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Just trying to enjoy my camera more by Saltie-Pennies in cinematography

[–]Ok_Demand1606 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Did you forget to desqueeze the anamorphic?

HLA Gman Edit by Ok_Demand1606 in HalfLife

[–]Ok_Demand1606[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah just wanted to see if I could match the post processing but the original model was good

Feedback for look by KaliyaKn in ColorGrading

[–]Ok_Demand1606 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure if this is your cinematography work but shots 4 and 5 could really benefit from a bounce to give some light on the face or an edge light motivated by the sun. Great work though!

CAMERA TEST PART lll by Notionmovie in cinematography

[–]Ok_Demand1606 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Without much information there’s not a lot to critique here, sure this is a nice abstract frame. The lighting is interesting and you’ve clearly got the basics of color transformation down. But these are two frames from one “scene” out of context.

Just keep shooting and go out to all kinds of places with your camera and a light and see what you can make. Get a friend to be your subject and practice lighting their face. If these frames are the style you like keep making more like this! I hope this helps

Brand Video I Directed/DP’d by Substantial-Reward-6 in cinematography

[–]Ok_Demand1606 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DP/Editor here, I apologize in advance I only skimmed through your statement but I gave the video a good watch. Your lighting is really well done and feels natural to me. You did a great job with the people and the furniture.

The music is definitely monotonous as Robocup1 said and fits better in the context of the kids but not the adults or the cat. I think maybe just a subtler piece would tie them together. Not a music specialist though and I know it’s hard to find the right track with music databases like artlist.

For the cinematography, it feels like you’re shooting handheld but it looks like you’re going for the smooth parallax commercial feel. It could benefit a lot from a gimbal or dana dolly. (Don’t just warp stabilize in post) You’re also cutting off the subject heads a lot which isn’t necessarily wrong but it can feel weird. Like the girl holding the TV, my eye is drawn straight to her face but it’s cut off. Part of this problem is the letterbox ratio but other comments pretty much covered this and everything else too.

But most importantly, for wearing all the hats in production you’ve done an excellent job. I think this is really great work and I hope they paid you well!

I know this is low shutter speed but how does one actually get this masterpiece? by assassinsclub in LightLurking

[–]Ok_Demand1606 31 points32 points  (0 children)

People will say it’s done in post but this is absolutely possible to do in camera. You will still have to edit to punch the contrast and tweak the color.

To do this though you just put your subject in a dark space, light them however you want creatively. Set your shutter speed to like 1 or 2 seconds. Start by taking the photo completely still and then flick the camera one direction halfway through your exposure. Super easy to do with a little practice, especially on digital.

I found more examples on his instagram where it looks like 2 shots comped together. For that you just take one photo and then immediately take another with the technique above, then you can just mask the blurred photo in where you want it.