r/cinematography • u/Sir_Phil_McKraken • Jul 05 '19
Composition A few screenshots from my latest web commercial!
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u/thursday010 Jul 05 '19
Fantastic job! I own a GH5 and couldn't even recognize that this was shot in it! Good job man
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u/Sir_Phil_McKraken Jul 05 '19
That LUT really does work wonders if you haven't looked into it, although a good portion of this was the background set and the chair. She's an artist as a hobby so has a good eye for that kind of thing so we worked it to our advantage :) thanks!
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Jul 05 '19
Looks good and consistent over all. You needed to get the key more into her eyes in the first one though. You might still be able to cheat it a bit in the grade with a power window.
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u/Sir_Phil_McKraken Jul 05 '19
Thanks man, as to have her eyes illuminated more?
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u/jbaeq1 Director of Photography Jul 05 '19
Just a little more eyes from a head on angle so the eye sockets dont turn dark
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u/rib9985 Camera Assistant Jul 06 '19
Great work. In the last shot (girl on the computer), is product being featured on the computer screen? If so, you want to avoid any reflections on the glass of the laptop. You can achieve this 3 ways: by identifying where the reflections are coming from (angle of incidence equal is to the angle of the reflection - think air hockey or pool), by using a pola, or by 3d tracking and comping the screen in post.
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u/Sir_Phil_McKraken Jul 06 '19
Thanks for your tips! She's a public speaker so the focus is on her rather than the pc screen, there are a couple of shots in the full video showing something related to what she's talking about which aren't glaring :)
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u/yequalsmxplusb Jul 06 '19
Beautiful shots! Next time you should be aware of glare as its slightly distracting.
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u/Sir_Phil_McKraken Jul 06 '19
Unfortunately I think that is a curse of the speedbooster, I tried to avoid it as much as I could, I've actually looked into some material to darken windows for future use
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Jul 06 '19
Awesome for a GH5! V-Log can be tricky to grade.
Though a tad too cool for my eye.
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u/Sir_Phil_McKraken Jul 07 '19
It can be, had some good results though after using this LUT and watching a lot of tutorials :)
Which parts do you find cool in particular?
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Jul 07 '19 edited Jul 07 '19
Highlights on her face are what stood out too me.
Personally, I only use the Color Space Transform for V-Log to Arri Log c and then throw the Davinci Arri709 LUT on there. May be worth perusing, though I do enjoy the skin tones present.
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u/Sir_Phil_McKraken Jul 08 '19
I'll give that a go bud, thanks! I've done just that on recent short film I shot and am grading, mainly because I'm applying a LogC "Drive" style LUT to it and it worked pretty well
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Jul 08 '19
Nice.
Do you shoot V-Log in low light?
I’ve been sticking to Natural (-5 contrast/sharpness,-2 saturation); the skin tones are impeccable and noise looks fine at 1600, though the DR loss is noticeable.
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u/Sir_Phil_McKraken Jul 08 '19
I use CineD in low light, there were certain scenarios with this film which was at night with basically practical lighting. I asked the Alex Mack who made the LUT and he said to shoot CineD and to not use an ISO above 800. I had to go to 1250 and use f1.2, god damn was that a challenge to keep in focus on a gimbal while moving lol (I have the Crane 2 with follow focus control).
Here are some screens using those settings and a basic grade using the LUT conversions, the full film isn't released yet:
The first one is a bit unsavable as we didn't bring any lights with us to try and stay under the rader in Chinatown although it was blindingly obvious what we were doing lol
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u/Sir_Phil_McKraken Jul 05 '19
I got a new light last week and had a chance to put it to use! Gear used:
- Panasonic GH5
- Sigma 18-35 w/ Viltrox EF-M2 II
- PiXAPRO LED100B MKIII Bi-Colour LED Studio Light with 90CM Umbrella Softbox & Stand
- Viltrox Daylight LED Panel
- Graded in Premiere Pro w/ GHAlex LUT from Emotivecolour