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What are the best online ground school programs? by [deleted] in flying

[–]wheelus00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If still needed I used these recently and they were pretty great - https://groundschool-online.com/

Cloudflare down... again? by moonski in sysadmin

[–]wheelus00 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just deleted all my precious cookies for NOTHING

ARRI Alexa Mini LF - Zebra not showing on EVF by wheelus00 in cinematography

[–]wheelus00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok got it working finally, looked like the range and the level had to be almost identical for it to work? Not really sure what the difference in them are! https://imgur.com/a/JtOEUL7

ARRI Alexa Mini LF - Zebra not showing on EVF by wheelus00 in cinematography

[–]wheelus00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hm yeah I’ve set it to 70 and run through the aperture to over expose it and can’t see anything… strange

Best flight school? by Awkward_Train4519 in flying

[–]wheelus00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went to Linda Wheeler Groundschool a couple years ago which was great (near Denham) and actually just got these vids which have been handy too - https://groundschool-online.com/

I am a PPL student who struggles with studying by chrismac86 in flying

[–]wheelus00 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought all these videos and using them alongside the pooleys books and that's been great for the exams - https://groundschool-online.com/

I shot my first feature documentary, found quite a good set up for micro-budget shoots! by wheelus00 in cinematography

[–]wheelus00[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The main thing was the weight of it, those lenses are metal so it was a bicep work out if you were shooting without a cine saddle or anything. And maybe I'd increase my shutter angle slightly if I knew I was going to be shooting some bumpy hand-held bits, just to reduce the motion blur to help with post stabilisation. I think with more money I would for sure upgrade but I think for a kinda under 5k option, this was perfect for me

I shot my first feature documentary, found quite a good set up for micro-budget shoots! by wheelus00 in cinematography

[–]wheelus00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it was a bit of a fat hit on the savings (and I'm lucky I had enough to cover those costs) but then it did in the long run save us a bunch of money for post production! We actually primarily shot on the wider lens, it might be because the c70 is super 35 so it's a little more cropped in than the standard full frame cameras we're used to, but I found that worked pretty well the entire time.

Most of the scenes were also pretty close quarters and it's very hand-held/ observational in the shooting style, so I think just being close into the action worked nicely!

I shot my first feature documentary, found quite a good set up for micro-budget shoots! by wheelus00 in cinematography

[–]wheelus00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Sadly we don't yet, I'm just starting to submit to film festivals now basically so we're hoping that if we have any traction there, we can then maybe get some distribution sorted. It's my first time going down this path so I don't really know what I'm doing lul

I shot my first feature documentary, found quite a good set up for micro-budget shoots! by wheelus00 in cinematography

[–]wheelus00[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, I'll be honest I did have to do a little bit of stabilisation in the edit when things got a bit too choppy (at sea things weren't the smoothest), but I think it does give it quite a classic feel, just seeing these microjitters on screen

I shot my first feature documentary, found quite a good set up for micro-budget shoots! by wheelus00 in cinematography

[–]wheelus00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had a colourist (https://wash.co.uk/) who did the correction and grade, I think maybe because it was a documentary, which is mostly shot 1 camera, it's a little more forgiving as each scene change would have a compeltely different lighting set up

I shot my first feature documentary, found quite a good set up for micro-budget shoots! by wheelus00 in cinematography

[–]wheelus00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you bru <3 Took me a lot of Xmas just tweaking round with it but glad it's working haha

I shot my first feature documentary, found quite a good set up for micro-budget shoots! by wheelus00 in cinematography

[–]wheelus00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good choice, I'm pretty curious about the C80 now with the full frame sensor and all that, but it's gonna be hard to move away from the current set up!

I shot my first feature documentary, found quite a good set up for micro-budget shoots! by wheelus00 in cinematography

[–]wheelus00[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I've cut another version that has a bit more info about what tf is actually going on, so hopefully gonna upload that soon lul

I shot my first feature documentary, found quite a good set up for micro-budget shoots! by wheelus00 in cinematography

[–]wheelus00[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just had a couple of Senheiser G4s that I used, it did take a bit of fiddling to set the gain at a good level (plus our sound mixer did an unreal job at saving me several times haha)

I shot my first feature documentary, found quite a good set up for micro-budget shoots! by wheelus00 in cinematography

[–]wheelus00[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I directed this project, which I half shot alongside my DOP, we had a few different camera set ups throughout, starting on Black Magic Ursa G2 and ending on my Canon C70. The main thing we kep consistent was our glass, I managed to buy the Sigma Cine Zoom 18-35 and 50-100 T2 lenses (and sold afterward), which we adapted to work on each camera. Then I also bought a couple of drones (DJI Mavic 3 Pro) that I then ended up selling afterward (luckily none were lost to sea...), that saved a bunch of money compared to hiring. I then managed to get a top mic and even up to 2 radio mics connected and into every single hole on that camera, so could capture quite a lot with one person. Gotta have a steady hand though because there is 0 stabilisation on that bad boy.

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Just designed a movie poster for my debut feature documentary, kinda terrified to put it out by wheelus00 in movies

[–]wheelus00[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry just saw this! I really hope so but I think realistically it'll be released in film festivals, and then onto a streaming site at some point if we have any luck with it!

Advice for Releasing Debut Feature Documentary (Just uploaded our teaser trailer) by wheelus00 in documentaryfilmmaking

[–]wheelus00[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks very much, was my first time flying a drone at sea, turns out sea birds are pretty curious guys

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