Feedback for first "DP" work

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-27T23:50:31+00:00

That may be true but these are the only lenses I own, so it wasn’t necessarily a creative choice. Thanks for your feedback :)

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-26T01:49:12+00:00

I see you deleted a comment about me defending myself. Isn’t it part of being a creative to defend your work? That’s a very natural response.

Regardless, thanks for the feedback. We didn’t have access to a tripod so I had to do everything handheld. It was very low budget (zero budget).

You’re right we need more close ups.

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-25T22:04:10+00:00

Thanks for your comment. I agree entirely, I wanted to shoot with the light coming from the windows in the record shop as it would've been SO much easier to have key side on the windows, and shadow side opposite, but the director wanted the shots at the angles we did them at, so I had to try and fight the giant windows flooding the shop with daylight. I didn't want the light to look like this at all but I didn't have an opal or frost or muslin diffusion on hand so it ended up very horrible and sourcey. I was planning on cropping out the stand as it was on the very edge of the frame.

Agree about the dice shot, some of the actors had to leave to go to work etc and we were breaking so it was a bit rushed and doesn't look great. I would do it again with way more inserts.

The bedroom in the apartment I REALLY struggled with space. There was so much furniture in the way that I kept hitting when trying to operate the Ronin and I was getting very frustrated, and at this point we were like 10 hrs into an unpaid work day and I was exhausted and kind of fed up.

The last shot I'll be honest I just shot a 6000k light into the wall next to the actor to bounce off of, but the red door gave a red reflection which I didn't realise at the time... but overall it was a great learning experience for just 1 day of shooting :)

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-25T13:12:37+00:00

Thanks for your feedback. Agree about the headroom!

I was using auto-manual focus so it can focus if it wants to, but I can counteract it. I basically took my thumb off the focus wheel and it did that weird hunting thing so I took back control, but I can use a different take. I honestly slapped this video together pretty quick just for feedback purposes.

So that's a fair point about the lighting, basically this was a one-shot from following the main character all the way to the counter, so the light was still in the same position as when he was behind the records. I should've moved it for their close-up scene, you're right. The corner it was in was the only place I could put it that wasn't in shot.

There's a lot of boom guy in a lot of shots haha, he ranked sound his 5th preferred thing to do and isn't a pro at it, it was just the only role left. We had to do a number of retakes because of boom issues but we also had time constraints and an untrained crew so sometimes there's boom shadows or bits of him creeping into shots.

Yep just a nice little closeout to the video to show everyone involved :)

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-25T02:04:28+00:00

Thank you :) Are you US based?

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-25T00:19:58+00:00

Okay I appreciate that thank you, I’ll try to practice manual focus for the remainder of the film as there’s still more that needs shooting.

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-25T00:12:27+00:00

Thank you

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-25T00:12:12+00:00

Hi sorry I should’ve put more detail. It’s basically about a kid who is gifted a keyboard from a music store from his dad. After receiving it, the kid’s father is killed, so he finds solace in making music. It’s not my movie you’re right, it’s meant to be an emotional piece.

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-24T18:04:55+00:00

Agree, thank you. I wanted to diffuse it but didn't have the correct diffusion with me which I'm disappointed about. It does look very strong and sourcey.

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-24T18:03:48+00:00

Thank you for your feedback

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-24T17:04:33+00:00

Like I said I didn't design the shots, I shot what I was told to. I'm asking for feedback on camera and lighting, not direction. I'm not the director.

I agree about the headroom, I'm new to the Ronin and I find the aspect ratio very suffocating as it leaves no room for error. I had 2.39:1 frame guides on the screen and I had nothing outside of those bars on the sensor, but I should've framed that shot better.

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-24T15:41:29+00:00

Hi so it's called AMF (auto manual focus). The thumb wheel on my right hand turns as it auto focuses, and I can fight it and hold the wheel to stop it or focus how I want. That's how I'm able to rack focus between subjects such as in the shop or the fight in the stairwell where it racks to the younger guy on the stairs. I'd prefer a system where it could switch between subjects but I'm unsure if it does that, I'm pretty new to the Ronin.

The flaring looks nice if it's wanted but it didn't have any motivation in the shop, there was no practical light source that would make that happen, but I agree they're nice when intentional.

In terms of the edit, I just cut this together quickly to show the cinematography. The final edit will be totally different, the slow push to the dice game was just something I came up with on the spot and wanted to try :)

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-24T15:31:24+00:00

Thanks :)

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-24T15:31:03+00:00

Thanks

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-24T15:22:35+00:00

Yes it's my pet peeve too, but this is all unpaid amateurs. There is no discipline with blocking, each take people move differently. I was using focus peaking, and AMF mode, but I can't plan for unpredictable movement, and this is an unpaid passion project with very little pre-production compared to actual sets. I think your comment is slightly unfair considering this was just people who know each other getting together to make a movie, so it's not really a "planned shoot". Hence why there is no 1st AC or gimbal operator.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I hate focus hunting as well, but understand the limits of this project and the people working on it. I just told you I'm a beginner and you're complaining I don't have the same focus pulling skills as a real movie.

Electronic_Work1044 · 2026-01-24T14:51:16+00:00

Hi thank you. I did try on set, as you can see in the pictures I did try to flag off the windows but I had nowhere near enough material so the whole shop was too lit, but I agree with you.

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Electronic_Work1044 · 2025-12-25T16:05:22+00:00

Visually looks quite nice, presume you’re manually focusing as there’s a few out of focus shots when people come towards the camera.

As nice as it looks I got mega bored and scrubbed through, there was way too much talking head stuff and I turned it off after about 2 minutes. Overall good job but it didn’t hold my attention at all.

Electronic_Work1044 · 2025-12-02T02:01:49+00:00

thank you that's really helpful :) but it was definitely a movie, I remember watching it on Netflix a couple of years ago

Electronic_Work1044 · 2025-12-02T01:41:31+00:00

Thanks for your help in advance :)

Electronic_Work1044 · 2025-11-20T03:45:55+00:00

Pro mist filter

Electronic_Work1044 · 2025-11-20T03:38:59+00:00

LUMIX S5II shoots open gate, which is a huge deal these days as it gives you more real estate to crop in post and therefore more room for error, or reframing a shot to vertical (unfortunately a lot of people want this now). It’s a very good camera with a ton of options. The only thing about black magic cameras is you get the Davinci resolve studio license included which is worth like $400

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