Summer of getting shit done edition

All video related questions and discussion is intended for this thread. Here we discuss techniques, gear and anything else related to capturing video footage. Please don't pretend to be an expert if you don't know what you're talking about. Kindly leave your ego at the door.
Posting short films/scripts or other work you've done is encouraged.
We tend to use and recommend DSLRs/mirrorless cameras because they provide phenomenal picture quality for their price, have large sensors (ie the same size used in high-end cinema cameras and higher) and have interchangeable lenses.
In contrast, consumer camcorders often have much smaller sensors and a fixed lens.

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Previous thread >>4433528

Quick FAQS
>what’s the best camera available on a “budget”?
The blackmagic pocket cinema camera 4k, or the Panasonic gh5 (can pick one up for like 500 bucks atm)
>what’s a good beginner video camera?
Anything that works, shoots at least 1080p and preferably has interchangeable lenses. Any recommendation beyond that will cause arguments so read the fucking sticky if that isn't satisfactory.
>What's a good sound solution that won't break the bank?
Zoom h1
>Can I use a zoom lens for video?
Yes
>Do I need cine lenses?
No
>Do I need 4k?
No. 1080 looks great on a cinema screen. 4k looks better.
>Can someone tell me if my video is any good?
Yes, but be prepared to receive harsh criticism. If you're going to waste 5 minutes of our time with a shitty out-of-focus montage of nothing then we'll tell you that it's crap
>Is it okay to dox myself?
...Personally I wouldn't but what do I know?

>>4450377 (OP)
>>4450743
so, aps-H can be better than ff and crop MF? woah, you arent poor, are you ?

>>4450802
Technically speaking, macro four thirds is the APS-H of 645.

>>4450377 (OP)
What's some budget-friendly alternative to a Bucciali for the villain's car in a low budget short set in the 30s?

>>4450811
Some neoclassic slop or changing the script

>>4450802
aps-h is literally smaller than full frame
it has like a 1.3x crop
there's nothing wrong with aps-c in the first place, but like if you want "large format" (to quote arri, lmao), aps-h isn't it

>>4450813
grim

>>4450846
That's the film business. Hollywood is a business not a dream.

>>4450811
One made out of foam, and shot in the dark.
Ooh, it’s “noir”!

Dumb shit for dumb audiences works fine. Movie watchers are fucking morons.

I have some 54.45 fps footage my buddy shot on his iphone to put into a majority 23.976 fps premiere timeline. would it be best to interpret the iphone footage or vice versa and live with the jankiness? what would happen if i output the iphone footage to a CRT, pointed the camera at the screen and recorded at 23.976 for muh aesthetic?

>>4451113
Is it some film of major historical significance to the world? I fucking doubt it. So it doesn’t matter, just slap it together however you want and spit it up on screen for an audience that’ll completely forget it 5min later anyway. None of this is worth the effort you goons are putting into the gear & processes. All that matter is what you shoot, not how you fucking shoot it, jfc.

>>4451114
>Is it some film of major historical significance to the world? I fucking doubt it. So it doesn’t matter
it matters to me anon. your cynicism is gay.

>>4451008
It's both but I'm not pursuing the american cinema dream.
>>4451107
You jest but I was thinking of offering that route or even CGI. We all know how Kane was made.

>>4451125
98% of films don't matter to people anon.

>>4451114
Trvth Nvke

>>4433741
Still working on it. Jfc. I filmed the demolition shots recently and from here on the only one I can blame for this thing not being finished is myself.
Should've started with a minute or two, not 5-10, which seems to be turning out to be 15 in the end anyway. I'll wait a week or two after the rough cut is done and see how much fat I can trim, 20 or 30% should be realistic. Also lots of regrets, technical mistakes when filming, I approached the filming part without a 'real' plan, or stopping for a moment and thinking things through instead of running and gunning like an idiot. While editing I'm constantly thinking things like "You idiot, why did you do that", "Why didn't you pan for a second longer" "Wtf is this shit" "Great composition, dumbass" "Underexposed to shit, well done, green bayer lines across the frame", "Why didn't you film that, IT WAS RIGHT THERE" etc. Like blatant stuff, shit I recognize in editing in an instant, but somehow blissfully fucked up when shooting on location. I was under time constraints, but everyone is I guess. I feel like I should pick up smoking so that I'd have regular 5-10 minute breaks just reflecting on what the hell I'm doing at the moment and where should things progress. At least there's plenty of material shot so I have what I have and I will work with what I have. All in all a good learning experience. Wish I'd started with /vid/ earlier so that I would've had some prior experience before taking up this particular project, but whatever, next one will be better (and shorter).

Until the next blogpost.

>>4451454
>I approached the filming part without a 'real' plan, or stopping for a moment and thinking things through instead of running and gunning like an idiot.
Anon I emplore you to storyboard things in the future

>>4450377 (OP)
What do you’ll anons think of using generative ai like sora or something like it to generate professional looking cinematic b roll for projects? Would normies notice it was an ai video or would they legit think I’m the next Nolan?

>>4451487
this is industry standard in my country saar
and because of it bollywood will take over world soon, hollywood is of finish

>>4451475
In the future - absolutely, whenever possible. It was an option with the exterior shots (and I didn't do it), but not with the interior shots. I got around to shooting in the last couple of days while the building was still operational as organizing access took time and the camera took over a month to arrive (wtf). >>4433915 Had a night under artificial light and a day under natural light. One day I'm driving past the building and see the guys being suspiciously busy, I get out, "what's going on, oh, you're shutting down today?" "Yup, you got a few hours until we shut down, and a few hours after, so shoot as much as you like". There's no storyboarding it. And it's not like I'm familiar with the layout and know what the guys are doing, when, where they'll be going, what they're operating and how, etc. They're not actors, I'm basically a fly on the wall with a camera, and there will be no double-takes (boss man himself did a few ones for me luckily). But what I could've done is make a storyboard from the few interior photos and shots I got earlier, and spend a day (which I didn't have) sketching it out based on them, however rudimentary, and then shoot the last day following that. What I had going in was a basic written idea of how the film should flow and the few shots I knew in advance I wanted to have - overview while it's operational, and after it's shut down, and demolition, machines working, guys operating & cleaning them, all the retro gear and appliances in the breakroom like the CRT TV in the corner and the 80s sony boombox, an old man with dirty hands like baseball mitts smoking in the breakroom during the last night and a closeup of him flicking the ash in the ashtray while TV plays in the background, on the last day guys packing their things and cleaning out the breakroom, final shutting down of the machines, demolition of the tall chimney, stuff like that.

>>4451487
it will look like you're brown and poor

>>4451596
Bold of you to assume I'm not brown and poor.

>>4451512
Do normies notice Bollywood is using ai to make vidyas?

>>4451759
i don't think it's so much about them noticing or not, but it seems like brownoids just don't care about such distinctions. i wonder what the reason is.