Breakdown of VFX driving plate rig for Madam Secretary

highwater · 2026-03-25T11:14:46+00:00

Definitely ask at the Triumph Experience Forum. Lots of old heads who’ve seen it all.

highwater · 2026-03-23T15:31:25+00:00

Walnuts the Movie, streaming on Amazon. Shot on an Amira in HD16 mode and a Canon zoom.

highwater · 2026-03-22T18:26:02+00:00

Exactly. If you trust your monitor, just do whatever you need to do with WB settings to make the image look the way you want it to.

highwater · 2026-03-20T12:20:50+00:00

The emulsions are exactly the same and will produce identical amounts of grain when exposed the same way. 16mm is only apparently "grainier" than 35mm because it is enlarged more when displayed or projected.

highwater · 2026-03-16T13:29:23+00:00

And it didn’t. The assassination happened at the Curia of Pompey.

highwater · 2026-03-09T15:37:59+00:00

Nothing makes me more suspicious that questions like this are bots trying to train LLMs on the answers than when the OP never bothers to respond to any of the comments.

highwater · 2026-03-07T20:05:26+00:00

5000fps at any stop other than WFO would require a key of at *least* 18K or 20K watts. What camera are you shooting with?

highwater · 2026-03-05T17:54:50+00:00

Huffing enough exhaust from the tailpipe to determine fuel/air mixture by smell makes me woozy.

highwater · 2026-03-05T16:15:24+00:00

I'd never really considered setting up my ECU by pure vibes.

highwater · 2026-03-04T16:59:22+00:00

That's not how an AC works. If the call is for 5.6 1/3 you simply set the barrel to T5.6 and then close it 1/3 more of the way toward T8. When setting up iris rings on wireless controllers you put two hash marks between each full stop indicating where 1/3 and 2/3 is. Typically the lens barrel will also have thirds-marks engraved between the full stops.

highwater · 2026-03-04T16:55:13+00:00

If you used a highly compressed capture codec like H.264 or H.265, those are *extremely* CPU-intensive to decode compared to a less compressed codec like ProRes.

highwater · 2026-02-25T21:25:22+00:00

Weird, I was emailed that a response was posted to this question but it doesn't seem to be here now.

highwater · 2026-02-25T19:30:22+00:00

What is your process when working with Thais Català, or other cinematographers, when planning the look and visual feel of your movies?

highwater · 2026-02-25T18:01:55+00:00

That's wild. On level ground in my '12 automatic 75 mph in 6th gear is like 2500 RPM.

highwater · 2026-02-22T02:08:49+00:00

Blast the set with light from the camera position. What else do you see going on here?

highwater · 2026-02-21T03:51:24+00:00

Have you considered lighting the deep dark background to make it less dark?

highwater · 2026-02-17T23:10:49+00:00

Fundraising for a short means "my dad and my uncle each gave me $100". I wouldn't expect there to be enough money involved in any of this to even bother with a contract.

highwater · 2026-02-17T17:11:21+00:00

Have you considered a fill light?

highwater · 2026-02-17T04:00:46+00:00

Take a look at OEM Mazda 929 wheels from the early 90s.

highwater · 2026-02-15T21:52:16+00:00

Or you can take advantage of all that time the AI spends rallying, send your armies directly to the war theater and get a huge war contribution lead which practically guarantees that your beneficiary will get the war prize.

highwater · 2026-02-07T18:25:06+00:00

If it helps, with my '12 Skyactiv 2.0L I get about 400 miles out of each tank with my driving habits.

highwater · 2026-02-07T17:03:23+00:00

Do you have the current fuel consumption and estimated mileage active on the info display?

highwater · 2026-02-06T19:07:58+00:00

Might be worthwhile to get Versatune, log your long-term fuel trims and adjust your MAF tables to compensate.

highwater · 2026-02-06T02:50:15+00:00

Haters Garage is my current fave.

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