POV hands

[Joe Cage]

Hello,

I want to do a pov shot of a guy looking at his hands, but I was wondering how they actually did it this good. Was the camera next to his head with a +-35mm at F1.4 lens on S35 camera, and directing the actor so the hands are somewhat natural? Or maybe the actor lying down and then shooting over the guys head?

Any tips, are more then welcome!

 

[Jan Schuster]

Here's what we did for a recent Lotto commercial.



It was about as heavy as you'd want it to be, make sure you have proper counter weights on the back. Using a Red would be a neck breaker I think.

Here's the final edit for reference:

Depending on the shot, you may just have the person lay on their back and rest the camera on their chest. Or build a setup to hold the camera just over their face if they're laying down.

Standing up and walking around is not going to be easy with a Red, or any camera besides gopro for that fact.

Hope this helps

 

[Hal Long]

I wouldn't overthink this shot. I've done this one many times on hands, hands holding gun or pen or phone... You may find it's easier to put talent in a chair so they don't move and then place the camera so that you have the right background and then move in the hands. Also, a 35 may work but you may want to go a touch longer.

Cheers,

H

 

[David Peterson]

Depends on how much movement you'd have, if it is just one quick shot, or if you're going to have the actor walking around and doing a lot with his hands. If it is the latter then you'd probably want a helmet rig like they did with this McDonald's advert and a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera (although if I was do this again in 2017 myself, I'd probably use one of Panasonic GH5 / BMD Micro Cinema Camera / Kinefinity Terra instead):

http://www.4kshooters.net/2014/11/2...-shot-on-the-blackmagic-pocket-cinema-camera/

https://vimeo.com/107861394

 

[Joe Cage]

I did a test to check what focal length would work best. (35mm, 50mm and 90mm). and I liked the 50mm the best. This is 50mm at F2. Where my wife is lying on the ground raising her arms in the air.

Obviously I was not thinking about lighting in this test, or much about the background at this time. But now it is time to do so. What do you guys think how they pulled off the lighting in this one?
I think it is a backlit key from the left, backlight fill from the right and negative fill behind the camera?

 

[Björn Benckert]

https://z-p3-scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbc...=69fc2e5789e791632fcf9fee86e24bb6&oe=59EDB84E