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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Happy Birthday plus a couple of days.

My birthday is May 7th, so if anybody wants to know what I would like, it is a Scarlet...unless a generous soul can afford a Red One. :-)
 
Tom said:
Ah, you're a year older than me, old timer! :-)

For starters I am planning to use the moco just for DLSR timelapse, but the system would work with RED during daytime hours.

The first part I am getting is this rotary table from mumford:

http://www.bmumford.com/photo/rotary/index.html

That will allow me to do 360 pans with the camera only moving between exposures - perfect for night stuff. Then I will add a "dolly" axis with a second rotary table. I think 90% of the shots I have in mind will work with only two axes - pan and dolly.
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Tom, I have a feeling we have much in common... though you young kids and your fancy new ideas on storytelling.(crumpled fist waving) ;-)

I am headed to go check out the rotary table from mumford... I have been digging the Kickass Camera Company's website, they are appropriately named.

Tom said:
Once you get your rig, I'd love to help you plan out some shots. The main shot I have in mind with Curt's rig is doing a moco composite with a night timelapse comped with moving actors captured on RED. You'd shoot the humans at dusk, then do an identical pass with the moco system in the same spot that night, to get the stars. I've never really seen anyone pull off a shot like that, so I think it could be great. :) The only question is, how would you light the humans at dusk, and would you need a bluescreen to make a clean comp.

Nope I haven't seen Cashback.
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Tom, consider me on board for your idea above, it sounds like there is massive potential to do something unique with this scene. Remember, not only will we have the tilt/pan axis covered but Focus, Iris and Zoom as well (Curt has mentioned more than once to me about developing a moco dolly component to the Mirus down the road). Now, what incredible place on the map were you thinking of doing this so I can start planning? :) Also, I have an interesting vérité series that I am developing that I think you would find a lot of fun and would dovetail nicely with what we would be doing... I will go into further details later, but we could have a great time shooting bumps, etc for it. Not to mention a cool profile on you, your approach/philosophy to timelapse work and your inspirations for your work. No pressure...:)

For a man that can appreciate the interstitial moments, the manipulation of time, unique transitions between scenes and the heavenly female form... then you need to rent "cashback" asap! Do not research it... If you hate it, then a free six pack of Guinness is in your near future. Hell, if Acehole loves it, then it has too be awesome.:)

I am just about to kick back and watch "Seeing in the Dark" and "War Photographer". BTW, how cool was that gesture from Mr. Kenny? That was great.

My Red will be here very shortly, then Curt's Mirus, Inclino, etc. in May... great times ahead.
 
Joseph Hutson said:
Happy Birthday plus a couple of days.

My birthday is May 7th, so if anybody wants to know what I would like, it is a Scarlet...unless a generous soul can afford a Red One. :-)

nearsightedproductions.com
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Thank you Joseph. The best I can do to hook you up with a Red One is to invite you down to Little Rock when time permits and go out shooting. I had a friend who lived in Shawnee but he moved or I would hook you up on one of my trips.

I wish I had started shooting when I was your age (did I really just type that? Shit...:) ) but hey... take advantage of your opportunities, work on your skillsets every day and please take care of your back. Without it your a door mat... :ohmy: :)

Should be really cool to see what Scarlet actually is...

Cheers,

Andrew
 
acehole said:
Im glad you got to watch it! I have indeed seen cashback and I love that film! Im surprised you mentioned it really because I was looking at the script the other day for inspiration for my own..
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Acehole, if you can find it, check out "Leolo" by the late Jean-Claude Lauzon. I do not want tell you about it, do not research it, I think you will appreciate it... This film had a profound affect on me, like the first time I saw Delicatessen or Nikita (when they were originally released).

Whatever project that you have in mind that has some small inspirations of "cashback", just let me know when I need to book my flight to Australia. I will be there... :nerd:
 
Andrew Benz said:
Tom, consider me on board for your idea above, it sounds like there is massive potential to do something unique with this scene. Remember, not only will we have the tilt/pan axis covered but Focus, Iris and Zoom as well (Curt has mentioned more than once to me about developing a moco dolly component to the Mirus down the road). Now, what incredible place on the map were you thinking of doing this so I can start planning? :) Also, I have an interesting vérité series that I am developing that I think you would find a lot of fun and would dovetail nicely with what we would be doing... I will go into further details later, but we could have a great time shooting bumps, etc for it. Not to mention a cool profile on you, your approach/philosophy to timelapse work and your inspirations for your work. No pressure...:)
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I was definitely thinking of Lone Pine (Alabama Hills) or Joshua Tree. A unique and really clear-cut landscape like this one below would probably make comping easier, too.

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This particular location is great because there is never anyone out there and it's easy to level a dolly, etc. This exact location shows up in the movie "Gunga Din."

A closer-to-LA alternative would be Joshua Tree, which also has a lot of neat landscapes like this.

I don't know much about comping and moco, so it will be interesting to see how we get them to sync up timewise in AE or whatever program is used. The live-action pass will probably take 10 or 15 seconds, but the timelapse pass will take a full night - maybe 6 to 8 hours. The DLSR does not have timecode, so it might be a matter of syncing them up manually? The 24p stuff runs at a fixed speed, so then all you would have to do is adjust the timeline speed of the timelapse image sequence to get them to match up, I suppose?

Another issue is, will a 14mm focal length on a canon 40D match a 14mm cine lens on a RED? The sensors are slightly different in size and resolution. I suppose even if they did not match up 100%, you could make some simple adjustments to the two layers in AE to match them up.

Anyway, the resulting shot, if it comes off, should be stunning.
 
Join late the party... Sorry Andrew.
Happy Birthday from Italy!

All the best.
 
Emanuel & Co said:
More than "the cool" type, he's one of the most sensitive and beautiful human beings that we've met over here. Kudos to you Andrew!

Signed by two human females and other human males trying to join to the party,

Jo

Vanda

& Co
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Adding myself to the party...
 
Thank you again Elcurado.

Again, I enjoy your work very much sir...

Cheers,

Andrew

ps-check your PM Box.
 
Giovanna, thank you very much as well.

Andrew
 
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