Scarlet-X martial arts footage

[Ray Sullivan]

Hi,

I just wanted to share some footage I shot during the week. Enjoy!

Tech info;

All handheld with RED Scarlet-X Canon mount Al

4K 24fps and 2K 60fps

ISO 800

Compression 10:1

Shutter speed was 1/100 to counter the fluorescent flickering.

Canon 35mm f2 and Tokina 19-35mm f3.5-4.5.

The last 7 shots were on the Tokina, hence the underexposure.

Next time, I'll bring some lights!

 

[Richard Gale]

Nice stuff! The faster shutter worked well to capture all the rapid moves without much motion blur.
To select that 1/100 shutter speed, did you first try a few different speeds to find one that best avoided the fluorescent flicker?

Man, that guy must've been sore at the end of that lesson!

I liked the way the music, near the end, sounded like a mellow instrumental of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World."

Thanks for sharing it!

 

[Ray Sullivan]

Thanks Richard and yes I was planning on using 1/48 and 1/96 but 1/100 was the only speed that worked with the lights.

 

[Trevor Meeks]

Ray, did you put this together in REDCINE-X?

 

[Ray Sullivan]

Hi Trevor, I colour corrected in Redcine-X Pro but all editing was done in Premiere Pro CS5.5 on Windows 7.

 

[Robert L. Mickles]

I liked the way the music, near the end, sounded like a mellow instrumental of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World."

Haha I thought the same thing.

Pretty cool. Looks like it would benefit from having some lights, and some type of handheld rig for this type of shooting (or maybe IS lenses too.) Good work though.

I think I'm going to want to invest in a gunner rig when my camera arrives.

 

[Ray Sullivan]

Yes Robert, I agree, the side handle alone will really help improve handheld work. I hope it arrives soon.

 

[Brandon J.F.]

Well done Ray. I really like the look you came up with for this. I agree that the 1/100 shutter really works well here as well. I look forward to seeing more of your work.

 

[Lliam Worthington]

Cheers Ray. Sticky hands work was great. And for just practical fluro's, hand held @ 10 -1 compression, looked pretty good to me.

Best

Lliam

 

[Ray Sullivan]

h264

h264

I'm just curious to know what others are using for conversion to h264. The clip I posted looks quite different in Redcine-X and Premiere, deeper blacks and whiter whites. I know there was issues with gamma in h264 but surely there's a solution by now?

 

[Mike Lary]

I'm just curious to know what others are using for conversion to h264. The clip I posted looks quite different in Redcine-X and Premiere, deeper blacks and whiter whites. I know there was issues with gamma in h264 but surely there's a solution by now?

Hi Ray,

You might try x264. It has a gamma adjustment option in the Tagging / Color Space setting.

 

[Ray Sullivan]

Hi Ray,

You might try x264. It has a gamma adjustment option in the Tagging / Color Space setting.

Thanks for the help Mike, I'll try it out.

 

[Matthew Richard Harris]

I love this Ray! Fantastic footage, the 2k 60p looks cool as hell. Love the undercranking, I think the 1/100 shutter looks perfect. This makes me want to make Haywire 2.

 

[TonySegreto]

Very cool. Reminds me a lot of IP MAN! Though I think it would have been a bit better with some faster tempo'd music to match with the action.