Official "Look what I shot!" Thread

Latest project for a local modern dance company. I've worked with this group quite a few times in the past but mainly for stills.



I'm editing the actual performance this week.

This makes me want to see your video of the performance. One criticism, unrelated to the camerawork and visual editing. I found much of the dialogue difficult to understand and in some cases unintelligible. It’s frustrating. If this couldn’t be fixed in RX, subtitles would have been a good idea. Given that everyone is talking through masks, I also think that viewers would have no problem with subtitles.

Looking forward to the performance if you can link it.

I bought the Sigma 18-35 Art original for stills. Started using it on the BMD Camera, and it gave great results. However, I was never a fan of the ergonomics of the still lens construction for video purposes when on the URSA Mini. It's fine on the Pocket 6K. But with the URSA Mini I want a cinema lens, and I want longer focus throw.

Yes, I agree. I use it with the pocket but on the URSA, I have a set of Xeen and Roki cine primes that I'm happy with. They have the longer focus throw, declicked, and manual lenses. Each have their own character too - like I like the softness of the Roki (but not everything is likable) because the Sigma ART is just too sharp.

This makes me want to see your video of the performance. One criticism, unrelated to the camerawork and visual editing. I found much of the dialogue difficult to understand and in some cases unintelligible. It’s frustrating. If this couldn’t be fixed in RX, subtitles would have been a good idea. Given that everyone is talking through masks, I also think that viewers would have no problem with subtitles.

Looking forward to the performance if you can link it.

Thanks Rob. I'll take another look at the audio. Had not thought of subtitles and that is something to look into moving forward. Is there transcription software available to make that easier?

I will definitely link the performance when I finish it.

I'll take another look at the audio. Had not thought of subtitles and that is something to look into moving forward. Is there transcription software available to make that easier?

Subtitles are sometimes used when dialogue is spoken with a heavy accent. I think that viewers will see subtitles as helpful, rather than odd, when speakers are masked.

There are several online transcription services, but they are paid. You can play your audio to a computer or smartphone and use the device’s voice recognition and something like Google Docs to make a transcript. If you upload video to YouTube, you can also tell YouTube to make a transcript and then download the transcript. However, I don’t know how well these options would work in this case, where the issue is intelligibility of the dialogue.

Maybe when you replay the audio you won’t have the same difficulty that I had, although realise that you know this content cold and your viewers don’t. I suppose it’s possible that others won’t have the same problem that I did, but between the masks, fairly reverberant spaces and background noise I had trouble following what was being said.

I'll take another look at the audio. Had not thought of subtitles and that is something to look into moving forward. Is there transcription software available to make that easier?

Subtitles are sometimes used when dialogue is spoken with a heavy accent. I think that viewers will see subtitles as helpful, rather than odd, when speakers are masked.

There are several online transcription services, but they are paid. You can play your audio to a computer or smartphone and use the device’s voice recognition and something like Google Docs to make a transcript. If you upload video to YouTube, you can also tell YouTube to make a transcript and then download the transcript. However, I don’t know how well these options would work in this case, where the issue is intelligibility of the dialogue.

Maybe when you replay the audio you won’t have the same difficulty that I had, although realise that you know this content cold and your viewers don’t. I suppose it’s possible that others won’t have the same problem that I did, but between the masks, fairly reverberant spaces and background noise I had trouble following what was being said.

Appreciate the feedback Rob. I'll make some tweaks this week and see what I can do.

ALL SHOT ON BMPCC6K

Two projects for a local dance school.
Both with BMPCC 4K

Some low light footage of a halloween event. BMPCC4K

Ok so I'll post a couple of our projects too that we did with the Pocket 4K.
My girlfriend and I bought the Pocket 4K because we wanted to have a real camera that we could use in stuff that we shot. Unfortunately there's only so much time and we did shoot more narrative stuff but it hasn't been edited and released yet.

A music video that just aired that we shot in September.

You can imagine how hard it was to shoot in these corona times. We had to find biker family people so that they could be in close contact of each other and had to limit the number of people on set.

A short documentary that was partially shot on the Pocket 4K.

Only parts of the short were shot on the Pocket 4K since we got a bunch of footage from the artist himself.

Another music video that we shot at the beginning of last year with only a couple of actors.

We only had 6 soldiers to shoot with and had to alert the PD and FD that we were shooting of smoke bombs and that there were a bunch of army guys running around the woods. They were really cool and came to check out the shoot.

A short film we shot last summer to play around with the Pocket 4K.

This short was shot in only a day and a half and we only had a couple of days to prep and had a bunch of problems in between. But I'm still happy with the result even though I might not be happy with all the aspects of the project.

A short TV commercial done this summer.

This commercial was shot and edited so fast. We had less than a day and a half to get there shoot everything and edit it together before the next day so that it got aired on time.

A short social media video for a bar.

This one was done on the fly.

Clowning Around - Model Video

Latest model video with the DZOFILM Pictor Zoom lenses. Mainly used the 20-55mm T2.8 on it. This is a tad late for Halloween, but oh well. Shot on the URSA Mini Pro G2 configured with the PL Mount and in Blackmagic RAW. Nanlite Forza 300 lights were used with the fresnel attachments and colored gels. Edited & Graded in DaVinci Resolve 17 Beta. Really tested out the new HDR Palette, Color Warper, and other color improvements.

A short film for Enter the world of Hans Zimmer video competition. Shot with the Pocket 4k. Comments?

The trailer for my new short film project. COVID-19 ultimately prevented finishing it this year.

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A little ad for a beach bag.



UMPG2, BRAW 12:1, DZOFilm Pictor 20-55mm T2.8, DaVinci Resolve 17 Beta

Finally finished my short film!



Shot on Ursa Mini Pro G2 @ 800 & 1600 ISO, SLR Magic APO Microprimes 25mm, 32mm, 50mm, and a Tiffen Black Satin 1.

Here's a teaser for an indie feature that I edited and jointly graded during Covid months...

Here's a teaser for an indie feature that I edited and jointly graded during Covid months...

More from this film in the first two minutes of the Director's Reel:

More from this film in the first two minutes of the Director's Reel:

Cool. This is my first to see her reel. I love working with her. She and I have become good friends over the last few years. She's great at making her film fit her budgets. I worked on most of the films in her reel. As Editor and Colorist on - The first two minutes as I have shared in the above (trailer) post; 2:02, Gravel Road; 2:19 - Noa; 3:22 - To Dye For. As her DP on - 2:02, Gravel Road; and 3:55, Becoming Lola.

Latest Music Video:

Some details:
Shot on the DZOFilm Vespid Primes and the DZOFilm Pictor Zooms. Primarily the Pictor 20-55mm was on the Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K, which was on a slider, and then the Vespid Primes (25, 35, & 75) were on the URSA Mini Pro G2. The UMPG2 was either on sticks or Steadicam. There were several takes for us to get all the angles possible with both cameras. Lighting was done with the Nanlite Pavotubes, Nanlite Forza 60 & 300, and as well some Bright Cine Yidoblo AI-3000C lights. Edited & Graded in DaVinci Resolve 17 Beta.

Latest Music Video:

Some details:
Shot on the DZOFilm Vespid Primes and the DZOFilm Pictor Zooms. Primarily the Pictor 20-55mm was on the Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K, which was on a slider, and then the Vespid Primes (25, 35, & 75) were on the URSA Mini Pro G2. The UMPG2 was either on sticks or Steadicam. There were several takes for us to get all the angles possible with both cameras. Lighting was done with the Nanlite Pavotubes, Nanlite Forza 60 & 300, and as well some Bright Cine Yidoblo AI-3000C lights. Edited & Graded in DaVinci Resolve 17 Beta.

Color looks REALLY nice! Great shots and lighting, too!

Latest Music Video:

Some details:
Shot on the DZOFilm Vespid Primes and the DZOFilm Pictor Zooms. Primarily the Pictor 20-55mm was on the Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 6K, which was on a slider, and then the Vespid Primes (25, 35, & 75) were on the URSA Mini Pro G2. The UMPG2 was either on sticks or Steadicam. There were several takes for us to get all the angles possible with both cameras. Lighting was done with the Nanlite Pavotubes, Nanlite Forza 60 & 300, and as well some Bright Cine Yidoblo AI-3000C lights. Edited & Graded in DaVinci Resolve 17 Beta.

Color looks REALLY nice! Great shots and lighting, too!

Thank you Adam! I appreciate it. My biggest criticism is still the one I couldn't control, and that's that I wanted more than one location. But the band wanted it all in one space.

Here's a recent Demo reel I put together for a stock agency. All shot on an Ursa G2, mostly with a Nikkor 200-400mm and some with a 2x extender. Manfrotto sticks and 502 head, though I am about to upgrade head to a Nitro, so some stabilization used in FCPX. Some slo-mo at 60-80 fps.