I just found your channel/this video and all I can say is that your content is criminally underrated. The production quality is very good and the way you educate is very good! I did not expect to be hearing about broad vs short lighting, practical lighting, and a real world use-case example for light modifiers like gels in this one video.
Thanks mate, glad it’s been helpful, I try and make each video as informed as possible since I only release a video every 2-4months lol, you should deffo check out the noir lighting, product videography and lighting techniques videos if you’re into lighting ☺️👍
Cheers for the kind words mate, there shall definitely be a few more videos coming in the next couple of months, mainly a guide for the Sony A7S3, the canon C70, external light meter breakdowns with contrast ratios and some lighting techniques ☺️👌
I agree with the fellow Myong. I bought a Shinobi a while back and trying to get using it and this was an excellent lesson. Thank You. I just discovered your channel.
I assume (perhaps incorrectly) that most people with a Cinema camera would be shooting in RAW or LOG, and therefore would be post-processing in a video editor, and pulling down and adjusting the waveform curves anyway. So whatever exposure is set when recording (e.g. trying to correctly set middle grey to correct IRE) is going to be invalid and reset in post. Therefore as you say, when in RAW/LOG you need to over-expose when recording, and set the levels in post. But this kinda invalidates some of the info in the video, or rather makes it more applicable to those not doing much post. Having said that, I indeed found that using CP1 Wide DR profile is excellent straight out of camera, provides a really good base REC 709 image and a great starting point for basic grading. I'm so tempted to start using CP1 instead, but feel I'm wasting some of the capabilities of the camera ... still learning.
Unfortunately shooting in LOG or RAW doesn’t mean you can expose incorrectly in camera and fix it in post. Yes, with these two types of recordings you do have more play in latitude adjustment and manipulation but that doesn’t mean the you can just expose wherever you want and it will be fixable. Log formats have more latitude but can still be clipped and can loose information if over or under exposed, and if you underexpose too much (even with a raw format) the digital noise and grain will be burned into the footage. This becomes even more problematic with older cameras and older sensors. Newer cameras like the Sony FX range and Canon C70 are much better at controlling their noise and grain, but it can still easily be poorly exposed. RAW formats are actually even more prevalent at retaining noise because there is no noise reduction happening in the camera, and while the RAW format has a ridiculous amount of adjustability, the noise and grain will still be burned in. Yes you can use software to try and remove it in post but this may also soften your image or muddy it (depending on how good an editor you are) and how good the camera is Remember that not all LOG & RAW formats are created equally. It’s also important to try and record at correct levels from a colour perspective, if you under or over expose too much you will start to affect the colour quality and this normally leaves a magenta or green hues; recording at the appropriate levels with false colour gives you a baseline for correct scientific exposure for that cameras sensor, and will allow you to get the overall best image quality. So I would have to disagree with your initial assumption, one of the most important things we say to our students is ‘fixing it in post should not be a priority, shooting it correctly should be’ False colour, just like a traditional light meter, is an imperative part of modern professional filmmaking practice and personally I think it should always be used alongside digital cameras wherever possible. Hope this helps to better explain my veiwpoint ☺️
I just found your channel/this video and all I can say is that your content is criminally underrated. The production quality is very good and the way you educate is very good! I did not expect to be hearing about broad vs short lighting, practical lighting, and a real world use-case example for light modifiers like gels in this one video.
Thanks mate, glad it’s been helpful, I try and make each video as informed as possible since I only release a video every 2-4months lol, you should deffo check out the noir lighting, product videography and lighting techniques videos if you’re into lighting ☺️👍
Your tutorials are awesome! Please keep going. You will definitely get many many subscribers in no time. Subbed!!!
Cheers for the kind words mate, there shall definitely be a few more videos coming in the next couple of months, mainly a guide for the Sony A7S3, the canon C70, external light meter breakdowns with contrast ratios and some lighting techniques ☺️👌
Great vid…🙌
I agree with the fellow Myong. I bought a Shinobi a while back and trying to get using it and this was an excellent lesson. Thank You. I just discovered your channel.
Very informative video, thanks! 👌
Brilliant info! 🎥
I assume (perhaps incorrectly) that most people with a Cinema camera would be shooting in RAW or LOG, and therefore would be post-processing in a video editor, and pulling down and adjusting the waveform curves anyway. So whatever exposure is set when recording (e.g. trying to correctly set middle grey to correct IRE) is going to be invalid and reset in post. Therefore as you say, when in RAW/LOG you need to over-expose when recording, and set the levels in post. But this kinda invalidates some of the info in the video, or rather makes it more applicable to those not doing much post. Having said that, I indeed found that using CP1 Wide DR profile is excellent straight out of camera, provides a really good base REC 709 image and a great starting point for basic grading. I'm so tempted to start using CP1 instead, but feel I'm wasting some of the capabilities of the camera ... still learning.
Unfortunately shooting in LOG or RAW doesn’t mean you can expose incorrectly in camera and fix it in post. Yes, with these two types of recordings you do have more play in latitude adjustment and manipulation but that doesn’t mean the you can just expose wherever you want and it will be fixable.
Log formats have more latitude but can still be clipped and can loose information if over or under exposed, and if you underexpose too much (even with a raw format) the digital noise and grain will be burned into the footage.
This becomes even more problematic with older cameras and older sensors.
Newer cameras like the Sony FX range and Canon C70 are much better at controlling their noise and grain, but it can still easily be poorly exposed.
RAW formats are actually even more prevalent at retaining noise because there is no noise reduction happening in the camera, and while the RAW format has a ridiculous amount of adjustability, the noise and grain will still be burned in. Yes you can use software to try and remove it in post but this may also soften your image or muddy it (depending on how good an editor you are) and how good the camera is
Remember that not all LOG & RAW formats are created equally.
It’s also important to try and record at correct levels from a colour perspective, if you under or over expose too much you will start to affect the colour quality and this normally leaves a magenta or green hues; recording at the appropriate levels with false colour gives you a baseline for correct scientific exposure for that cameras sensor, and will allow you to get the overall best image quality.
So I would have to disagree with your initial assumption, one of the most important things we say to our students is ‘fixing it in post should not be a priority, shooting it correctly should be’
False colour, just like a traditional light meter, is an imperative part of modern professional filmmaking practice and personally I think it should always be used alongside digital cameras wherever possible.
Hope this helps to better explain my veiwpoint ☺️
Thanks bro!!!
Appreciate your work
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Can you make a video on how to use redcine X pro ??
I’ll add it to the list 😊👍
How old are you brah ?
ancient like the sands of time