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Devil's Pool, Valley Green

NoiseSoulCinema — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:25:01 +0000

New Music Video "Cronofobico"

MrEdd — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:28:57 +0000

First of all, thanks to all for what we´ve learn this couple of months! It has been much more than hacks and more about film making. This work was mainly done with timelapses, using burst mode, a timelapser controller and a DIY Slider.
The other scenes were shot with @driftwood ´s orion! Hope you enjoy and we´ll apreciate any kind feedback

My last AF100 film will be playing before "Ted" at the Mall of America theater this weekend.

Brian202020 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:01:22 +0000

"Len's Helper", my last AF100 film I shot before I sold it, will be playing before "Ted" at the Mall of America theater this opening weekend.

Len's Helper

Ted

Last assignment from a first year at the filmschool (Belgium)

klem007 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 05:09:16 +0000

Shot with the driftwood patches

Mega Flare: Album Promo (Remember your first shoot?)

leejb4 — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:25:32 +0000

Shooting this video has made me realize three things.

I need to invest in new lenses. I shot this entirely with the 14-42mm Lumix and it was way to dark for f=3.5... I had so much trouble grading because although the setting held up well with the darkness, it was still REALLY dark. I had ISO cranked up to 1250+ most of the time.
Lighting is the most important part of filming. All of this was shot in the rain during a storm that we did not expect would roll in (which definitely gave a cool shot at the end). This had a big impact on the quality of the video.
Practice! Every time I shoot something, I learn something new about the limitations of the camera, what shots look good and which ones don't, how to operate the camera in a different way, which lighting conditions work and which don't, different editing tricks and what not. So I guess I learned that even though this is all a hobby for me, it is just like any other sport or hobby in the fact that you have to practice and develop your abilities in order to create a final product that is satisfactory for you work with and for others to watch.

This is my first "Real" work and there are two versions of the video. The version I felt was most cinematic (minimal grading) and this version.

I sat with the artist and was grading and he kept asking for more "Color" to the shots and once I over saturated and cranked up the color correction tools he was extremely happy while I was left thinking..."This looks horrible." But...I guess I am supposed to create what he likes since it is technically "His" video.

Apologize for the long message, I just thought it would be nice to share my beginner experience with others so they can possibly learn something or for other to just reminisce about what it was like when they shot their very first video. Constructive criticism is greatly appreciated.

Shooting this video has finally made me realize two things.

I need to invest in new lenses. I shot this entirely with the 14-42mm Lumix and it was way to dark for f=3.5...
Lighting is the most important part of filming. All of this was shot in the rain during a storm that we did not expect would roll in (definitely gave a cool shot at the end) and this had a big impact on the quality of the video.

Moments - Old Cairo [240fps]

GMC — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:31:12 +0000

Cairo - an old love of mine. I spent 9 years there, growing up as a teenager. Now in March 2012 I came back again after many years, unfortunately I had almost no time. Is it still the same as 20 years ago? No. But these moments, snapshots in time which seem to survive across the decades are still there.

Here are "my" moments.

I wish the egyptian people all the best during these difficult times. I hope the spirit of the Tahrir Square remains and does not die out.

Shot on Lumix GH1 and GH2 (both hacked), using the Voigtlaender 25mm f0.95, a Canon FL 55mm f1.2 and the 14-140mm kit lens.

Follow me on twitter: twitter.com/gunmac

One Camera, One Lens, One Patch, Handheld Goodness

Rambo — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:55:31 +0000

GH2 
14-140 Panny 
FM - By LPowell
Handheld in DIY waterproof housing
Shot 720p50 1/100, rendered 720p25 @ 10mbps in Sony Vegas Pro for Vimeo

Visual Event Coverage ArtForm - Watch and become immersed in the beauty of the sea and the people who ride it's motion. All the action starts 2:00, nice slowmo sequence at 7:25

Local band's Upcoming EP and Music Video!

artiswar — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:34:15 +0000

Figured there's a couple music heads out there that would enjoy this. http://cloudlanternabq.bandcamp.com/

Music video coming up as well as the full EP which they'll be offering on this bandcamp for free, donation, etc. My video business partner is lead guitar so show some love!

Short Film set in 1951 South Korea

thougts2uk — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:21:43 +0000

Hi guys,

I'm in pre-production on a low budget short film, set in 1951 in South Korea. It's a film set in the midst of the Korean War and features a British soldier, the only survivor from a recent ambush and a crazy Korean soldier suffering from Post Traumatic War Syndrome. Is he South Korean or North Korean...

I thought about shooting on the C300, the MKIII or the D800, but as I own a GH2 with Voigtlander 25mm, SLR magic 12mm and a Zeiss ZF 50mm 1.4 I thought it would be a great chance to use the GH2 with Driftwoods best settings either Sedna or Canis Majoris Night or another setting and not waste money I don't have.

Most scenes are set during the day with one night time scene over a camp fire.

This could be a really good test and a chance to see the GH2 in narrative again.

Does anyone have any suggestions to settings, lenses etc...

New footage from vesubio

L1N3ARX — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:54:31 +0000

More footage from vesubio. This film really looks promising, aside from the fact it looks like a really good movie; Vesubio's cinematography is making the GH2 really shine.

Trusting In You Caroline Brewster GAPP

spaceandtime — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:59:26 +0000

Just finished a music video. We ran into some issues originally but God worked it out. As most places I know some of you might be partial to religious content but I would like you to comment on the technicalities of the video(lighting, camera work, framing). I would like some tips as well on how to better approach our next video. Also if someone could give me some advice on handling flare with lighting setups, especially since i have a canon fd and it seems to flare alot and veil flare.

Inception, filming various scenes

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 11:33:41 +0000

Coney Island Mermaid Parade

ahbleza — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:17:50 +0000

A quick teaser with some footage that I shot today at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade.

This is a very rough edit straight out of the camera, with no sound correction or grading.

Enjoy just for the summer craziness + boobies!

City of Champions

adamquesada — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:04:56 +0000

A quick video I shot with Quantum 9b and the Panasonic Leica 25/1.4. 1080p/24. 3 shots were denoised with NeatVideo (1:18, 1:20 and 1:22). The footage is mostly people celebrating and doing crazy sh!t right after the Heat won the NBA 2012 Championship. Any feedback is appreciated :)

"Elliot" - Experimental Short Film

artiswar — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:03:45 +0000

Shot on a really early, botched version of Cbrandin's hack (didn't have .ini so it was entered manually, didn't work so hot). Done for an independent production class at my university. Sat in post for far to long. Just good to get it out.

Alamo Drafthouse Commander-in-Chief contest trailer!

robmneilson — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:35:49 +0000

This summer, 20th Century Fox will show the world the hidden side of our 16th president’s legacy with their release of ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER. But what if Lincoln wasn’t the only president who moonlighted as an ass kicker? Well, the Alamo Drafthouse is holding a contest to find out. They tasked filmmakers with pairing a US President, with an "alternative occupation" in a B-movie trailer...and this is my result.

This is my submission with Calvin Coolidge as a failed standup comic: http://frenzy1.badassdigest.com/calvin-coolidge-failed-standup-comic/

If you like what you see, please give us your vote!

Replaced 5D footage on a shoot

ahbleza — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:37:48 +0000

Back in February, a director called me in to reshoot indoor scenes for her short film. The original cinematographer had used a 5D, but for a variety of reasons, the director wasn't happy with the quality (probably mostly to do with lighting.) I brought along my trusty GH2 with an early version of Cake, and this is the result. Note she uploaded it to Youtube only at 360p, and you'll see my shots from about 2:03 to 7:58.

48hr Guerilla Film Competition

Philldaagony — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:34:44 +0000

Yes, I know 48hr films can be horribly acted, horribly edited, and horribly shot, but it forces those involved to create something from scratch, which falls in line with one my personal filmmaking tenants "just shoot." Anyway, here is out entry into the 48hr Guerilla film festival. Follow the link and make sure to "like" the YouTube video. Also, huge props to those who helped get our "Got Milk" video voted in the top 5 of the got milk commercial competition earlier this year!

Sadly, the graded version of our film didn't export in time and we were forced to submit the ungraded/non-color corrected version of the film. I'm still quite proud of the results. We shot it on the GH2 and the 5DMark III. I'll post the graded version after the contest ends.

This is what I do at work.

TenaciousJake — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:30:23 +0000

GH13...STILL ROCKS !!!!

vurias06 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:30:19 +0000

I was wondering what will become of the `forgotten` GH13 :).....so i surf the the net and end up at vimeo and found this video made by a guy named Pau Catlla......WOW...GH13...STILL ROCKS !!!!!

My latest video

bming1 — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:51:35 +0000

Hi everyone, I shot this last week with a hacked GH2 using lpowell's Flow Motion 1.1 patch and Minolta MC and MD lenses. Would appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

Earthflight

Diffusion33 — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:59:12 +0000

Totally blown away by this new BBC natural history documentary. Ariel shots are unreal.... makes you feel like in a different dimension/world. God knows what they shoot this with... and who cares when you are transported into such beauty that you are just left bewilder with how incredible our world is..... WOW i'm stunned, brilliant not to be missed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b018xsc5/Earthflight_North_America/

Clouds

Vitaliy_Kiselev — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 03:22:56 +0000

Clouds is a computational documentary featuring hackers and media artists in dialogue about code, culture and the future of visualization.

Shot a photographer...made my day : )

pchristoph — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:59:01 +0000

I was approached by a photographer here on Vancouver Island, Canada to make a short film about her and her business. This was a tough one for me as most photographers I know lean towards controlling scenes and directing action and so I was hesitant as my approach is very much hands off, documentary-style...but, she immediately said that she was giving me the reins to produce something that was honest and real about who she was. Erin told me later on that she was quite stressed after filming because she was used to seeing her results immediately and having to wait and leave it to me to edit her film was a new experience, but, she trusted me. I really valued that trust. Its something that you start building from your first client film, and it has introduced me to some great projects and people this year. So, having spent some time studying Erins photography style and the look of her photos I knew how I wanted to form the look of her film and I also knew how to mix her personality and her story into it to make what I feel is an honest film about a real photographer doing great things for people. I felt lucky to have been able to work with Erin and create the exact kind of photographer film we both wanted.

Can't say enough thanks to Vitaliy and the entire community here for its valued support, encouragement, and enhanced camera settings contributions and testing. It's great to be a small part of it by sharing some of my work done with the GH2. Cheers.

Filmed on GH2 over two days, Sedna A and Canis Majoris 'skin' settings from Driftwood. Steadycam Merlin (in some crazy wind), Kessler Pocket Dolly, manfrotto 561 monopod, s.takumar lenses (50,55,135), Tamron 17-50 non vc, Panasonic 14-140, Tota w/silver umbrella for interiors. LCW II vari-ND outside. Edited and graded in fcpx. Neat video applied to some clips. Music licensed with www.withetiquette.com

Who needs big budget lighting when you have a GH2?

deturbanator — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 04:20:14 +0000

This was made with 3 normal light-bulbs, and 1 work lamp. Literally all the resources I have available to me as a poor college student. I think the result came out quite well under these conditions. Let me know what you think!

http://i.imgur.com/XgA03.jpg

The 14-140mm can do indoor videos. I want the 35-100mm though.

mpgxsvcd — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:20:40 +0000

I had the opportunity to shoot a climbing video in a well-lit climbing gym this weekend. Since the walls in this gym were much taller I decided to try the 14-140mm lens with its image stabilization instead of the 45mm F1.8 lens that I would normally use in this situation with a darker gym.

The IS definitely helps. However, there are several sections where even the excellent IS in the 14-140mm couldn’t handle the massive shakiness of an over jubilant father’s hands. The Image stabilization is really intended to reduce or eliminate the micro shakes that are inherit in the human muscles as they constantly correct our balance.

There simply isn’t enough travel in the stabilization system for it to account for large movements or swift panning. However, the upcoming 35-100mm lens is said to have a much better IS system. I hope to find out how much better it really is soon.

I also applied some color correction and sharpness that I don’t normally do. Let me know what you think about it. Does the contrast and color look off to you? Also is there too much sharpness?

The video was shot with the no adverse affects settings for stability with good quality. I absolutely could not afford a write error in this situation. The climbers only get 1 attempt at the route. If you miss the shot then you are just out of luck until the next year when they compete again.

If any of you are climbing fans then this video is from the Division 3 youth D sport climbing finals. I am not sure what rating the route was. Harder than I could do is about all I know.

Free Urban/Industrial Textures in 16MP RAW

Pechente — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:03:25 +0000

I spent a bit of time photographing some textures and wanna share them. They're neither professionally recorded nor digitally further processed. So most of the stuff comes straight out of the camera. That's why I'm offering this both as JPG and RAW. Feel free to share it.

Below you can find some scaled down example shots of what you can expect from this collection:

You will find all textures on this website:

http://stocks.rene-henrich.de

There even is a full archive for you to download (2GB!!).

I'm sure some of you here could find a good use for these :)

5D MKIII - the first footage

meniK — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:17:50 +0000

Hey there,

just wanted to share the little clip of the first footage i have taken with my brandnew MKIII. It was a big loss and bigger win (for me). Footage is graded in AfterEffects and sharpened by a value of about 18. I had one batterie. Next time i wont again.

Let me know what you think of the footage. sure its not raw, but i wanted to see how bendy the footage is.

best regards meniK

Fidelity to GH 1 (Gh1 Stills)

simurg — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:55:29 +0000

Can we follow GH1 orginal photos in this area? First gift from me: (Panasonic Lens 14-42 - F:5.6 - SS:1/1000 - Iso 100)

A video of the Venus Transit you won't want to miss.

mpgxsvcd — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 02:51:33 +0000

Here is the video I took of the Venus Transit with my kids commenting on this once in a lifetime event.

This was filmed with Panasonic GH2 and the 14-140mm lens with a $40 Polaroid variable ND filter. It is not a great filter but it worked for what I wanted it to do.

There really are not that many cameras that can capture video, audio, and images simultaneously. In order to capture the entire event and the observers reaction you really need a camera like the GH2.

It would have been far better if I had used my telescope and the proper filters. However, I had my kids with me and it was just too much trouble to setup the big scope while taking care of them.

I simply set the GH2 on the tripod and hit record and this is what it captured.