri dish as his photographic film and then exposing parts to UV radiation as his light. Through this method he can literally grow the photograph. Copfer then refrigerates the bacteriograph, uses another blast of radiation treatment to kill any microbes, and then seals it with a layer of acrylic to fix and preserve the image.

more info: http://sciencetothepowerofart.com/

Awesomely beautiful artistic natural world with beauty and wild animals

ahbleza — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:25:47 +0000

I have no idea what camera was used, but I am extremely impressed by the video in this music .... all appears to be shot in Mexico and other parts of South America. The models are beautiful, the images are incredible and breathtaking in their execution and coloring. They must be using some sort of slow-motion camera, and of course an aerial drone.

Warning: This video is over an hour long, but you won't want to stop watching as the images are so amazing. Wow.

Parametric Expression by Mike Pelletier

kurth — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:31:14 +0000

who needs a camera !

Tales of Alpaqueros - a short doc

miko — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 00:31:25 +0000

My last short doc, wich was selected at Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival, is here

Entirely shoot with GHs cameras.