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Juan Tizon · July 18th, 2010, 03:51 AM

Mixed Nikon and Canon glass. Our own DIY dolly with rails. Edited and finished in Final Cut and Color.
YouTube - TrueQuedart - Barrio de la Paz

Simon Wyndham · July 18th, 2010, 03:49 PM

Good stuff Juan. What lenses did you use for this?

Juan Tizon · July 18th, 2010, 05:12 PM

Thank you Simon.
I used a pair of Nikkor: 28mm AF2.8D and 50mm AF1.4D
Canon USM 100mm 2.8
and Tokina 11-16 2.8.

I tried to stay most of the time between 2.8 and 5.6, I wanted fast shutter but not too exaggerated, so I tried to keep it around 1/100 (never more than 1/200). 0.3 and 0.6 ND were barely used. We used two different neutral profiles (0,-4,-2,0) for high contrast and (0,-2,-2,0) for low contrast shots. Some minor grading in Apple Color.

BTW, i´m a huge fan of your articles and reviews. There´s a lot of valuable information. I´ve been following your site for some years now (i have your 2006 or 2007 reel in a hard drive as a learning resource). thank you very much for taking the time to share your experiences and knowledge.

Michael Ojjeh · July 18th, 2010, 05:27 PM

That was a great video, you pushed the camera to the max, you must have taken a lot of takes and that really shows in your edit which was fantastic, enjoy watching ( I don't speak Spanish) but the video was very entertaining with all different takes which kept me watching it to the end.
Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work !!!!!!!

I'm also curious to see what lenses did you use and how did you keep up with the focus especially shooting with sunny days ?

Juan Tizon · July 19th, 2010, 07:09 AM

Thank you Michael!
There are master clips of every musician playing the full song, shot with the 28mm2.8 except for the DJ, shot with the Tokina. Closeups with 50mm and 100mm.
All the portraits were shot with the 50mm1.4
The last part has a bit of everything mixed. We did 2 full performances and about 10 only with the final part.
All was shot at 1080p25
I used a shoulder rig with matte box and (cheap) follow focus. No monitoring, a laptop was used to watch some takes between locations.
The dolly is a diy project we made back in 2009 because there were none available for renting and has been quite useful since then.

Thane Silliker · July 19th, 2010, 07:21 AM

Love the song and your work. Makes the body want to move!

Juan Tizon · July 20th, 2010, 04:08 AM

Thank you Thane!
We´ll start working on their second video next week.

You can download their album here
TrueQuedart - Descargar música de TrueQuedart en iTunes

or listen to them in myspace
TrueQuedart on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads

July 18th, 2010, 03:51 AM	#1
Juan Tizon Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gijón, Asturias, Spain Posts: 26	Music Video 550D T2i Mixed Nikon and Canon glass. Our own DIY dolly with rails. Edited and finished in Final Cut and Color. YouTube - TrueQuedart - Barrio de la Paz

July 18th, 2010, 05:27 PM	#4
Michael Ojjeh Major Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 338	That was a great video, you pushed the camera to the max, you must have taken a lot of takes and that really shows in your edit which was fantastic, enjoy watching ( I don't speak Spanish) but the video was very entertaining with all different takes which kept me watching it to the end. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work !!!!!!! I'm also curious to see what lenses did you use and how did you keep up with the focus especially shooting with sunny days ? __________________ Dragonfly Production http://www.dragonflyproduction.net/ http://www.vimeo.com/user432181

July 19th, 2010, 07:21 AM	#6
Thane Silliker Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: London Ontario Posts: 94	Love the song and your work. Makes the body want to move! __________________ Regards, Thane Silliker, London, Ontario

July 18th, 2010, 03:49 PM	#2
Simon Wyndham Trustee Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Malvern UK Posts: 1,931	Good stuff Juan. What lenses did you use for this?

July 18th, 2010, 05:12 PM	#3
Juan Tizon Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gijón, Asturias, Spain Posts: 26	Thank you Simon. I used a pair of Nikkor: 28mm AF2.8D and 50mm AF1.4D Canon USM 100mm 2.8 and Tokina 11-16 2.8. I tried to stay most of the time between 2.8 and 5.6, I wanted fast shutter but not too exaggerated, so I tried to keep it around 1/100 (never more than 1/200). 0.3 and 0.6 ND were barely used. We used two different neutral profiles (0,-4,-2,0) for high contrast and (0,-2,-2,0) for low contrast shots. Some minor grading in Apple Color. BTW, i´m a huge fan of your articles and reviews. There´s a lot of valuable information. I´ve been following your site for some years now (i have your 2006 or 2007 reel in a hard drive as a learning resource). thank you very much for taking the time to share your experiences and knowledge.

July 19th, 2010, 07:09 AM	#5
Juan Tizon Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gijón, Asturias, Spain Posts: 26	Thank you Michael! There are master clips of every musician playing the full song, shot with the 28mm2.8 except for the DJ, shot with the Tokina. Closeups with 50mm and 100mm. All the portraits were shot with the 50mm1.4 The last part has a bit of everything mixed. We did 2 full performances and about 10 only with the final part. All was shot at 1080p25 I used a shoulder rig with matte box and (cheap) follow focus. No monitoring, a laptop was used to watch some takes between locations. The dolly is a diy project we made back in 2009 because there were none available for renting and has been quite useful since then.

July 20th, 2010, 04:08 AM	#7
Juan Tizon Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gijón, Asturias, Spain Posts: 26	Thank you Thane! We´ll start working on their second video next week. You can download their album here TrueQuedart - Descargar música de TrueQuedart en iTunes or listen to them in myspace TrueQuedart on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads