Official "Look what I shot!" Thread

Here's a real quick music video I shot on the UM 4.6k EF a few weekends ago. I rented the Mini for a corporate shoot on a Monday, so I had the camera all weekend and decided to knock out a music video for my roommate's band's forthcoming debut album. It was a real fly by night shoot. We pretty much just walked into the woods with a bare bones idea and a couple of halloween masks and built the story on the fly.

Shot in 2k 16:9 ProRes HQ; Nikon 17-35 f2.8 typically at either f5.6 or f4. I used a NiSi 0.9 IRND filter for the majority of the shots, except the end beach shot, where I dropped down to a 0.3 Skier IRND.

Edited and colored in Resolve.

Thought I'd share a quick test clip I filmed with the URSA Mini 4.6k and the XEEN Cinema Lens 24mm last year from a project releasing soon. This was filmed on the original firmware so keep that in mind. There was some FPN that I cleaned up in post. When uploaded on YouTube, the colors shifted slightly, so I'll be uploading this on Vimeo later tonight to be viewed proper and will update the link

In the meantime, here it is on YouTube :

Blackmagic URSA Mini 4.6K | Xeen 24mm Cinema Lens EF
Filmed in 4.6K 4608x2592 RAW - FILM - Sensor 60 Project 24 | Scaled to 3440x1440 21:9 YUV (Ultrawide) in post | Graded with Lumetri + DELUTS

Cinematography, Editing, & Color Grading : Neil Karunatilaka
Model : Janna Breslin - http://www.jannabreslin.com
Location : Coronado Beach - San Diego, CA

Filmed in July of 2016 with the original URSA Mini Firmware. Slight FPN corrected in post due to early firmware. This has since been corrected (less noticeable) with latest firmware release.

May not be reuploaded without permission.
Copyright 2017 X7Productions.com | All Rights Reserved.

Ursa Mini 4,6K teste 50Fps

Finally cut together a reel with some stuff over the past year or so.

Shot with: Pocket Cam, Cinema Cam, Ursa, Ursa Mini 4.6k with a few drone, Go Pro, Fuji and Gh4 shots thrown in there.

I'm currently in France and I took a few shots with my Ursa Mini 4.6K. Doesn't this place look like Minas Tirith from "Lord of the Rings: Return of the King"?

In honor of Troy singing on The Voice tonight I'm going to share these two music videos that I shot for him with Blackmagic Cameras. Both have been shared here before, but I figured it's worth re-sharing them to remind everyone about his incredible voice. Hopefully he does really well on The Voice tonight. Check it out!

Rosary:

(Shot with Blackmagic Cinema Camera 2.5K in 2014 with Rokinon Cine Lenses, Tokina 11-16mm, and some Minolta lenses with an adapter)

Song Man:

(Shot with URSA Mini 4.6K Beta Unit in 2016 with Rokinon Cinema Lenses)

Enjoy reliving these music videos! And, please check out The Voice tonight to see if you can catch Troy perform.

EDIT: I guess Troy wasn't on last night, but will be on. I'm not familiar with the Voice format as I've never watched the show. He's definitely on this season. The previews show him, so I know he's on. Probably tonight or Thursday night. I'll keep everyone informed. Still enjoy the videos. Song Man was shot 1-year ago as of last night.

Hello Black magicians ! Here is my new show reel, almost entirely shot with the Ursa Mini 4,6K and the big one, but few shots are with the Arri Alexa, and the 5D mark III, Will you be able to see which ones ?

please tell me the last sequence, of the girl with glasses footage, was shot on the UM46K!
it looked too good, though.

is that the Alexa footage?

Hello Black magicians ! Here is my new show reel, almost entirely shot with the Ursa Mini 4,6K and the big one, but few shots are with the Arri Alexa, and the 5D mark III, Will you be able to see which ones ?

please tell me the last sequence, of the girl with glasses footage, was shot on the UM46K!
it looked too good, though.

is that the Alexa footage?

Hi Adam ! Can you give me the time code ? Because I see several girls with glasses

Hi! I'm shy and I usually don't post. I present to you the first 3 minutes of the episode 0 for a TV series (the full episode is 40 minutes long). Written, directed and filmed by me with BMPC4K RAW 24p. Tell me what you think.

Hello Black magicians ! Here is my new show reel, almost entirely shot with the Ursa Mini 4,6K and the big one, but few shots are with the Arri Alexa, and the 5D mark III, Will you be able to see which ones ?

please tell me the last sequence, of the girl with glasses footage, was shot on the UM46K!
it looked too good, though.

is that the Alexa footage?

Hi Adam ! Can you give me the time code ? Because I see several girls with glasses

1:49 to the end.

Ricarrdo, terrific start with suspense, foreboding, mystery, oozing in each clip.


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Hi guys,

Just thought I would share my proof of concept trailer that I shot back in December last year, all shot of the URSA Mini 4.6k with mostly Samyang Primes, would love to hear your thoughts.

Ricarrdo, terrific start with suspense, foreboding, mystery, oozing in each clip.

Ty !

Hi guys,

Just thought I would share my proof of concept trailer that I shot back in December last year, all shot of the URSA Mini 4.6k with mostly Samyang Primes, would love to hear your thoughts.

Wow! GJ!

James Barnett, one of the keys to a memorable and especially important work of art is the realization of a high concept. Stand on Top of the World, James Gagney. Go!


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Here is some test shots made with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, with the LOMO OKS 3-10-1 f/2.1 10mm prime lens, attached through a RafCamera adapter. Everything shot in CinemaDNG RAW and graded in DaVinci Resolve 12.5:

please tell me the last sequence, of the girl with glasses footage, was shot on the UM46K!
it looked too good, though.

is that the Alexa footage?[/quote]

Hi Adam ! Can you give me the time code ? Because I see several girls with glasses [/quote]

1:49 to the end.[/quote]


Adam : this is an URSA Mini 4,6k sequence

James Barnett : RESPECT bro !!

Hi guys,

Just thought I would share my proof of concept trailer that I shot back in December last year, all shot of the URSA Mini 4.6k with mostly Samyang Primes, would love to hear your thoughts.

wow. looks and feels amazing! terrific job.

Hi! I'm shy and I usually don't post. I present to you the first 3 minutes of the episode 0 for a TV series (the full episode is 40 minutes long). Written, directed and filmed by me with BMPC4K RAW 24p. Tell me what you think.

please tell us how we see more of this! i'm sold on the vibe and look.

Deyan, a great calling card for you. Hope 2017 deserves your future efforts!


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Hi! I'm shy and I usually don't post. I present to you the first 3 minutes of the episode 0 for a TV series (the full episode is 40 minutes long). Written, directed and filmed by me with BMPC4K RAW 24p. Tell me what you think.

please tell us how we see more of this! i'm sold on the vibe and look.

Thank you!!! We are proposing it to some production companies. I hope to show it soon.

Hi! I'm shy and I usually don't post. I present to you the first 3 minutes of the episode 0 for a TV series (the full episode is 40 minutes long). Written, directed and filmed by me with BMPC4K RAW 24p. Tell me what you think.

Hey Riccardo,

Thanks for your feedback on my film, this is great too, love the mood and lighting, good job my friend!!!

I had a music video released yesterday too all shot on the URSA Mini 4.6k which you can find on Vevo, the editor has slightly over graded it imo but hey that was out of my control and was prob to do with the style the band wanted.

Hey Riccardo,

Thanks for your feedback on my film, this is great too, love the mood and lighting, good job my friend!!!

I had a music video released yesterday too all shot on the URSA Mini 4.6k which you can find on Vevo, the editor has slightly over graded it imo but hey that was out of my control and was prob to do with the style the band wanted.

You're more than good! WOW! Amazing.
Can I come to the UK to work for you?

James, can't see your video playing on Vevo from my iPad Air. The keyframe looks arresting.


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Hi! I'm shy and I usually don't post. I present to you the first 3 minutes of the episode 0 for a TV series (the full episode is 40 minutes long). Written, directed and filmed by me with BMPC4K RAW 24p. Tell me what you think.

Beautifully shot! I would like to the see it all!

Adam

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Hi guys,

Just thought I would share my proof of concept trailer that I shot back in December last year, all shot of the URSA Mini 4.6k with mostly Samyang Primes, would love to hear your thoughts.

Beautifully shot, James. Cool concept.

Adam

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Camera and lens please. Especially the lens.

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Camera and lens please. Especially the lens.

4.6k with the Tokina Atx Pro 28-70 2.8 Ang version. Last shot was old sigma Apo 70-210




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James, can't see your video playing on Vevo from my iPad Air. The keyframe looks arresting.


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Hi Rick,

Not sure why the link isn't working but here it is again hopefully this one will work.

Hi guys,

Just thought I would share my proof of concept trailer that I shot back in December last year, all shot of the URSA Mini 4.6k with mostly Samyang Primes, would love to hear your thoughts.

Beautifully shot, James. Cool concept.

Adam

Thanks Adam I really appreciate the feedback.

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Shots look great James, nice one!

still from some recent interviews.
UM46K, Rokinon Cine DS 35mm & 50mm
(apologies for lo-res)

James, thanks, that worked. Some restriction opening directly but took me to YouTube where it played fine. Excellent work, the client must have dug it.


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Adam, great stills. I like using the 50mm or perhaps 85mm for head shots and tight closeups respectively.


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Hi! I'm shy and I usually don't post. I present to you the first 3 minutes of the episode 0 for a TV series (the full episode is 40 minutes long). Written, directed and filmed by me with BMPC4K RAW 24p. Tell me what you think.

Nice work Ricardo. Love the BMPC. Very cinematic. I have no idea what it's about, but it looks cool.


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Happy Saint Patrick's Day:

Here's the latest from me. I filmed a baby shower for my sisters friend. Not very happy with it, but i hope she likes it at least

Shot on bmpcc

Music video I directed and shot on 4.6K in conditions from zero to -24C.

Hi BM community, finally got round to updating my showreel, currently trying to break out of the corporate bubble I have been in for years into more Drama based work.

Would love to hear your thoughts!

Thanks

Excellent matching of the music to the disparate clips. Very good calling card, James. Lots of lovely dramatic postcards.

In terms of some constructive criticism, I noticed a few of the edits are held too long. For a show reel, it's best to try to cut the moment the clip reaches its maximum impact; if held beyond that point, the impact can fade since we don't have the context to understand the subtle expressions and message that may be evident after the climax when one sees it within the whole context. Just one example, would be the girl throwing liquid at the lens: cut at the impact.


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Excellent matching of the music to the disparate clips. Very good calling card, James. Lots of lovely dramatic postcards.

In terms of some constructive criticism, I noticed a few of the edits are held too long. For a show reel, it's best to try to cut the moment the clip reaches its maximum impact; if held beyond that point, the impact can fade since we don't have the context to understand the subtle expressions and message that may be evident after the climax when one sees it within the whole context. Just one example, would be the girl throwing liquid at the lens: cut at the impact.


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Hey Rick,

Thanks for taking a look and giving your advice, I do agree with you in many aspects, to be totally honest I have found it very difficult to cut as its for myself and whatever I do I will always think I could do better.

I guess its that thing us creatives always have, its took me 10 years to shoot work I am fairly pleased with to be fair so this reel has been a long time coming.

Have a great weekend.

James, it was worth the struggle. You can be proud of that work. And then do better. As many people have mentioned, it's when we fail, we ultimately succeed. Without failure, there can be no success. Personally, I fail every time I shoot!


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Music video I directed and shot on 4.6K in conditions from zero to -24C.

Stunning! Amazing work.

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Music video I directed and shot on 4.6K in conditions from zero to -24C.

Beautifully shot! I really love it.

Adam

Hi BM community, finally got round to updating my showreel, currently trying to break out of the corporate bubble I have been in for years into more Drama based work.

Would love to hear your thoughts!

Thanks

James,

I think it looks great. great selection of shots from your longer form version I saw before.

Adam

Hello!
Total noob here, but im sharing anyway.
wondering if i got the colors right this time, what do you think?



BMPCC -Prores HQ
Davinci resolve

Lovely, Patrick. Colour is a matter of taste. If it tastes good, go. Given the subject, the muted treatment is fine. Another time, you'll dazzle us with another look.


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Hi all,

Here's a trailer for a feature length documentary I have been working on in the past 2 years.
It was shot mostly with the fabulous Pocket cam:


Hope you will like it.
We are planning to distribute in the next few months.

Gabor, a labour of love and it shows. Very difficult subject. Best of luck with it.


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Gabor, a labour of love and it shows. Very difficult subject. Best of luck with it.


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Thanks Rick! Appreciate your feedback.

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.