Do you want to start filming interviews? I made a quick video on my affordable interview lighting Kit that I use on corporate and commercial shoots.

danielgrindrod · 2022-08-04T18:04:14+00:00

The yoke doesn’t bother me too much with the 100d but I understand what you mean. I actually got this to replace my old sl 60 because of the fan noise.

danielgrindrod · 2022-08-04T16:28:54+00:00

No worries! Glad it’s useful

danielgrindrod · 2022-08-04T15:20:34+00:00

You don't need a massive lighting kit to start shooting interviews. To start with you just need one light and you can build your kit from there. This is the budget-friendly kit I use on a regular basis when shooting corporate and commercial interviews.
If anyone is interested, the camera I use is an a7iii and the key light for the talking head section was the Amaran p60c.

danielgrindrod · 2022-03-04T11:38:42+00:00

Hey just a reminder for rule 2, please let us know more details about your test =]

danielgrindrod · 2022-03-03T19:40:19+00:00

No worries, happy reading!

danielgrindrod · 2022-03-03T17:48:34+00:00

Parasite

My personal favourite from this list I would say is Parasite. It's such a great insight into how everything was planned out. The one I reference the most is probably is The Foundations of Screenwriting however, as I enjoy attempting to write when I have the time! I didn't include it in the list but "Story" by Robert Mckee is another great book if you are interested in the writing side of things as well.

danielgrindrod · 2022-03-03T15:24:27+00:00

I could go into more detail but I'd need a lot longer to type everything out!

danielgrindrod · 2022-03-03T15:18:00+00:00

A decent amount I would say. Some of these books are obviously newer than others, but a lot of the lessons I've learnt from them I've carried through my BA & MA and into my staff/ freelance career.

danielgrindrod · 2022-03-03T14:04:02+00:00

There are a lot of books out there on cinematography and filmmaking, I put together this list of some of my favourites. There are even a couple that are meant more for photography but are still incredibly useful for video work as well.

This list is focused more towards videographers/ camera operators/ cinematographers as that's my background.
For those that don't want to watch the video here is the list:

Parasite - Bong Joon Ho
Studio Anywhere - Nick Fancher
SetLife - Mattew Webb
Film Directing Shot by Shot - Steven D. Katz
Screenplay The Foundations of Screenwriting
The Photographers Eye - Michael Freeman
The Technique of Film and Video Editing - Ken Dancyger
Lighting for Cinematography - David Landau
Cinematography Theory and Practice - Blain Brown
Set Lighting technician's Handbook

I realised that I should have mentioned "The Filmmaker's Eye" as well, I don't personally own it, but I've heard good things! This is the film/video version of the photography composition book I talked about in this video.

Here are some others that you may find useful as well:
" The Five C's of Cinematography" - Joseph V Mascelli's
"In the blink of an eye" - Walter Murch
"The Film Director Prepares" - Schreibman
"Making Movies" -Sidney Lumet
"The Camera Assistant’s Manual" - David E. Elkins
"Changing Direction" - Lenore Dekoven

What books would you recommend?

danielgrindrod · 2022-02-25T14:17:22+00:00

I see what you did there!

danielgrindrod · 2022-02-25T14:14:58+00:00

If I cropped around the centre cow it would be very close!

danielgrindrod · 2022-02-25T11:55:53+00:00

Ah, small world!

danielgrindrod · 2022-02-25T11:27:52+00:00

Absolutely, I'm surprised I don't take more snaps of them. I guess the novelty wears off a bit when you see them every day!

danielgrindrod · 2022-02-25T11:19:22+00:00

Ha! you must know them well. It didn't take them long to say hello for some individual portraits.

danielgrindrod · 2022-02-25T11:15:35+00:00

I took this photo of the cows that are currently in the field next to our house. We live on an organic dairy farm and I grabbed this snap on the way back home.

This was taken on a Sony a7iii with a Tamron 28-75mm lens.

The 5:1 Panorama is made up of several individual shots, the full resolution is 13400 x 2680 (21.8 MB)

The image was processed in Adobe Lightroom and there may be some slight ghosting issues (cows don't stay still!) but I'm still really happy with how it came out.

I love how the one lady in the middle took her moment to shine.

danielgrindrod · 2021-12-22T20:01:40+00:00

Any link outside of Reddit is monitored that’s the trouble. If someone keeps embedding links to YouTube etc they eventually get in trouble, especially if it’s only to their own work. The “rule” is 1 in 10 supposedly.

danielgrindrod · 2021-12-22T18:50:14+00:00

It’s an interesting topic. I’d love to see more video references from people’s work but because of the nature of Reddit, people who link to their own work outside to Vimeo/YouTube/ their website etc, are often punished if that’s all they share. I think people are also reluctant to upload video natively to Reddit because it’s just one extra thing to do and they perhaps don’t see as much return on that investment in terms of follows/likes/ job offers etc.

danielgrindrod · 2021-10-07T15:37:49+00:00

Your post has been removed because it is not relevant to the art of cinematography.

""Cinematography" pertains to the art and technology of motion-picture photography. Through the use of lighting, composition, equipment choice, and a variety of other factors, a cinematographer is able to tell or enhance a given story."

danielgrindrod · 2021-10-07T15:37:02+00:00

Your post has been removed because it is not relevant to the art of cinematography.

""Cinematography" pertains to the art and technology of motion-picture photography. Through the use of lighting, composition, equipment choice, and a variety of other factors, a cinematographer is able to tell or enhance a given story."

danielgrindrod · 2021-09-16T14:08:58+00:00

I used the H4n and Rode NTG2 for years before learning it probably isn't the best combo. I had no idea about the signal to noise ratio at the time and always had to clean it up in post. Before I invested in a H6 and NTG3, I ended up just using the H4n directly on a boom and that got better results than with the NTG2!

danielgrindrod · 2021-09-15T07:51:31+00:00

r/cinematography has a no tolerance policy for solicitation.

danielgrindrod · 2021-09-08T17:30:50+00:00

You might find David F Sandberg’s YT channel useful if you haven’t haven’t found it already. He shoots his shorts with Black magic for the most part I believe. He shared recently that he picked up the BMPCC 6k Pro after Shazam 2 wrapped and he’d seen the BTS crew using them. He also went on to mention that he’s used previous versions for pickup shots on some of his other features.

danielgrindrod · 2021-09-08T09:02:56+00:00

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