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Scott Murphy June 8th, 2008 04:20 PM

XH-A1 and Letus Extreme
 
Here is a fake trailer that some friends and I made. We were just messing around one day with the XH-A1 and Letus and decided to make a little short. Check it out.

http://vimeo.com/1012682

Also, I was not able to get a hold of the mic that I normally use, so the audio is a little shoddy. I'm having to work all summer to get a good mic. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
scott

Bryce Olejniczak June 8th, 2008 06:45 PM

I thought the audio was still pretty good. What mic did you use for the trailer? And did you go straight to the camera or dual-system?

Paul Cascio June 8th, 2008 06:54 PM

Very nice. Which mic did you use? I didn't think the audio was bad either. I though you might have overused the rack focus just a bit, but I'm a picture framer, so don't put too much into my opinion.

Scott Murphy June 8th, 2008 06:55 PM

For the in-field stuff I used a cheap AT lav that friend had for a few days, and for the voiceover I used an AT 3035 that my brother had. everything else was done on the XH-A1's mic, or patched up in post. I'm pretty low on cash right now, but I am saving up for a mic. I'm looking at the MKH-416.

Also, everything is just being recorded to the camera for right now. working on changing that as well.

Robert Huber June 8th, 2008 08:53 PM

That was pretty slick. You managed to rack your focus back & forth pretty well on some of those shots. Did you pull that off using just the standard LCD display? I would go blind over a dozen takes trying to do that without a heavy monitor and a follow focus.

Doug Davis June 9th, 2008 04:40 PM

Ha great job man.. I loved it... I'm a big Entourage fan as well... : )

I loved his white socks with the black suit... lol...

Scott Murphy June 10th, 2008 02:08 AM

Unfortunately I did have to film that without a monitor or a follow focus. I would love to get a follow focus but that is on my to buy list.

I'm glad that someone did notice the white socks with the dark suit. Very few people catch that, and I think it adds to the character.

Thanks for the comments guys.

Don Jones June 10th, 2008 07:47 PM

Scott, nice work. Really enjoyed the scenes form downtown and on the waterfront.

Don Jones, West Knoxville, XH-A1

Dave Park June 11th, 2008 10:59 PM

What lenses did you use?

Scott Murphy June 12th, 2008 01:07 PM

I only used the Nikon 50mm f1.4. Its a great a great lens.

Chris Barcellos June 12th, 2008 01:11 PM

I'll second Steve's accolade of the 1.4. I have one too, that we keep falling back on it for "money" shots. I usually try to shoot it at F4 or F 5.6, but it if you want real shallow depth of field focusing, it works great at wide open.

Phil Kay June 12th, 2008 05:09 PM

Superbly shot and very entertaining. The only thing that totally ruined it for me is that I didn't find the 'bad guy' in the slightest bit convincing as a 'bad guy'.

Very well done though on all other counts!


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