Official "Look what I shot!" Thread

Okay, I did this one for fun. I shot this footage over two days. One was Thanksgiving Day, and that was mainly the footage of the flowers and the rose. I have a lot more footage from that day, but that will be part of a different video. The other day was really an afternoon, and it was at a nearby pond. The footage has been sitting on a hard drive, so I finally decided to edit something.

All of the footage was shot 4.6K RAW 4:1 on the URSA Mini 4.6K at 23.98 fps. I used a variety of Firecrest NDIR filters. All of it was Rokinon Cinema Lenses. Probably 24, 35, 50, 85, and 135 if I remember right. I don't think I used my 16 Rokinon for any of this footage.

Editing was done in Premiere Pro. What? Yeah, I know. However, I needed to put the proxies on a travel drive and work off my laptop. At this time Premiere is better at moving between multiple computers because you can have the project file on the travel drive and copy it over to the main drive plugged into the iMac when you wish to work there. It was convenience. Hopefully Resolve 13 helps make it easier to do the same so I can leave Premiere. Otherwise, all the footage was graded in DaVinci Resolve, and the title was made in Resolve.

Enjoy:

P.S. During my free time I will be creating other vignettes of footage I've shot on my leisure time. I have quite a bit more.

Very nice, Tim.


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Very nice, Tim.

Glad you liked it Rick! This one has the benefit of being the shortest. I think the next few will be a tad longer. The hardest thing about doing these Vignettes is finding the musical muse. I may need to watch some Terrence Malick flicks to find inspiration with these.

We should have a thread on sources of music for these things. I haven't bought any third-party music, but I'm impressed with the Musicbed that does a lot promoting indie filmmakers. I try to cobble things together from my younger daughter. For quite awhile now I've stopped adding music to my camera tests as I'm really concentrating on the visual material only, but I enjoy it when others include music.


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There is some free music available in Off Topic, for anyone interested, all seem to be original scores from Eric Matyas.
Cheers

Free music that isn't electronic? I'm an acoustic guy. Real instruments, not synthesized is what I'd prefer. That's not to say there isn't wonderful music being done, but when I don't make money from these tests, I do need to watch my expenses and the free stuff I've seen isn't what I'd like. It's inventive but seldom emotive. Vocals are very important to music. One vocal, one instrument, one beautifully simple listening experience. My aesthetic, YMMV.




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Good point Rick, I have not checked his music out. I do have some old acoustic music clips for use in video productions I use once in a while, and once got permission once to use the Clockwork Orange[i] Come Saturday Morning theme for a non commercial audio/visual clip I did for a PSA. But acoustic music is always better, except maybe for some of the Moog synthesizer [i]Switched on Bach or Back to Bach. Also a theremin can produce some interesting sound effects and full music scores, one was used in the BBC Production Midsummer Murders, nicely done with acoustic instruments mixed in with the theremin, which played the lead.
Cheers

Made another video with our ursa v1. Lighting was a reall issue, because all our yongnuo lights broke and we had to use a single flashlight from the front. And since this had to be ready for april first, the grading was a bit quick and sloppy too : ) neeed that 4.6 k sensor please!!!!

April Fools!


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Yes! A few ppl asked me if i could send them a container

Awesome April Fools!

I've been toying with started a thread "Blackmagic Design Acquires RED Digital Cameras" and having the first line be April Fools to anyone that clicked on this. However, I decided against it.

As to Rick and places to find music. I agree about needing new Royalty Free Music. I need Free Royalty Free Music as well. For my video Vignette of the Lizard I used Bach "Prelude in C Minor" performed by Andrés Segovia and John Williams. I didn't get flagged because it's Public Domain music, the recording would be the only thing that would be flagged if it were an issue.

So I love using Public Domain music for videos. However, you've got to make sure the recording is Royalty Free. I'll let you know if I find any Free places to acquire Royalty Free Music.

My understanding is music written something like 75 years ago is free to use, but if the performance was for example of a symphony playing that old music, the symphony orchestra has rights to their recording and the performance is property subject to a royalty. I gave up years ago trying to understand all this and the rules vary widely across the world. If you find a Thomas Edison wax recording of Ode to Joy, I think you're free to use that.


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An opportunity came my way when KPop director Yiorgos Jun Tryfonas (not sure if he's a member here) came looking for a DP and/or someone with an Ursa Mini from my country, luckily I have my own camera and have experience in DP work (just not sure if it's KPop worthy). Thankfully Director Jun decided to trust me on this project.

everything was shot using Ursa Mini 4.6K PL mount with OS 4 (the one with black shading), and was monitored with one of the LUTs he brought in.
RAW 4:1 23.976 (some are shot at 60)

Ultra Prime set (up to 85mm, wish we got the 135 though)
Tiffen IRND 4x5.6 0.3, 0.6, 0.9 (looks very green)

dolly + portajib (rental cost is relatively expensive here, not even enough for a cine jib sadly).
exterior shots were all natural light, some with overhead silk some with poly board reflectors
interior shots utilized available lights, but we also installed some T5 (florescent) lights from time to time and used Arri T5 and/or T2 shooting through 12x12 and/or 4x4 silks for key and fill lights.

Dominating, Dom! Never saw a shot that should have been 135mm.


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https://vimeo.com/212637595/e36442b321

URSA Mini 4K on Stedicam
Native 400 iso
45-degree shutter
XEEN 24mm @ T5.6/8 split
23.976 fps
RAW 3:1

2K Tungsten Open face in the closet lifting the room
Tungsten 5K Fresnels in all the windows
2K Fresnel in the hallway behind 'guy at the end'
650w Fresnel for something I forgot

Awesome curtains from Art Dept.!

This video is a little bit wonky in playback - it's from dailies, not 4K, and not a used shot - I just wanted to show the lighting. This is take 4 of 17. For some reason however the dailies got spun down and transferred over dropbox made them a bit fragile.

Hey Guys!

We just produced an event recap video for our clients at JW Marriott Marquis Miami and Modern Luxury Miami magazine. The event hosted quite a few of the top ranked tennis players like Rafael Nadal, Stan Wawrinka and Kei Nishikori, and the event itself was meant to celebrate the Miami Open Tournament, while allowing the hotel and magazine’s clientele a chance to get up close with the world’s top athletes at the onset of the tournament. We were hired to capture and showcase this event with an emphasis on the production and event space, so here it is!

Captured entirely on Ursa Mini 4.6k (except for Canon 5D time lapses), edited in Premiere and colored in DaVinci.

Hi All!
My first shoot without lighting, just ambient lighting. Using the URSA mini 4k. Thanks for checking it out!
Jim

Just messing around with my micro cinema camera on my Easter weekend away.
Pushed the footage around a bit
Was a bit of a pain as I had no ND filter so had to stop the lens all the way down to get anything usable at all in the harsh sun light.

Made another little tutorial / short. This time wushu.

Since our lights broke in the last video, some scenes are still too dark. And i wish the 4.6K turret would be available for our URSA so i do some damage control I mess up like that.

I have been working on a travel vlog. Each episode includes some URSA Mini 4.6K videos which I have also uploaded separately, to make them available in 4K. I'm releasing a new episode on every Sunday. Here are the URSA Mini videos that I have released so far.

Still toying with my next Vignette, but I think I finally settled on music. I think the title should give away what music it is. The most difficult thing is now rearranging the shots to fit within all of the song. What do you think of my cover shot? This is before color grading, and a LUT is applied.

Bolero Beach Cover Shot

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EDIT: I'm moving on to the color stage. It's a long song, and I did cut a few minutes from the beginning of the song so the entire video is shorter than the song... however, it's a long song. Thus, the video is still stupid long. Hehe. Evil laugh. About 100 shots to color during my free time this weekend.

And here it is. The Vignette I teased. Not exactly a short Vignette. I chose Bolero by Maurice Ravel for the music, which is normally a 14-minute song. So this video is 10-minutes in length after I trimmed some of the beginning of the song. I suggest grabbing a cold beer, or a nice glass of wine, and sitting back to enjoy this one. Let the music and images sweep over you.



Some tech spec info:
Shot on Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K
4.6K RAW 4:1 (2.4:1 Ratio; 4608x1920)
Rokinon Cinema Lenses (16, 24, 35, 50, 85, 135)
Edited in Premiere Pro
Graded in DaVinci Resolve

Hi.

I have not shared some stuff we have made using my 2.5k. We did those last year.

I have been the producer, editor and colorist for those all. Hope that this counts in the thread here.





All shot, edited and graded in raw with DaVinci Resolve Studio.

Hi.

I have not shared some stuff we have made using my 2.5k. We did those last year.

I have been the producer, editor and colorist for those all. Hope that this counts in the thread here.





All shot, edited and graded in raw with DaVinci Resolve Studio.

these look fantastic! great lighting and coloring on the first one.

Two new mood videos shot in Brittany, France.

Short Look Test I did for an up coming short film. (I'm not a colorist and I'm sure you'll notice that)

Davi, the clips with the talent in frame are very effective. Some Look tests are keepers!


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Hussain, very nice colours, interesting angles, makes for good memories.


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Davi, the clips with the talent in frame are very effective. Some Look tests are keepers!


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Thanks Rick,

Remember this short.

I finally finished it, I'm happy overall. I cut it back a bit.

Unbelievably very good, Davi. Good writing towards your message, good editing to tell the story, good talent leading us toward understanding, good grading for emotion, very good putting it all together.

I remember the earlier material, but it seems very new in this final version. Our lives are so short. Thanks for giving it meaning.


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Unbelievably very good, Davi. Good writing towards your message, good editing to tell the story, good talent leading us toward understanding, good grading for emotion, very good putting it all together.

I remember the earlier material, but it seems very new in this final version. Our lives are so short. Thanks for giving it meaning.


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Thanks man, you are too kind! I just hope to keep improving my craft. Thanks again for the kind words.

Sincerely,

Davi

Hussain, very nice colours, interesting angles, makes for good memories.


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Thank you very much, Rick! Glad you enjoyed it.

Here are three further videos I shot in Normandy, France. Some military history from D-Day.

Another mood video segment from my travel vlog, shot on URSA Mini 4.6K EF.

My latest movie, 'The Red Stone', filmed with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and the Zenit Meteor 5-1 f/1.9 17-69mm lens. Shot on CinemaDNG RAW, 172.8 degree shutter angle, 24 fps, using an NDx4.

An experimental short, with religious and alchemical undertones, drawing upon Christian, Pagan and Hermetic symbolism, overlaid on a maritime setting and coastal landscape.

Filmed on location in Klippan and Röda Sten, Göteborg, Sweden.

Hope you enjoy it, and feel free to give me some feeback.

Tomas, interesting. Can't help but think of Stanley Kubrick's 2001.

I did have a problem with the ease of reading the opening text on the moving background of the first clip since my eyes would be drawn to the background while I'm trying to keep my attention on the text.


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Tomas, interesting. Can't help but think of Stanley Kubrick's 2001.

Thank you for your kind words! Yes, the homage to Kubrick was deliberate; I wanted to recreate that mystical artifact feeling to the Stone.

I did have a problem with the ease of reading the opening text on the moving background of the first clip since my eyes would be drawn to the background while I'm trying to keep my attention on the text.

Thank's for the feedback. Won't repeat that mistake. However, the letters were a lot more visible and vibrantly red prior to the rendering of the RAW files. But you're right, the moving background is distracting from the message.

BTW, it might be interesting for some to know that I used a DNxHR 444 (10-bit 4:4:4 compression) codec inside the QuickTime wrapper in Ultra HD. YouTube did swollow it but it took me nearly one entire day to upload 8 minutes of footage

Tomas, the title technique may work well when the background video is not 100% visible if possible, as if the titles were on top of a layer that is 75% opaque so there's just a hint of the moving video below the titles. That might look quite attractive without distraction.


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My latest movie, 'The Red Stone', filmed with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and the Zenit Meteor 5-1 f/1.9 17-69mm lens. Shot on CinemaDNG RAW, 172.8 degree shutter angle, 24 fps, using an NDx4.

An experimental short, with religious and alchemical undertones, drawing upon Christian, Pagan and Hermetic symbolism, overlaid on a maritime setting and coastal landscape.

Filmed on location in Klippan and Röda Sten, Göteborg, Sweden.

Hope you enjoy it, and feel free to give me some feeback.

I was expecting something more like:

I was expecting something more like:

Hate to dissapoint you

We visited the most-photographed house in Brittany, France, and I shot this mood video with my URSA Mini 4.6K EF.

Hey folks,

Just wanted to post my new short film made with the UM4.6k and the Micro Cinema Camera, filmed in Scotland. I filmed, graded and edited this myself, which i won;t do again in a hurry as i don't have enough spare hours in the day!

Anyway i hope you enjoy it : )

Nicely done, suspense was well built, and Video nicely done.
Cheers

Thanks Denny, appreciate you the comments and taking the time to watch it

You are welcome, I enjoyed watching it.
Cheers

It's hard to make stuff for a start but when you have 2 young kids, work as a freelancer and do your own creative stuff on your days off, getting the odd bit of feedback is a bonus!

getting the odd bit of feedback is a bonus!

I always hesitate to give my 2 cents worth, but you are right "getting the odd bit of feedback is a bonus".
After all, as creatives we do not exist in a vacuum.
We create to share and hope that our vision will spark a common emotion.
Here is my feedback.

Although I do not believe that I got the full message of the piece I went on the journey with you because
it was engaging.
I feel you are wrong in your decision to not do this again in a hurry because you obviously have the talent and a good eye.
As a teenager I worked in a dental office in Belgium, the nurse had a saying that has stuck with me. It was obviously said as a joke, taking the venue into consideration "C'est dur, la vie d'artiste!".
The life of an artist is hard, I hope you can find the time.

To me, there are unanswered questions that arise from the use of the apparent dream that's happening so that I'm uncertain what is real and what is imagined and what is memory and what is wished for. By the time the two people meet near the end, it doesn't appear that he really sees her, more he is looking through her or away from her. But at least by the end we have something to chew on so that's good.

In the too long beginning, we have no hook at all to be watching the film. I think there's a chance of losing the viewer without some hook (which might be the woman).

Since the woman does so much talking, without an ability to read lips, I'd feel it would be improved by having her say nothing or only a few words at the end that are easy to lip read, such as "I love you."

Prefer the grade didn't suck all the life and emotion out of the film. Perhaps at some point the grey grade could pick up some warmth with the women and increase in warmth to the ending. She might touch his hand, but he doesn't respond or feel the touch (because she may not be there in reality), but the grading ends warm so we know he's feeling something.

Still good effort and look forward to future stories from you!


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Thanks fellas,

I won't pretend that i do like to make stuff that will make people think. One of the ideas for this was for people to essentially make their own story. Really appreciate you took the time to watch and leave feedback. I do like strip down the emotions with the colour as well haha.

Cheers

A capture of a day at a snooper's market, featuring my daughters.

Filmed with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and the Zenit OKS 3-10-1 f/2.1 10mm lens. Shot entirely handheld with no additional support. Stabilised in post.

Shot in CinemaDNG RAW. Edited, graded and rendered on Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve 12.5.5.

Was wondering where this thread went

I used to have a problem with noise and my Ursa Mini 4K EF, but I seem to have figured it out. Here is a project I am doing to film something a minute or less in length every day for 365 days. This is day 2! Let me know what you think it'd be appreciated.

This has zero noise reduction done in post. All natural lighting. Just me and my Camera