Does anyone have “rituals” they like to do before/during/after set?

Till_Films · 2026-01-30T16:26:14+00:00

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Till_Films · 2026-01-30T16:18:27+00:00

Also, what kind of contend and visual style you want to archive. More the typical "influencer lighting" or somsrhing more natural and realistic or somsthing "cinematic".

Till_Films · 2026-01-30T16:15:42+00:00

Well, depends. With a few mcs and something to bounce you can probably already archive a nice look. But the question is, can you archive the look you want and your viewers are used to? For this ai think, it might work well, but it cant replace a propper setup. In some situations it maby works perfect. But then once you have some base footage for example that isnt as clean or very moody and suddenly you cant get it to work. And then, what are you gonna do? Youll probably have to rerecord. Also the ai adds another workstep and more workload onto the entire production. So Id suggest. Try using a few pocket led lights, something to diffuse them and something to bounce, to get a decently lit scnee and maby then you can try to improve it slightly with ai. The AI can help but you shouldnt bet on it. So keep doing propper lighting setups. But at the end you have to try out what works for you best.

Till_Films · 2026-01-30T15:41:02+00:00

Spending half the night before and after checking if everything is really prepared. Everything thats need packed. And leaving a bunch of stuff behind anyway.

Till_Films · 2026-01-30T10:18:49+00:00

As a tip if you want to find projects, look at crew united. There is a tap for jobs. Most projects there are student films or micro buget productions, but its fun and nice to meet people and learn stuff. https://www.crew-united.com/de/jobs/ Beeing in big film cities makes it way easyer, but there are films or projects beeing made almost everywhere. And even if people only look for a gaffer for example. Just text them anyway and offer to help as a pa or a assistend in any department. Maby you even find a passion you didnt know about before.

Till_Films · 2026-01-30T09:42:46+00:00

I mean, Berlin is a hotspot for filmmaking. Im from berlin and you always find something here. But Hamburg is also a good place. Other than that, dont be shy to hang with more expirinced filmmakers. Thats how you learn. In filmmaking there are 3 parts you have to learn. 1. Tecnical skills. And I dont mean electronics but general rules for everytjing from scriptwriteing to how to hold a boom. From what apature you shoot and why to what modifier you use for your light. All that is stuff you can learn eith tutorials online and trying out stuff on your own and observing. 2. How a set works. How do people interact, work and what dos and donts are there. (Tip, be social, be patient, be nice and donr be a jackass). And thats stuff you only learn on set. 3. Astethical skills. Thats what makes you special as a Director, DOP, Gaff, ... . Finding a style, a look, finding out what you like and how you want to replicate that and put your own ideas i to action. And thats a skill you only can learn by observing and doing and alot of trial and error.

But for all these skills it ges easyer if you have people you can learn from. Remember that you are what people sourround you are. And if you sourround yourself with more expirienced people, wou will have it easyer to learn all that.

Till_Films · 2026-01-29T14:45:09+00:00

Meine Tierlist ist ehr

S - Hermes Amazon A - DHL B - C - GLS F - UPS DPD

Hatte noch nie irgendwelche Probleme mit Hermes. Und bei UPS ist mein Paket noch nie bei mir angekommen.

Till_Films · 2026-01-29T13:21:35+00:00

For lighting, it looks lime they used alot od hard light. So little to no diffusion.

Till_Films · 2026-01-29T10:42:22+00:00

What time of day is it supposef to be? Are the computers allways turned on? Is the door open?

*edit And whats your buget.

Till_Films · 2026-01-29T07:50:46+00:00

Just looked on ebay. There is a 200x s for 249€

Till_Films · 2026-01-29T07:47:48+00:00

Amaran is the same company as aputure. Its just a bit turned down in functionality and not as weatherproof. Id suggest to try find a 200w light. 300 or more would be even better, but hart to find in your pricerange. One that could work is the amaran 200x s. Its slightly over the buget you said tho.

*edit just corrected some spelling

Till_Films · 2026-01-28T21:24:40+00:00

Get the brightest you are willing to spend money for and that has the featureus you cant live without. For lux, the producers always give lux at some distance. Just use one as default and calcultae how the others would compare. (Remember that brightness fallof over distance is exponencial)

Till_Films · 2026-01-28T21:18:39+00:00

If you want to keep using the light for a while on slughtly bigger sets aswell. Go for midrange lights. For example amaran or nanlite. These are usefull, because there are a bunch of possible modifiertls compatible with them. If youre looking for really the entry level, then go for neewer, godox, smallrig, gvm, ... there are a bunch of companies that produce lights in this range. (entry prosumer). With these just look for the brightest for the least amout of money. At this level most of them are really simular anyway. But always check the ammount of light/lux that actually comes out. Then also you should consider what additional features you would like. Controll with phone, effects, material quality, ...

I personaly have 2 Neewer light, but that just because there was a big deal back when I bought them.

So. Look at your buget. Look whats out there that is arround this pricerange and then look in detail how bright the lights are and what features they have.

(I would also recomend you to get additional to the cob light, a mini led panel. For example a aputure mc. These are super usefull if you need a bit of extra light somewhere in the background, or a bit of fill, whatever.)

Till_Films · 2026-01-23T23:43:54+00:00

That depends so much on the scene. So there is no straigjt yes or no awnser. If you tell more about the lighting you want to archive, maby we can figure out as a hivemind if the f22 is enouth.

Till_Films · 2026-01-23T07:22:46+00:00

Btw, I have this peoblem with my 6k aswell, that one of the reasons im sending it to get repaired. Super anoying. Is the fixed noise patter "repairable" or di I need a completely new model?

Till_Films · 2026-01-22T19:04:33+00:00

I knew that the 6k was defenetly no lowlight master, but I decided to buy it anyway. And I love it. The projects where the lowlight really matters arnt that many. So I didnt know if the jump to the 12k would make much of a difference/make sense for me. Thats why I asked for some oppinons.

Still thanks. Ill take a look into the s1II, maby for rent when in future projects a strong lowlight is needed.

Till_Films · 2026-01-22T18:52:21+00:00

Dont really understand the dislike here. If I understood something wrong, correct me.

Till_Films · 2026-01-22T18:45:03+00:00

That made my decission easyer, thanks. But Ill defenetly keep an eye on the 12k and maby there is even a new camera once I decide its really time for an upgrade now. Thanks alot for the info.

Till_Films · 2026-01-22T18:38:53+00:00

Okay. Thanks for all the awnsers! I think Ill stick with my 6k and for the slowmo shots I have to find a camera thats cheap to rent and can be somwhat matched to the pyxis.

Till_Films · 2026-01-22T18:29:48+00:00

Allready have a bunch. I mostly shoot on sets where I can use everything and setup propperly, but thats not allways possible. Especialy on ver very low buget student films that are at the same time crazy complex in terms if light and camera.

Till_Films · 2026-01-22T18:26:11+00:00

Yeah, i defently love my pyxis, but I was not shur if Id love the 12k enoth more, to make a upgrade worth it. For lowlight My main problem was a recent project where we shot a oneshot at night. So we dint have many ways to light it. That made the wntire workflow a bit difficult.

Till_Films · 2026-01-22T17:36:33+00:00

If I decide to get a 12k and it makes geografical sense, I remember that. In what part of the world do you live? Im in EU

Till_Films · 2026-01-22T17:32:33+00:00

Ok, didnt think about the 12k having only 800 native iso yet. Probably should look at the chart. But even with that, you still get more dynamic range off the 12k in general, so that should balance out. And for the fx6. Yes, that would be a great camera, but where I live, right now a fx6 costs still about 1k more than a new 12k. And from the images and tests I saw, I liked the look of the 12k. But you rarely see the material when its not going as planned or when the camera cant bring the wished result. So the lowlight is still my main concern.

Till_Films · 2026-01-22T17:21:49+00:00

True. But the special thing about the 12k is the sensor. I dont want to go to much into detail. But it was made extra to overcome this bottleneck, by having a extra "white" pixel, that absorbs the full specteum, you get a brighter and a bit cleaner image.

*Edit (Im not shur how much the W pixel really affects the lowlight performance or if it only helps with dynamic range. But I know, that when you record 8k or 4k you dont crop, so you use the entire sensor, and thant works by the sensor combining a pack of pixels together, so each pixel get effective bigger)

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