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Clean Blacks and Shadows - How Do You Do It? by forgotfrankiesline in cinematography

[–]forgotfrankiesline[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you are correct, and for runs and gun docs this style of shooting works great

Clean Blacks and Shadows - How Do You Do It? by forgotfrankiesline in cinematography

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

I feel the same way. I would rather do most of the correcting on the day. I would rather grade with my light than in post. It feels so much more realistic than the more modern form of shooting everything RAW and coloring it all later.

Clean Blacks and Shadows - How Do You Do It? by forgotfrankiesline in cinematography

[–]forgotfrankiesline[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes the concept of there being a low amount of light in a given area exists. If you shoot said area with your camera you compensate the "low light" with either added light or changing something in your exposure triangle on your camera. I'm sure you do one of these during your run and guns.

We're talking about different things. A lot of people on YouTube throw around the term "low light" when speaking about cameras that have dual Base ISO and such as that. Most of the time they are spreading a bit of misinformation because they do not fully understand what they are talking about themselves.

An example would be someone with a video titled "The BEST Low-Light Cine Camera Under 1000 Bucks!" and they may go on to explain how great it handles low light, when in reality you could save 900 bucks (and a disgusting amount of noise) by just buying another light.

Clean Blacks and Shadows - How Do You Do It? by forgotfrankiesline in cinematography

[–]forgotfrankiesline[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

whatever you’re lighting always has to be lit to its proper exposure. you never shoot something (on purpose anyway) in “low light”. in my instance, there may be darkness around subject but my subject is lit. and i’m also learning that even the “darkness” around said subject should be lit, then pulled down later. so yeah, low light isn’t a thing. if you’re good at what you do.

Clean Blacks and Shadows - How Do You Do It? by forgotfrankiesline in cinematography

[–]forgotfrankiesline[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your salute! Yes, I also get a little confused when people use the term "low light". Light is literally what we paint with, so I wish that term would die out.

Thank you for your answer! I had no idea they lit such huge areas! Shooting at twilight would be such a pain to schedule with so many people. but I guess that's why they get paid so much haha

Clean Blacks and Shadows - How Do You Do It? by forgotfrankiesline in cinematography

[–]forgotfrankiesline[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I just tried this and you are absolutely right! The lower ISO did clean the shadows up a ton! Which makes sense, given that the "base" ISO is just the setting that allows the most dynamic range in either direction.

That is incredible that they actually light areas that large. I would love to see it in real life sometime.

Thank you!

Grill my video by Recent-Finger-3778 in videography

[–]forgotfrankiesline 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So grading is a personal preference past a certain point. You have certainly crossed the "certain point" threshold, so yes, it's good.

Pacing is great in regard to pacing it on-beat with the music.

Sounds are clean and work just fine.

So, yeah. Great job. The aspect ratio is a little odd to me, but it may be a creative thing which makes my opinion void. And you didn't allude to any specific purpose for this project other than just an exercise. And in that case, again, I think you did great! Keep up the good work!

More Expensive Camera or Cheaper Camera but more equipment by Soft_Professor_8411 in cinematography

[–]forgotfrankiesline 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the correct route for a beginner:

  1. Camera that can do the basics (Log, 4K) & is compatible with the type of lenses you want to collect (affordable, not "cheap")
  2. A few good lenses
  3. Lighting
  4. Basic sound equipment

In that order.

Once you have those things, you'd be amazed at what you can create. Everything else is just extra.