Short mini doc at a hippie commune farm. Shot on Epic Dragon w/ Lomo Anamorphics

[Mike Quill]

Just finished a mini doc that I one man banded last year while visiting some friends at their commune farm. Shot on my Epic Dragon with Lomo Anamorphic Square Fronts. Feedback welcome! https://vimeo.com/198781813

Screen Grabs:

 

[Layi B]

Nice. What'd you use to stabilize the shots from the back of the car/truck and the parallax shots of the trees?

 

[John Long]

Link?

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

very nicely done Michael !
audio sounds good too, what did you use for recording the interviews ?

link :
https://vimeo.com/198781813

 

[Mike Quill]

Thanks. I just used a tripod in the truck and added warp stabilizer in Premiere.

 

[Mike Quill]

Thanks Mikael. Just used a Sanken COS 11D-BP Lavalier Mic and basic Tascam recorder. Should have used a mixer as well but I was traveling light on that trip.

Beyond the interviews I didn't capture any additional sounds on site. Created them in post instead.

 

[Grzegorz Gill]

Had a nice softness to it, enjoyed it very much. Thanks.

 

[Mikael Lubtchansky]

Thanks Mikael. Just used a Sanken COS 11D-BP Lavalier Mic and basic Tascam recorder. Should have used a mixer as well but I was traveling light on that trip.

Beyond the interviews I didn't capture any additional sounds on site. Created them in post instead.

Those mics always sound great. Great work

 

[Owen Rennie]

Cool film, these guys have the right idea

 

[Patrick Tresch]

Hello nice feel to it. What frame format (in pixel) did you shoot it with the Dragon?

 

[Mike Quill]

Hi Patrick, I shot 6K 6:5 2x anamorphic mode.

 

[Ilya O.]

Michael, I thank you for very charming viewing experience! It is so filmic in style
Here you got 60-70-s visuals and same era hippie mood harmonically joined.

Which exact models of LOMOs did you use?

I so much liked the color and 3D feel of these so I even made a gallery
All screenshots were taken from the Vimeo video (4k playback on HD screen).
Click right -> open image in new tab to view HD samples.

Here are some wides on the Farm:

The coastal shots amazed me with the joy color:

As always, Lomo Anamorphics are super on portraits and skin tones:

!!!Mike, I do not agree here: there definitely should be a topless girl in the river in the lower right shot!!!

And here I put the flares and strong backlight scenes:

 

[Mike Quill]

Ilya:

Thanks so much for taking the time to break down the visuals like this! It's so cool to see them as thumbnails. I will put them at the top of the thread for others to get a quick sense of the imagery.

I shot this piece with my Lomo Anamorphic Square Fronts, mostly relying on the 35mm and the 50mm a bit as well.

Please let me know if you have any additional questions.

Mike

PS: Yes, I would have preferred a topless woman too for sure!!

 

[Ilya O.]

nice, Mike 35mm was NAS10? 50mm was NAS4?

yeah, I also liked the thumbnails effect for quick feeling your film's visuals.

+, a woman would be gorgeous (keeping in mind both hippie love theme and woman as beautiful mother nature representation)

 

[Nick Morrison]

Hey Mike, this is great. Reminds me of last episode of Mad Men!

Awesome job!