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New Short Film on Scarlet-X 81!

Michael Millichamp

Michael Millichamp

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Hey guys,

Vimeo Link ---> http://vimeo.com/37193351


Here are some grabs of my new short film I directed shooting with my Scarlet-X with the Zeiss CP.2 50mm

All still were grabbed from our grade in Davinci Resolve. It's my, and my dp's, first time using Resolve on a project, so we are trying to learn everything about it as quick as we can.

Here are some grabs.

















http://wtrns.fr/pMreG1X09wB5z8

^---Link to r3d's

BIIIIIIG thanks to Aj Aguirre! He rented me out his Side Handle without question. Very very nice and trustworthy fellow.

Im in a film program at a University in Texas, and we were given 8 short films to do this semester, so if you guys know what it's like in college, 8 films is a very very very hefty load, so our films have to be short and sweet.

We came up with this idea, not too original, but had to cast it, scout locations, and basically plan everything out in 4 days, shoot in 2, get a final cut done in 3, send it to the sound person for that, do all the post vfx and color done, then put it all together and view it.

It's a very tough challenge, especially with other classes, but it's fun.

The film will be up in 5 days!

Now, onto the technical aspect of everything.

Im extremely happy with the way the footage turned out. Sometimes when im shooting I always get scared about underexposing and overexposing and how everything will cut, but I left it to my dp and just focused on the actors and was happy.

The highlights feel so natural. They don't hurt my eyes, but they are rather pleasing at times.

My only complaint was the life of the Redvolts. I guess I just kind of overlooked every little bit of information about them and their life expectancy. I knew it would only be about 25-30 minutes, but it never really sank in until I was out there shooting. We would be setting up our composition and trying to get everything just right to begin shooting, and our first RV would be at 50%.

Let me remind you we were 30 minutes away from power in the middle of no where with 6 Redvolts. I love the light weight-ness about them, but I will definitely be buying some Bricks and an adapter plate. I mentioned it before, but ill mention it again, AJ Aguirre really came through with the renting me the side handle. Very generous guy and I wouldn't hesitate to return the favor in a second.

All in all the shoot went well! I only had 1 problem with the camera. The Redvolt was at about 15%, and it shut down while we were in playback watching a clip.

We dumped the footage after that, formatted the card and tested a shot out to see if it damaged anything, and it didn't. So 1 little bug.

If you have any questions, or if you would like the original r3d files, just say so and I will link them!

Have a nice day guys!



Edit** Also, any tips with Resolve would be appreciated!
 
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Nice work Michael. Really looking forward to seeing the film when you finish it.
 
One of the main reasons I love Texas, we get every type of weather and all of locations can look vastly different. We can have a nice London-y backroad, and have a Mexican desert an hour away.
 
It was the 50mm t2.1

My professor, who doesn't let anyone touch his lens collection, let me use it because he wants to see it on the Scarlet.

I loved the lens. When I get a prime set, it will be between those or the RPPs.

It was just such a lighter experience than my Red 18-85.


Also, the shot of the road and the car driving, was done with the Red 18-85 in 3k 48fps. We needed to get a little wider than the 50mm cropped.
 
Good stuff Michael! Who's your prof? I went through RTF a few years back there and had some great ones.

Do they have Resolve available to students now or are you working from home?

Here's a video I saw posted here a while back, might be some use to you: http://vimeo.com/33952857
 
Awesome man! looks really good
 
Michael Millichamp said:
It was the 50mm t2.1

My professor, who doesn't let anyone touch his lens collection, let me use it because he wants to see it on the Scarlet.

I loved the lens. When I get a prime set, it will be between those or the RPPs.

It was just such a lighter experience than my Red 18-85.


Also, the shot of the road and the car driving, was done with the Red 18-85 in 3k 48fps. We needed to get a little wider than the 50mm cropped.
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Yeah, that's what I suspected; I love that lens;just gorgeous
 
It is a very gorgeous lens. I wish I owned a set.

The whole movie was shot with it, and the Red 18-85.
 
Thanks, I am falling in LOVE with Davinci... I can't express how much I love it. For about 5 hours ive been tinkering with it today on certain clips, and it amazes me every time.
 
I have a full Contax Zeiss prime set, the godparents of the CP2s if you will (CP2's are based on Contax still designs). Love the glass. The 35 1.4 in particular, will make you believe a god designs lenses.
 
Real quick,

Im having a problem exporting my XML Color file from Davinci Resolve Lite, back into Adobe Premiere CS5.5...

Is there something im missing?

**EDIT** I figured it out, there can't be any offline clips in the timeline in Resolve, otherwise when you export over, you get an error.

Now the problem is, why isn't my color sticking to the footage when I export it over? All my clips and timelines are in line, but the colors are not there.

Anyone?
 
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Doug Beatty said:
Once you load your XML/EDL into Resolve Lite, the only way to bounce out your color corrected footage is by rendering your timeline. Resolve lite also limits you to a max 1920x1080 output.
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Aha!

Thank you Doug, you literally answered my question before I edited my post and asked!


Phil Holland said:
Look real nice Michael!
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Thanks Phil! Im excited to see what next test you have in store!
 
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