Shooting a nighttime driving scene with the RED ONE MX or Blackmagic camera

[omar robles]

I am about to work on a shoot that has a lot of late night night car driving and i am unsure about how to go about shooting it. Were shooting the film with the red one but in terms of car driving its hard to hide such a big camera in tight spots. Especially since i want to mount the camera outside out of the car to get special angles. I am debating shooting the night driving with a smaller dslr type camera. Just wondering which camera would best match the red footage. Someone toldme the blackmagic camera, another said the GH4. Which ones would you suggest?

I apologize if i posted in the wrong section.

 

[Christoffer Glans]

You don't have access to an Epic or a Scarlet? That would be the way to go in my opinion. To get a good looking resolution you need to go 4K though, so use the Blackmagic 4K if you choose one of their cameras.

 

[omar robles]

I dont have access to those two. Unless i were to rent them.

 

[Jake Wilganowski]

Grab an A7s and atmos shogun

 

[Jake Wilganowski]

Gh4 has bad highlights(low dr) and is noisy

 

[Jake Wilganowski]

If you go black magic get a fast lens and rate at 400

 

[Matt W.]

CX00 or 5D III raw (in a pinch, can't really recommend that workflow) or A7s, though there's skew...

Film tools has a $400 suction cup rig that will do great for you. But skew and long lenses and car mounts are not your friend. Just throw in some neg and an LED in the dash at most... and shoot on fast lenses at a pretty high ISO you'll do great.

You can set up a cheese plate for a Red but not worth the trouble unless you only need one shot. MX is ok at 800 ISO but not great at 800 ISO tungsten. Red One without MX is a horrible low light camera (sorry, but it's true) and you'd spend way more to make it work.

 

[Michael Hastings]

Have to say that the Blackmagic is great for this sort of thing. Completely self contained and global shutter, and a price point that won't cause you to commit suicide if it gets wrecked. Use a fast Canon lens (and try the IS if it has it)

 

[Jake Wilganowski]

I stand corrected, forgot about the A7s skew in 4k, very good point

 

[Christoffer Glans]

I dont have access to those two. Unless i were to rent them.

There are costs involved with any camera, so either you rent or buy, but buying a Blackmagic camera or a Sony A7s is more expensive for just one shoot.
One thing to remember though is that the consistency of the visuals is harder with different cameras. Keeping it all Red is easier for post production and for getting the right look throughout.