The independent project "The Crimson Cage" referred to in my post of awhile back has now become "Death Bet". A new trailer can be found at this web address.

It was shot on the JVC GY-HD100 with the standard Fujinon lens.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMflCs57tMA

Our doc aired live this weekend 10/19 on WLIW in NYC, the PBS affiliate, as a pledge drive program.

Here is a link to a wmv of the open of the program. Low bandwidth 15fps.
http://www.dreamtimeentertainment.com/media/jpii.html

We just delivered a feature documentary to PBS shot on our HD250's with Fujinon 13X lens. John Paul II: A Saint For Our Times was shot in Italy, Poland and the US. This will be a 60 minute national pledge special and will be picked up by many markets across the US. It focuses on the themes of JPII's life as a hero of non-violence and human rights.

Shot in 720p30 on tape and HD-DR100's, edited entirely in native HDV on FCPro 6. Downconverted to SD via 10-bit uncompressed and mastered to Digital Beta. Should start airing in Dec 07 on local PBS stations.

We were very happy with the performance of the ProHD gear overall. Problems persist with dead pixels popping up, and still many issues with the BR-HD50 decks.

Dave Beaty

Our doc aired live this weekend 10/19 on WLIW in NYC, the PBS affiliate, as a pledge drive program.

Here is a link to a wmv of the open of the program. Low bandwidth 15fps.
http://www.dreamtimeentertainment.com/media/jpii.html

Looks fantastic Dave - despite one or two issues with this camera/support it can produce lovely footage can't it?

Was the titling done on FCP also?

HD100 with my own scene file setup, a couple of 1200PARS, a 575, and a dolly setup. wmv does not do it justice....

http://practicali.com/mov/IntegrityV4-2.wmv

http://www.uemedia.net/CPC/cinematographer/articles/article_16628.shtml

Purgatory In HD

By Neal Romanek

Nov 14, 2007, 00:08


Director Shane Abbess shot Gabriel, a gothic action drama, entirely with JVC's GY HD100 Series ProHD cameras. The independent film has been transferred to 35mm for cinematic release worldwide on November 15th.

Gabriel has been described as the best independent feature film to come out of Australia since Mad Max. The gothic action drama tells a story of the battle between good and evil set in Purgatory. The film stars Andy Whitfield (movie debut), Dwaine Stevenson (Small Claims, The Nothing Man) and Samantha Noble (See No Evil, Court of Lonely Royals).

Abbess and his writing partner, Matt Hylton Todd produced over 20 short films, music videos and TVCs together. With Abbess' extensive experience, he already knew many of the tricks needed to employ in order to shoot a great idea in a unique way. Abbess enlisted the producing skills of Anna Cridland and Kristy Vernon who pulled together the team of talented people to make the movie.

"I went out and tested every 3CCD camera on the market to get a real idea of what we could expect from a progressive movie look. When I say we tested every camera on the market, I mean every one," Abbess explained. "None could do what we wanted until I went to the Digital Media Festival and saw the JVC's GY HD100 Series which was, quite literally, a revelation. Unlike all the other camcorders you could pull focus, set focal points, change lenses, it was excellent in low light and shot in true progressive. At that point, we also saw the tests of Endurance Island (Reality Check) and were hooked. It was a no-brainer. JVC's camera was, without a doubt, the best HD camera on the market in its range."

Abbess put the camera through the most intense testing. "I knew this camera was going to change the film industry due to its progressive shooting, calibrated lens and amazing size-to-quality ratio. I also did not have the budget to buy a PNS adaptor and had to make do with a wide angled lens. The first time we did a 35mm blow up there were a lot of people wondering if JVC's camera was too good to be true until they saw the results. It was stunning. Everyone was amazed. We knew we could take Gabriel into cinemas," said Abbess.

With the input of the producers, Abbess and DOP, Peter Holland set about making sure that all 26 locations were able to be low-lit correctly. Holland and his crew took the next five weeks to create controlled lighting situations allowing the 'movie look to work'.

Abbess continued, "That first shot was magical. It just worked. The camera was brilliant. It looked great. It looked cinematic. We did lots of long lens, dirty frame, hand-held shots. With the GY HD100 Series being so compact, we could get it into places that other cameras couldn't go."

According to Holland, "We made subjective rigs for the camera including one where we bolted it onto a knife. The size and weight allowed us to do things we simply could not have done with other cameras. This wasn't traditional shooting. There were lots of hand-held and steadicam shots and the operators were delighted with JVC's camera. We were able to avoid the jerky DV look and motion because the camera can be shoulder mounted making it as smooth in every situation. It's a really flexible camera. After three weeks, we decided to buy another camera. JVC was incredibly helpful in making this happen. Their service and support throughout the entire shoot was brilliant."

With the shooting completed, editor Adrian Rostirolla used Final Cut Pro and completed the cut in six months. Abbess and Post Production Producer, Matt Graham, tackled the challenge of 800 FX shots, big sounding music score and a complex sound design.

At this point, Screen Corporation showed the movie to Sony PicturesT. "Soon I was flying to LA to sign the deal with Sony® and the rest is history," said Abbess. "I can honestly say that Gabriel has been the most challenging project of my career and if it wasn't for the help of people like Noel Oakes (from JVC Professional Australia/NZ) and the excellence of the GY HD100 Series the movie would not have been made."

JVC National Sales & Marketing Manager, Noel Oakes said, "JVC is delighted that our camera played such a pivotal role in the making of such a great movie. Gabriel is the first feature film shot entirely with the GY HD100 Series that has been signed for worldwide release, which speaks volumes for the quality of these cameras."

A gothic action drama starring Andy Whitfield (movie debut), Dwaine Stevenson (Small Claims, The Nothing Man) and Samantha Noble (See No Evil, Court of Lonely Royals) Gabriel tells a story of the battle between good and evil set in Purgatory.

JVC Professional Products Company, located in Wayne, New Jersey, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of a complete line of broadcast and professional equipment.

HD100 with my own scene file setup, a couple of 1200PARS, a 575, and a dolly setup. wmv does not do it justice....

http://practicali.com/mov/IntegrityV4-2.wmv

Looks great steve - really looks like film!

....Mind sharing that scene file?

john

evilgeniusentertainment.com

Hi there, i don't know if this qualifies as a double post but its relavent here as well since i shot it all on the HD100 HDV25p, it's also an example of day for night (done in post).

I suggest downloading the big file as the livedigital compression has made it a bit too dark and you can't get it full screen.

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?p=778436#post778436

cheers
Andy.

Looks great steve - really looks like film!

....Mind sharing that scene file?
john
evilgeniusentertainment.com

well its a lot more then the scene file which is based on one of the TC setups which I've then changed a bit. color was used for the grading on this with some invisible and not so invisible tweaks, but overall it simply came down to controlled light & contrast ratios, and getting the right WB setting. I might of also of had a 1/4 black promist on, don't recall exactly except for playing with filters at the start of the day.

This is a trailer/presentation of the 5th episode of our show the end of the trail-treasures of the south seas. I compressed it in MPEG4. It looks OK I think.
This is the link:
http://www.box.net/index.php?rm=box_v2_download_file&file_id=f_112057263

It is a fresh fruit, just finished.

says "no permission to download file".

seems like I can only send the link privately. Sorry about that I will try to upload it to a different server. If you want to see it e-mail me here: yantra@dos.centrin.net.id so I dend it to you and it will work.
Panos

http://www.box.net/shared/static/rds2z6udfg.mp4

Try now, I hope this works

The link works now.
So, a few words about what you are going to see.
We shot with the 101E 25p HDV with Paolo's TC3 settings and the 13X wide fujinon lens.
This episode, from which we made the brief presentation, is shot in the Banda see, on the east of Sulawesi-Celebes island. It is about the see nomads the Bajao.
We were shooting really *in* the water, as we also lived in hats that are built on the water a mile or so from shore.
It was an amazing experience. We stayed 2 weeks there, charging our batteries with solar panels, but eating lobsters everyday!!
We shot 25 tapes and we had not one glitch not one dropped frame.
The camera performed incredibly well.
We had only some problems with the back focus, I think because of the extreme heat from 12-3 o clock. We used a Miller DS50 and a cinekinetic bag for the boats etc.
Run and gun 12 hours every day.
Panos

A short feature, "Tears In The Rain", being shot in Perth, Western Australia, wrapped this afternoon with the last footage shot at the old Swan Brewery precinct. Much of the project has already been assembled and loop work done.

It was shot on a JVC GY-HD100 and P+S Techink Mini35-400 with Nikon lenses.

The lens list used :-

Nikon 14mm f2.8 prime.
Nikon 12mm -24mm f4 zoom.
Nikon 28mm f1.4 prime.
Nikon 35mm f2.8 prime.
Nikon 50mm f1.4 prime.
Nikon 85mm f1.8 prime.
Nikon 105mm f1.8 prime.
Auto-Tamron Adaptamatic 135mm f2.8 prime.
Auto-Tamron Adaptamatic 80mm - 250mm f3.5 zoom.
Nikon 500mm f8 mirror telephoto prime.

The final assembly and edit is already under way as I scribe this message. I am not the editor and only peripherally involved as a handyman ( you know - please hand me that lens ) It has been an enjoyable gig.

The myspace site for the project is at this address :-

http://www.myspace.com/tearsintherainthemovie

FOONOTE FOR PANOS.

Have you seen the documentary "Below the wind" about the same people. Did you by any remote chance get to visit Buton Island, SE of Sulawesi, the SAO project and maybe Adin Duncan. I was not myself involved with "Below the wind".

Yes, I have visited Buton island many times. I don't know this project. Have you any links to it?
Buton is really nice and has a fantastic forest with very rare animals.

Panos.

Here is a link to the SAO Buton Project.

http://members.westnet.com.au/duncangroup/Indonesia/SAO%20Buton/SAOButon.htm

Here is a link to the producers of "Below The Wind" which was released in 1994. I think they may have shot it on film but I am not sure.

http://www.electricpictures.com.au/

Once you on the Electric Pictures website, click on "credits" second down the list on left of the screen and you will find it near the bottom of the page when you scroll down.

If you are looking for a copy, ABC is Australia's non-commercial TV broadcaster the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It used to be the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Ronin Films I think works out of Sydney and is a distributor.

Due to great concerns over quarantine and exotic diseases, most Indonesian fishing boats caught poaching close-in inside Australian fishing zones are brought ashore and burned. One tiny boat "Sama Biasa" was saved from this fate and now survives well beyond its original use-by life expectancy in the Fremantle Maritime Museum and is a tribute to the courage and endurance of these traditional seafarers who ventured "below the wind" into what became prohibited areas for them.

There was some sort of accord whereby traditional fishermen in traditional boats without modern aids such as motors or sat nav, were to be permitted to fish in areas they had traditionally harvested within the Australian offshore waters. However, desperate and greedy people have abused this concession with non-sustainable fishing practices like shark finning and use of "ice boats".

This abuse has extended to onshore excursions to the Australian mainland and poaching from traditional grounds of Australian aboriginal people. A visit was made some time back by traditional Australians to Roti and there was some general sympathy for the desperate situation of many of the people there. However with the passage of time and mainland poaching, I doubt much sympathy remains.

Many stories have been told from the bajao about the illegal fishing. The boats are burned down, thats why they don't get in with their *bigger* boats, they drag smaller ones all the way to Mako island and Kupang.
Thanks for the links, I will try to get a copy of the movie.
All the best to you.
Paos

Some recent behinds the scenes footage of this project can be found here :-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KZayueFxcQ

The behind the scenes cam was not a JVC, The production cam was.

Here is a link to a commercial shot on the JVC GY-HD100/MINI35 combination.

The limo interiors were by Nikon 14mm f2.8, maybe Nikon 12mm-24mm zoom (my memory is a bit vague here) and Peleng f3.5 8mm fisheye. Some limo interiors were live, the others greenscreened, as were the onstage images which were studio shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoT_Q-7bM6o

Since "Tears In The Rain" wrapped and was assembled, it looked so good that the crew was persuaded to make it into a feature.


"Tears" now has its own website which can be found at this address :-

http://www.tearsintherain-movie.com/


Origination is on the JVC GY-HD100/P+S TECHNIK MINI35.

that teaser trailer looks amazing! I'm impressed with the editing, but more so the content, writing and timing is impressive.

there's not much else to do here at Ft. Benning while I'm at training, so here's a link to my demo reel. 80% of it is HD100 and brevis 35, the other 20% is DVX100B and M2.

www.cinematicdream.com

The encode is crappy and low res despite the relatively large file. sorry. i'll try and find time to re-compress to a better size/codec.

cheers.

Here is a finished test I shot...

www.NewYorkFilmStudios.com/peoplemid.mov

Enjoy

Hi
Here's my link to the trailer of a short film shot in India on a JVC 111E -
www.theindiefarm.com

Hi
Here's my link to the trailer of a short film shot in India on a JVC 111E -
www.theindiefarm.com

Dear Sareesh,

I have gone through your website, and watched some trailers, interesting though! I am new in this field but love innovative work! I have JVC GZHD7 & Canon HV20, I bought them from USA, and I was there for three years!

I am willing to make some documentary film, I have Adobe CS3 Pro and other software and I am learning!

Recently I have shot my brother's wedding ceremony, I did some editing on it, if you would like to go through here is link: http://vimeo.com/771305

Send me your suggestions & feedback; I would really welcome suggestions from anybody from this forum.

Thanks,
Kaushik

Dear Sareesh,

I have gone through your website, and watched some trailers, interesting though! I am new in this field but love innovative work! I have JVC GZHD7 & Canon HV20, I bought them from USA, and I was there for three years!

I am willing to make some documentary film, I have Adobe CS3 Pro and other software and I am learning!

Recently I have shot my brother's wedding ceremony, I did some editing on it, if you would like to go through here is link: http://vimeo.com/771305

Send me your suggestions & feedback; I would really welcome suggestions from anybody from this forum.

Thanks,
Kaushik

It's nice work for a beginner. I'm not an expert on marriage videos but I guess to get better video you need more planning...even if it's for a marriage function. e.g. guests entering at the beginning...my instinct tells me the camera was placed without a lot of thought going into the composition and lighting, etc. Of course, when you show it to friends and relatives, all they see are the people. But when you show it to strangers, especially professionals, all they see is the lighting and composition! All the best!

It's nice work for a beginner. I'm not an expert on marriage videos but I guess to get better video you need more planning...even if it's for a marriage function. e.g. guests entering at the beginning...my instinct tells me the camera was placed without a lot of thought going into the composition and lighting, etc. Of course, when you show it to friends and relatives, all they see are the people. But when you show it to strangers, especially professionals, all they see is the lighting and composition! All the best!

You are right, indeed.

Hi All,

I've been away from these boards for quite a while! Anyway, we (me, Pete Stepnoski and Mark Gaffney) shot this commercial for Hands Free America (i.e. Motorola) with a pair of HD-100's.

Click Here for Spot (http://millstone.tv/wp/?tag=spot)

We earned a Telly for it.

Have fun and keep Shooting!

This is a new music video featuring Bruce Larson.
Edited on F.C.P 6.0.3
shot on the JVC110u at 24pHDV
stock lens and no color correction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLFFwBfOj40
Be sure to check out the high quality version youtube offers i think it is amazing.

Thanks for watching,
Rigo Torkos

This 2-part video was shot quickly, me the crude beginner testing the 110. Challenges include shooting in snow and no decent lights, budget or real help. I've my own idea of the weaknesses - some horrible focus, panning artifacts, etc. - but welcome any other observations.

From youtube:
Part One:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR-ngmGCLLQ

and part two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxRyiB-bmVs&feature=related

http://www.congoro.com/

New reel for this month....

A ton of JVC and Letus35 footage...


www.NewYorkFilmStudios.com/newreel.mov
(250Mb file)

www.NewYorkFilmStudios.com/HDReelsmall.mov
(40Mb file)

enjoy!

Title - 12007
Dur. 18 mins
Short Feature

Dir. Diego Torres
DoP José L. Martínez Díaz
Company : Contacontos P.C. S.L. (www.contacontos.com)

Camera: jvc hd 201 and 100. Stock Fujinon Lenses. Edit with FCP, timing with Color. Film Out and Lustre at Fotofilm Deluxe.

A cinematography montage:
http://www.cerrodelbu.com/joselmartinezdiaz/?p=19

Some stills...

Heres a short 60 sec version of a spot I did using a DIY spinning GG adapter with a Nikon mount. I used Nikon and Sigma lenses.

The aerial footage was the stock fujinon. all the others where done with the 35 lens adapter.

The GG is a frosted plastic I cut into a circle.

http://www.vimeo.com/1207141

Heres a short 60 sec version of a spot I did using a DIY spinning GG adapter with a Nikon mount. I used Nikon and Sigma lenses.

The aerial footage was the stock fujinon. all the others where done with the 35 lens adapter.

The GG is a frosted plastic I cut into a circle.

http://www.vimeo.com/1207141



very nice .

Thanks Jamal,

Heres the long version ; http://www.vimeo.com/1229221

Thanks Jamal,

Heres the long version ; http://www.vimeo.com/1229221

Looks bl**dy great Ted!
Colours and details come across really well. Is it possible you can tell us if you used a scene file and what format (30p, 60p etc?) you shot it in?

Also...I'm struggling to understand what the GG (ground glass I assume) is for? I don't suppose you could explain that to me - is it an effect rather than a technical necessity (similar to the spinning wine glass, which I've tried but ultimately it just looked like a spinning wine glass!)?
You mentioned this is DIY and on the Vimeo site it's the 35mm adaptor which is DIY...if you can get the footage looking so good with a DIY 35mm (and therefore cost effective) I'm all ears!

Cheers.

David,

I slightly modified Paulo Ciccone's true color version 3 scene file.

I had black stretch 1 and detail to normal.

Slow motion sequences were 480 60P uprezzed to 720 24P on the Edius timeline. All other shots are 720 24P.

Yes the adapter is DIY, and the ground glass is frosted plastic, its discussed at alternative imaging thread.

Heres the link to that thread:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=109473

The curved dolly moves were done with my DIY plywood mini skater. plans of which i posted here.

http://tedramasola.9k.com/custom2.html



Ted

Hmmm, thinking I need to come for a visit...

Well done Ted! Focus was a bit soft on one of the beach shots with people running in water. Was that intentional or one of the byproducts of using low DOF primes?

shaun,

thanks, your right, that was at the long end of the 80-200 which at f2.8 was really difficult to track focus since the distance was far and the 80-200, with just a small nudge is already a big difference in focus point and i didnt have a follow focus. the focus was going in and out but i decided to use the footage anyway. i guess its one of the challenges with using shallow dof still lenses for video.

2 clips shot on stock HD100 to tape with el cheapo lens.

low-budget music video clip:

http://www.gregorybennett.com/musicvids/LAL_wasteland.html

informational video:

http://www.gregorybennett.com/informational/pandemic.html

Putting my DVinfo education to test

La Capilla de los Dolores on Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/1618438)

Thanks

Gavin

http://www.blondetangorocks.com/dgp_2009.mp4

'Welcome to Hawaii' - It's 'Meet the Parents' Hawaiian style.

A fun film we made over a few weekends. We know all the problems in many of the images. Hopefully the story gets you past it. We learned a lot. Enjoy.

http://vimeo.com/1788655

Here is a sample of our documentary "Surviving Cancer: Stories of Hope".
I shot this with my GY-HD 100.
Our organization raises money to help families afflicted with cancer. Thanks for watching!
Edward

YouTube - Good Intentions Promo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHeAfBIjSf4)

Something I just finished using JVC HD100 and HD200. This is a promotional video of my Island, a third in a series of 4 islands.
Most shots with a DIY 35mm adapter, some with the stock 16x. 5-7 shots with DVX100 uprezzed. I pushed my luck and shot a cave with an adapter with inadequate lights. -sigh..

I was shooting the rappel scene with the cam on my shoulder while myself hanged by a harness at 184 feet of a rock wall.

Some closeup shots of Caterpillars and Butterflies were shot with Zoerk adapter and an 80-200mm nikon. Wide shots with sigma 15-30mm and 20-40mm.

Bohol Island Tourism Video By Ted Ramasola On ExposureRoom (http://exposureroom.com/5396510c18984902b5097f1be5acad44/)

Dolly shots using DIY PVC dolly, curved moves using my DIY Plywood miniskater, crane shot used DIY jib.

Solid work. Very solild. How did you capture the underwater scene?

Also, nice title work.


Something I just finished using JVC HD100 and HD200. This is a promotional video of my Island, a third in a series of 4 islands.
Most shots with a DIY 35mm adapter, some with the stock 16x. 5-7 shots with DVX100 uprezzed. I pushed my luck and shot a cave with an adapter with inadequate lights. -sigh..

I was shooting the rappel scene with the cam on my shoulder while myself hanged by a harness at 184 feet of a rock wall.

Some closeup shots of Caterpillars and Butterflies were shot with Zoerk adapter and an 80-200mm nikon. Wide shots with sigma 15-30mm and 20-40mm.

Bohol Island Tourism Video By Ted Ramasola On ExposureRoom (http://exposureroom.com/5396510c18984902b5097f1be5acad44/)

Dolly shots using DIY PVC dolly, curved moves using my DIY Plywood miniskater, crane shot used DIY jib.

Thanks for posting and sharing you work. Something to consider when you shoot again is the attention to detail. In this case, your subject's glasses reflect what looks like a TV or a window then entire time. Also, you might consider lighting you subjects face.




Here is a sample of our documentary "Surviving Cancer: Stories of Hope".
I shot this with my GY-HD 100.
Our organization raises money to help families afflicted with cancer. Thanks for watching!
Edward

YouTube - Good Intentions Promo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHeAfBIjSf4)

Stephen,

Thank you for your comments. It was your help in the start that got me to buy the JVC hd100. Never regretted the choice which made me later get the hd200.

The uderwater POV are the only shots I didn't do. All the rest were mine. Including -gasp! the voice over. hehe.

3D animation titles I do in MAX while map animations are done in after effects.

Edius is still my NLE of choice, especially that HQ now does alpha channels.


Ted

Thanks for watching Steven! The reflected image in her glasses is in fact my softbox. I struggled a bit with the placement of the light to get some shadow effect on her left side. This you tube clip does not reflect actually how good the segment really looks (on TV). I was pressed for time and I started shooting when she was "ready". She was nervous so I caught what I could when I could. Could you recommend any good reference dvd's about lighting? Thanks again for your comments.