Fire Breathing Dragon

[Jeremy Saville]

Got my Scarlet Dragon a few weeks ago and did various tests with assorted lenses and lighting conditions to get a good idea of what I'm working with. Then I put them into what I can only call a bit of a "Visual Poetry Montage/Phantasmagoric Rendering" just to create a little structure that approached a bit of narrative. So there should be a little something for everyone in it.

It was shot with Rokinons (35mm & 85mm), a Canon (75-300mm), Cooke S4Minis and a Nikkor zoom. I did some grading on the footage to draw out the dynamic range of the sensor, but have yet to fully calibrate the monitor and am far from a pro colorist, but as my wife would say "It's close enough for government work". Shot at various resolutions (mostly 5K, some 2KHD), and rendered out at 4K and presented here at 1080p (whew). I think the color rendition looks pretty good for some basic unscientific testing, and am excited to put together some actual narrative "professionally lit" stuff with a dedicated cinematographer that can more fully bring out what's possible in the sensor.

Thanks for looking. Enjoy


https://vimeo.com/101894043

 

[Martin Stevens]

Nice... Very nice.

 

[Brian Boyer]

If you don't mind, can you post an .R3D of the opening shot of you? I usually don't ask this of people but I'm curious about something and I'd like to take a closer look.

 

[Ryan Sauve]

De Niro!

 

[Jeremy Saville]

@Martin- Thanks. I think there's some epic stuff in there (actually just Scarlet).
@Brian- Here's the .R3D https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz4ukM2Hj1EYbGJiWDFIZmJkd2M/edit?usp=sharing Hope it helps.
@Ryan- You! You're good you!

 

[Phil Holland]

Congratulations on getting that Scarlet Dragon Jeremy! Good bumping into you at Cine Gear too.

 

[Jeremy Saville]

Thanks Phil. My pleasure running into you as well. I still want to talk to you about working together on something. And I'd love to do a test with the Xenons. Let me know when you're up for it. Maybe we could put something fun together. Let me know what your availability is in the next month or so.

 

[Brian Boyer]

@Brian- Here's the .R3D https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz4ukM2Hj1EYbGJiWDFIZmJkd2M/edit?usp=sharing Hope it helps.

Thanks. It did.