DSLR Videography

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Screen Definition

Screen Definition

How about?

Arri Alexa £30K+Red Epic

Canon XF300Sony EX1 £5K+

5DBlack Magic £2K

Nikon D3200 £450 +Canon 600D

Sensor Size

Pros

• Shallow depth of field• Low light • Lens Variety (Primes etc)• Manual controls• ‘Cinematic’ image (including 24 fps)• Price, Price, Price• Production Stills• Compactness

Cons

• ‘Aliasing’ including ‘Shutter Roll’• Overheating• 30 minute Maximum• Camera Shape (Poor Ergonomics)• Monitoring• Slow Auto focus• BIG files

Pre- production

• Story-board (to reinforce 16:9 landscape)• Shot-list (to minimize hand-held & long takes)• Practice focusing (NO auto-focus)• Practice exposure• Practice sound

Production

• Use Shot-list• Use Tripod/Rig/Strap • Review Shots• Check sound

Post- Production

• Review Shots• Use Shot-list to name shots

(eg ‘CU_Fredwalking_Pan’)• Make sure all files are on the same drive• Name your folder(s)

Canon or Nikon? (or Sony, Panasonic etc…..)

Sound

Lenses

Rigs

Editing

Premiere Pro/Elements

Vegas Final Cut X

iMovieMovie Maker

Storage

http://philipbloom.net/2010/12/16/shooting-video-with-a-dslr/

http://vimeo.com/videoschool

http://vimeo.com/videoschool/lesson/11/introduction-to-dslr-cameras

http://nofilmschool.com

DSLR Links

16:9 HD filming makes ELS and LS much more attractive and successful

Screen space…as you wish

Using shallow focus to blur the rest of the frame is a DSLR speciality.

Wide Screen shooting leaves a great deal of picture space to fill Cinematographers resort to various stratagems to enable them to use Close Ups in a widescreen format.

The ‘Bokeh’ can even provide a layer of abstract imagery

You can high contrast lighting to darken the rest of the frame (A BBC ‘Classic Serial’ trick!)

You can mask part of the frame with curtains/blinds.

Or use architecture (door frames are good)

You can use an out of focus foreground (such as an over the shoulder shot)Try using a rack focus

You can dress the set and fill the background with interesting stuff (MES)

or nothing at all (aided here by over-exposure) and by low-angle

You can go for more subjective effects- such as the hard to read half face CU:

Note that most CU shots cut off the top of the head

You can add a vignette in post