t2i camera test and sound
Camera test for upcoming project. T2i f4.5 with the kit lens, ISO 200, daylight florescent for subject, tungsten light for background, sound on H4n. First clip is 30p, second clip is 24p. Rendered to 6 mps 720 for youtube.
Suggestions?
http://youtu.be/hozxUKmb5iE
"beautiful girls are the cheapest special effect"
- Roger Corman
No bikini chick today?
I think you should get a bit closer and fill more of the screen.
"It is dark the other side. Very dark!" - "Oh, shut up and eat your toast!"
This was strictly a test for sound (syncing with the H4n and sound quality) and lighting plus deciding whether to go with 30p or 24p.Originally Posted by cgbier
"beautiful girls are the cheapest special effect"
- Roger Corman
1) Sync: hard to tell with Youtube playback but it seems to be quite good.
2) H4n sounds great. Did you used it as a mic? If not, what mic have you used? (sounded echoish)
3) Lighting is good. Maybe a backlight would help even more to make it look more "polished".
4) As for 30p or 24p, it's personal. Both are quite similar though. I would personally opt for 24p as you can do it and I personally like it more over 30p. But as I said, it comes down to personal preferences there.
I can see the difference in the 30p and 24p. I think we're going with the 24p. It's adds a bit of motion blur which, IMO, makes it just a bit more dramatic and this will be a horror film. Not related to the chainsaw, that' just happened to be handy when we were doing the test.
thanks for listening. I have a horrible sound system so I couldn't tell if the sound was good. It sounds like a bit of an echo because there was actually a bit of an echo where we were shooting. I think it was from the concrete floors.
This was straight H4N on a light stand, no mic. Hit record, slap hands for the sync mark, sync in post like using a slate, that's it.
"beautiful girls are the cheapest special effect"
- Roger Corman
I would advertise you to get at least a mic to boom close to your talents to avoid such problems in post.
Using the recorder as the mic isn't the best solution neither, certainly not indoor.
Sounds pretty good, for the H4n mic though. I like the lighting too!
You'll never know if you don't go. GO!
ummm, half the subject's head is completely black... PLEASE do me a HUGE favor and tell me a movie on netflix streaming or youtube or ANY hollywood distributed movie where I can see where the back of the actor's head is black.. PLEASE!
I'm surprised this is even YOUTUBE quality intelligible! This is pure SH8T!!!!
Seriously, if this sounds harsh, it's because this forum is mostly losers... Anyone who disagrees is an ignorant loser.
Sorry, but you need REALITY in your life. Your BRAIN is fried if you think this is even YOUTUBE submittable! Most U.S., West Coasters have no brain either! Get Help! Both Psychiatrically and filmmaking-technically! Try Dr. Katz! He's a GREAT therapist!
Last edited by blondandfun; 2012 June 2nd at 01:52.
Thank god I'm an East coaster.
You'll never know if you don't go. GO!
Agreed, the H4's mics are just wrong for this, that's why it's roomy. Also, the first take is blown out. You need to learn how to set your gain correctly.
The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.
Thanks for pointing that out. We are working on setting the gain properly.
"beautiful girls are the cheapest special effect"
- Roger Corman
As Huey said, set the max peak at first: clap your hands and set the levels so it doesn't reach over -12dB (-6dB if really needed). Then, you're sure your sound won't clip and all you'll have to do will be to normalize in post. With Audacity, you can select a specific part of the audio track to normalize "more" that part if it's a bit too quiet.
Thanks. I'll try audacity. Looks like it's freeware?
"beautiful girls are the cheapest special effect"
- Roger Corman
Yup. I've used it, nice freeware.
Yes it is.
It's quite impressive all the functions that are included for free, compared to Sony Sound Forge.
I always liked Audacity. Especially it's Noise Filter shines. If it had STP Surgical Noise Removal tool (filtering out frequencies), I'd use it over STP.
A poor man's ProTools is Ardour. Sadly only for Mac and LINUX
http://ardour.org/
"It is dark the other side. Very dark!" - "Oh, shut up and eat your toast!"
To answer you, using your own words "ignorant loser", what about that, in Three Kings, using Reverse Key Lighting:
three-kings-061.jpg
Seriously? You don't have to light everything like it's a wedding video.
stranger22.jpg
The Stranger (1946) Orson Welles stars in this tense thriller as a small-town professor who will stop at nothing to conceal his Nazi past, with Edward G. Robinson as the Nazi hunter out to expose him.
I'm not trying to take credit for it or anything. Those kinds of shots have been around a lot longer than me.
film_noir2.jpg
It's not like there have been no movies in the modern era to use film noir as inspiration, like Sin City or The Spirit.
2008_the_spirit_001.jpg
The_Spirit_2008_Scarlett_Johansson_as_Silken_Floss.jpg
Maybe you just watch comedies or documentaries.
Last edited by Gillvane; 2012 June 3rd at 18:13.
"beautiful girls are the cheapest special effect"
- Roger Corman
come on now, since when has blondandfun become worth replying to ?
Poor old blondandfun.
The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence.
Any movie that has a black guy in the dark?
You know how it is. Someone mentions something, and before you never thought about it, but now that you're thinking about it, it's everywhere. Now I"m constantly seeing movies with lighting shots like this.
"beautiful girls are the cheapest special effect"
- Roger Corman
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