Final version on my Shanghai film now up at DVinfo.net

Final version on my Shanghai film now up · January 26th, 2009, 08:54 AM

The final version of my recent film from Shanghai that I posted an earlier edit from is now online with english subtitles here YouTube - Forgotten Shanghai: The Longchang apartments

Dan

Julius Tan · January 26th, 2009, 08:59 AM

The apartment block reminds me of the movie Kung Fu Hustle.

Great detailed shots, anyway

Dan Chung · January 26th, 2009, 09:05 AM

Apparantly the block was the inspiration for the 'Pig cage stronghold' in Kung Fu Hustle.

Dan

Hunter Richards · January 30th, 2009, 05:03 PM

Dan-

I noticed your footage isnt showing much (if any) moire or aliasing -maybe its just the compression that is helping? Are you using any filters or doing any "tricks"?

Noah Yuan-Vogel · January 31st, 2009, 04:03 PM

Do aliased 1080p videos ever show aliasing when downconverted to very compressed 720p? I dont imagine they would. I can see little soft steps that seem like they could be remnants of aliasing that would have been visible at full res, but its really too hard to tell after the downconvert.

Yeah first thing i thought of was kung fu hustle, too. Are there any other apartment complexes like that?

Jon Fairhurst · January 31st, 2009, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Noah Yuan-Vogel

Do aliased 1080p videos ever show aliasing when downconverted to very compressed 720p?

It depends. A single aliased edge often looks better when down-res'd. A whole shirt or tile rooftop that's shimmering will typically still shimmer no matter how much you filter and scale.

Tony Wu · February 2nd, 2009, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan Chung

The final version of my recent film from Shanghai that I posted an earlier edit from is now online with english subtitles here YouTube - Forgotten Shanghai: The Longchang apartments

Dan

Hi Dan,
A lovely documentary, some very nice compositions. I noticed on 1:36 to about 1:38, the scene with barking dog, you have a slow tripod pan and the frame kinda jumps. Did you have this on your original footage or is it only on internet playback. I'm asking this because I'm getting this similar frame shifting or jumping when I'm shooting on tripod.

It happens intermittently and you can see I couldn't replicate it again in the clip. The severity of the "shifting" varies from obvious (as in the clip) to very subtle. The lens was dislodged to set aperture. Exposure lock on. I've noticed the lower the ISO, the more obvious and frequent the shifting or jumping.

Sachtler V18 Tripod
Canon 24-70L 2.8
Shutter - 50
ISO - 250
fstop - 2.8
focal - 50 mm to 70mm

I'll send the Vimeo clip soon after it's finished uploading.

t

January 30th, 2009, 05:03 PM	#4
Hunter Richards Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 89 Images: 2	Dan- I noticed your footage isnt showing much (if any) moire or aliasing -maybe its just the compression that is helping? Are you using any filters or doing any "tricks"? __________________ HR\|cinematographer HunterHRichards.com

January 26th, 2009, 08:59 AM	#2
Julius Tan Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cebu Philippines Posts: 69	The apartment block reminds me of the movie Kung Fu Hustle. Great detailed shots, anyway

January 26th, 2009, 09:05 AM	#3
Dan Chung Major Player Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Beijing Posts: 665	Apparantly the block was the inspiration for the 'Pig cage stronghold' in Kung Fu Hustle. Dan

January 31st, 2009, 04:03 PM	#5
Noah Yuan-Vogel Major Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York City Posts: 613	Do aliased 1080p videos ever show aliasing when downconverted to very compressed 720p? I dont imagine they would. I can see little soft steps that seem like they could be remnants of aliasing that would have been visible at full res, but its really too hard to tell after the downconvert. Yeah first thing i thought of was kung fu hustle, too. Are there any other apartment complexes like that?