DV Info Net - What camera would be best for me when it comes to color grading?

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Originally Posted by Paul R Johnson (Post 1958018)

For what reason have you decided to keep the camera still for the dialogue scenes? I just don't u8ndewrstand you. Have you not noticed that when dialogue scenes are critical, a static camera tends to not be used, because it can provide useful interest. In movies you often find the head stays centre frame and the camera moves left or right or even changes height as they talk. Static camera tends to shout news coverage. You take decisions in the most strange way I've ever come across.

You've asked many times if you should leave it to the DP, and you direct, would this be better? We always say better to get a DP and a Director because you have never ever determined where your skills lay. You often say it's organisation, or directing then in a later post say you are bad at organising and rubbish at directing. We also repeatedly query the status of your team - Director of Photography is not a title you just adopt because you're the guy who owns a camera, and owning a few lights doesn't mean you know about lighting. Having access to a washing machine doesn't mean you are head of wardrobe.

You are a film maker, with no budget, little equipment, lofty aims and a totally random method of doing it.

I cannot imagine thinking about a project 24/7 as you do, and then handing it to somebody who does not have this 'need' to get it done?

You got a martial arts video to shoot - and it was so simple, and probably half a days shooting. You wrecked it getting sidetracked into thinking you were making a movie. The reality was you didn't even shoot the training project in a way that guaranteed success.

Ryan = you really need to look at your success rate and progress and consider the facts. You change direction constantly. Have trouble explaining to others what you are doing and then walk away every time it gets hard. Have you ever looked at your clients who use you and thought long and hard at why they use you?
What would the credits say?
Ryan Wray - excellent director with effective interpersonal skills, gets on well with people and gets the best performance out of them.
or
Ryan Wray - always arrives on time, sometimes buys the coffee.

Oh do I walk away when it gets hard? When do I do that?

Also, I know the camera would not be static for every shot, I just thought I should probably have it static for a lot of the dialogue shots maybe, and was asking.

As for the martial arts video, I was only doing what they wanted, and they wanted a few days shoots, not just half a day, for what they had in mind.

As for having little equipment, if I should rely on other crew and departments, then should I have much equipment, if we should just rent, or if I should have a DP?