Has anyone shot a short with more than one lens?

Charles Papert · January 31st, 2006, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Daniel Apollon

Ben,
I never thought the big guys were the Hollywood guys. They are just the rich guys.

Only because they are shooting with someone else's money, and being paid to do so!

Daniel Apollon · January 31st, 2006, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Charles Papert

Only because they are shooting with someone else's money, and being paid to do so!

Charles, I'm thinking og "guys" such as Eric Rohmer who's past 80, has been shooting one or two movies a year on tight budgets...what a lesson in dedication to movie making! And think Rohmer has always limited himself to 35mm-50mm and very seldom used 80 or 95mm lenses. No telephoto, no zooms (except a couple of time), no fish eye, no steadycam, no trendy rack focus (I feel sick of all these rack focuses for the sake of rack-focusing), alot of imperfection in sound (he says he is insisting on no frills intelligibility), and simple choices of dominant colours. It does not matter if some of his movies are sometimes as soft as a Letus35 smeared with vaseline. It's still great art. And look, Rohmer's movies are selling like pain au chocolat on DVD.
Conclusion: too many lenses (too many tools) might kill artistic expressive power. A few well chosen good lenses used carefully could make the difference.

Bill Porter · January 31st, 2006, 03:18 PM

Chocolate covered bread sells well?

Daniel Apollon · January 31st, 2006, 03:37 PM

Bill, not bread covered with chocolate, but chocolate covered with bread.

Andrew Todd · January 31st, 2006, 06:05 PM

or as babelfish translator would say: "bread with the chocolate"
but up here in french canada we know it to be a French bakery favorite, chocolate wrapped in pastry.

Brian Valente · February 1st, 2006, 10:48 PM

Weighing in a bit late here on the multiple lenses, but...

The scene I shot from "the letter" used canon fl 50mm, 85mm, 35mm, 28mm, and a macro attachment which was great for the real close-ups. Works with all lenses above as an attachment. The overhead shot is the 35mm lens.

http://www.redrockmicro.com/samples.html

There are also some production notes on lighting, lensese, etc. here

http://redrockmicro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1116

Greg Bates · February 1st, 2006, 11:34 PM

Dude that music is some of the most melancholy shit ever composed. I can't watch the Elephant Man without balling like a baby when that music kicks in at the end as he lays down....I hate you Brian...you've given me the weepys!

Brian Valente · February 1st, 2006, 11:47 PM

Greg - put it on mute - just think about the lenses, man, the lenses! :)

January 31st, 2006, 06:05 PM	#35
Andrew Todd Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Saint John, CANADA Posts: 633	or as babelfish translator would say: "bread with the chocolate" but up here in french canada we know it to be a French bakery favorite, chocolate wrapped in pastry. __________________ video : xl2 / letus35xl / bogen 503 photo- canon 1dmkII - bronica etrsi

February 1st, 2006, 10:48 PM	#36
Brian Valente Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 293	Weighing in a bit late here on the multiple lenses, but... The scene I shot from "the letter" used canon fl 50mm, 85mm, 35mm, 28mm, and a macro attachment which was great for the real close-ups. Works with all lenses above as an attachment. The overhead shot is the 35mm lens. http://www.redrockmicro.com/samples.html There are also some production notes on lighting, lensese, etc. here http://redrockmicro.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1116 __________________ ========================== Brian Valente Redrock Microsystems

February 1st, 2006, 11:47 PM	#38
Brian Valente Major Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 293	Greg - put it on mute - just think about the lenses, man, the lenses! :) __________________ ========================== Brian Valente Redrock Microsystems

January 31st, 2006, 03:18 PM	#33
Bill Porter Major Player Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ventura, California, USA Posts: 751	Chocolate covered bread sells well?

January 31st, 2006, 03:37 PM	#34
Daniel Apollon Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Norway & France Posts: 50	Bill, not bread covered with chocolate, but chocolate covered with bread.

February 1st, 2006, 11:34 PM	#37
Greg Bates Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 186	Dude that music is some of the most melancholy shit ever composed. I can't watch the Elephant Man without balling like a baby when that music kicks in at the end as he lays down....I hate you Brian...you've given me the weepys!