Hip-Hop music video shot on Scarlet X

[James Falco]

Hey guys, just wanted to share this music video I did in August 2012.It was shot entirely with a RED ScarletX.

https://vimeo.com/gmdthree/starting5

Thanx for checking it out.Cheers. ///

 

[Jason Honeycutt]

Checked it out, I dig the color in the garage set-up... very nice range and tones.

Of course, we've gotta ask which lenses you used.

 

[Sascha Rossier]

Nice ringlight in the stairs scene ... Maybe its just a vimeo issue, but several shots don't seem to be lipsync
and yeah ... fatass beat bouncin' ;-))

 

[Hurcan Yilmazer]

Really good color and lighting setup. Can you tell us about the workflow about the coloring and sharpening (if thre is any)?

best regards

 

[James Falco]

Checked it out, I dig the color in the garage set-up... very nice range and tones.

Of course, we've gotta ask which lenses you used.

The whole thing was shot with two Zeiss ZE lenses. 18mm f3.5 and 50mm f 1.4, mostly with higher shutter speed.

 

[James Falco]

Really good color and lighting setup. Can you tell us about the workflow about the coloring and sharpening (if thre is any)?

best regards

Almost all of the primary color work was done in red cinex pro. Throwing some curves on it, desaturating the colors, and using exesivly the alchemy filters to contrast and sharpen the shots.

 

[James Falco]

Nice ringlight in the stairs scene ... Maybe its just a vimeo issue, but several shots don't seem to be lipsync
and yeah ... fatass beat bouncin' ;-))

Yea compresion and fast past video audio sinc are not very good frends, both Vimeo and YouTube start getting off mostly 1 min into it.

 

[Hurcan Yilmazer]

James thanks for the informative answers. One last question, what format do you choose while exporting from rcx?

 

[Bob Gundu]

Didn't care for the song, but image wise you hit the exposure on every shot.

 

[James Falco]

James thanks for the informative answers. One last question, what format do you choose while exporting from rcx?

It was all exported in AppleProRes 4444. The format supports 32 bit floating point. So it was perfect for it.

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[James Falco]

Didn't care for the song, but image wise you hit the exposure on every shot.

With 13 f stops of raw, it would be really hard not to. I am embarrassed to admit I don't even own a light meeter. ; )

 

[BRANDON JAMESON]

Great images, but would like to see you shoot alternate content.

 

[Adriaan Kirchner]

Looks good! I Dig the color..I would watch out for Reflections in glasses next time, or at least try to disguise them with some diffusion on Ring light.

 

[James Falco]

Looks good! I Dig the color..I would watch out for Reflections in glasses next time, or at least try to disguise them with some diffusion on Ring light.

Actually reflection in the glasses and laving lights purposefully in the shot was a conscious decision and part of the concept.

 

[James Falco]

Great images, but would like to see you shoot alternate content.

Not very likely to happen, I personally find dialogue work boring and have no ambitions to do short or feature film.

; )