a Low budget movie I shot last December on the FX1 just finished a new trailer..

be warred some adult language and some partial nudity.

http://www.thegovernormovie.com/

and

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1453562059


VP

www.vincentpascoe.com

www.myspace.com/vincentpascoe

Looks fantastic! I love seeing what's possible with these cameras. I can only hope that I am capable of shooting something as good.

Hi,

Looks great..Its hard to believe you can get that great of a film look out of the camera.. Can you tell us more about how the camera was configured??
35mm adapter?? Post Production processing??

Thanks,
Mike Moncrief

Great look and feel. I can sense the evil seething throughout the movie.

Wow, very good looking footage! Give us all the production deets! Crew size, budget equipment etc. Send it all our way. Very interesting looking story too.
And wow the female lead didn't look that stacked in the rest of the trailer, she's low-key about that.

Will this trailer be released in HD?

I am impressed! The first link (www.thegovernormovie.com) didn't work for me (saw the QuickTime logo, but no movie), but even on MySpace it looked pretty good - much better than any video I have seen on MySpace. What's the secret?

- Martin

I am impressed! The first link (www.thegovernormovie.com) didn't work for me (saw the QuickTime logo, but no movie)- Martin

I think it's just incredibly slow. I happened to leave the page open while I was messing around, and about ten minutes later, it started to play. Looked much better than the MySpace one as well.

Beautifully shot. Hard to believe you can get quality like that out of a FX1.

FX1? ...Really? Not the HVX? WOW. That is fantastic. Great sound. Great editing....Great everything. Please tell us more.

FX1? ...Really? Not the HVX? WOW. That is fantastic. Great sound. Great editing....Great everything. Please tell us more.

I don't really get that, I have always liked the FX1 over the HVX and it's resolution.

The trailer looks great! Perfect pacing of the pros. Just one thing, may want to de-interlace it and then repost it... interlace lines don't look too flash =p

In other posts, Vincent talks about having an HVX and adapter. Not slamming the FX1. I have one. I love it.

Wow this post got a lot more love on this fourn then DVXuser!

Yes most of what you see on my myspace and website are from The HVX and M2...

When they where originally going to shoot there project the FX-1 had just came out they bought it and then Production was pushed almost 8 months Till after the Z1U had came out...

We had a very low Budget...but we did have a

3-ton Grip Truck
Gaffer
2 grips
2 great Art department people that could only afford to work like a week with us..

Sound guy that was very disappointed with the FX1's sound Options...


I didn't have the M2 during the Principal Photography but I did use the M2 adapter for one shot during the Pickups... I didn't have the right Bellows to make the Fx1 work properly luckily I wanted the Image to be really messed up with major vignetting so it worked great (the shots not in the trailer)


I thought the Myspace video was pretty dark and Contrasty the web site download is a big one..

I think the trick with Myspace is to use the Mp4 codec or the Cellphone/video I pod Codec...but its really wierd since they re compress it..


ah no color correction...Theres a couple shots that need it. the second shot with the car driving by needs to be De-saturated, and the interior car shot and the sunrise two shot need to be darkened and desaturated just a bit...I think...


yeah It makes me cry to not have shot the picture in 24p... Aculy I really liked the script it had been re-written 32 times... and on a low budget like it was every day I was just trying to struggle to get the footage to be as good as the Script and get enough coverage to do the script justice.

The one big advantage over the HVX is that it and the Z1U have very little Noise and shooting in 1080 really hides the Gain as well. We shot a lot of the film even at plus (I think 18db Gain!) and yes its gainy but acceptable something I could never do with the HVX because with over +6 Gain It's to noisy even for me..

you guys love how sharp the HDV cameras are ,but of course Sony putting all of those Pixels on the small 1/3 inch chips makes the camera not as light sensitive and have less latitude then the HVX...

as far as film look it really just helps to work on lighting and knowing your camera as well as possible. The director let me borrow the camera for a wile and really try my best at testing and building looks in camera with it...

the director didn't speak the best English but he had one of the biggest cinematic Knowledge base I've worked with. Which was great because he could be like Remember like that shot in "the Professional" Really Inspiring, he story boarded almost every shot.

VP

www.vincentpascoe.com

www.myspace.com/vincentpascoe

Hi,
Thanks for your response..After reading your post, I am not really sure if you used FX1 or HVX?? If you used FX1,can you expand a bit more on how the FX1 was actually used..?? Did you shoot using Cineframe 30?? Cineframe 24?? 60 i??
Maybe using a pal version of the camera?? How was film look achieved??

Thanks,
Mike Moncrief

yes the movie was shot on the FX1 the entire thing... They where asking about The M2 adapter which can be seen here www.redrockmicro.com


Shot with NTSC, Cineframe 30 as 24 sucks

what you see there is no color corection

all the "film look" was done in camera and Lighting...


VP

www.vincentpascoe.com

www.myspace.com/vincentpascoe

Great job, Vincent! Congratulations for you and the whole crew!

What are the next steps to follow in distributing the film?

You shot in 16:9 and then cropped in post for the 2+ anamorphic?


Carlos

Hello,

Thanks Vincent.. I am impressed with the look you have achieved.. I understands the lighting for film aspect and the ability to use a 35 mm lens with the ability to have control depth of field certainly goes a long way to
get that elusive film look.. I am still puzzled by how the 24 FPS cadence is achieved along with the film grain look..

Mike Moncrief

no I hadn't gotten the M2 yet the trailer is all the FX1 stock lens only... no Lens adapter used. The Grain you see is mainly the result of +18DB Gain....

and yes We did crop for 2.35... I first Tested with an anamorphic lens worked great...but the editor didn't want to have to re-squeeze it.......grrrr


VP

Hello,

After reading the discussion here.. I did a little experimenting with my FX1.. Shoot some footage in Cinemaframe 30, and cranked up the gain to add some grain.. I also turned the sharpness down to about 4.. to soften a bit.. Results look pretty good.. anyone else have any other input on their picture profile settings to get more of a filmy look??

Thanks,
Mike Moncrief

the best thing you said was experimenting...its so important to a camera test before you shoot. It lets you try things you never did before. and it lets you also know your tools as best as possible...

But try not to just look for a "filmy Look". try to figure out what "look" fits your story best. That should be number one. All of your creative Choices should come from the story, Or the Mood or Tone your trying to Portray if its a Commercial or Music video.


VP

www.vincentpascoe.com

Vincent, how did you shoot your first trailer on your site? Did you use CF30 or 1080i for this one?

-Nate

First we did shoot the whole Feature and the director has started to submit the work in progress to Film festivals as a feature 104 mins...with about 30 days of shooting...

we ended up shooting Cineframe 30 at 1080i...which may hurt us if we ever go convert to progressive... but it is far more cinematic than just 60i regular...

VP

http://www.dvxuser6.com/uploaded/14908/1164226545.jpg

www.vincentpascoe.com

www.myspace.com/vincentpascoe

wait a sec the first trailer on my website? www.vincentpascoe.com....thats a whole other story....read....

http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=56760

sorry if I confused you again...

VP

the movie made it into the Phoenix Film festival in Arizona , April 14-19 or something...

and going back the one shot I did with fx1 and the M2 with out the bellows. it was unusable to use it was so different with massive vignetting.

VP

www.vincentpascoe.com

the shot from rear seat showing sunset looks fantastic, was there any internal lighting or post effects used?, great work, what process did you use to film this?

Hi Vincent,

I'm curious what you mean when you say: "which may hurt us if we ever go convert to progressive."?

How exactly will this cause a problem and why would you ever have to convert to progressive?

Thanks, still trying to get up to speed on all the format options and their ramifications.

Cheers,
New guy - Michael

Hi Vincent,


Two questions:

1) You said you tried an anamorphic lens and it was great. Was it a 16 x 9 add-on? Which one? Always directly on the FX1, right?

2) Are you going to (or already did) transfer your feature to film?