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Jared Gardner · November 13th, 2009, 01:24 PM

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YouTube - HD PREMIERE! The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon by Richard Gale

I'm looking for a good camera that can give a decent film look like this. Any recommendations?

Greg Boston · November 13th, 2009, 03:08 PM

Jared,

You could say it both ways. ANY camera will get you that 'look' or.. NO camera will get you 'that look'.

IOW, the look you are seeing is due to the high standards of production value in the creation of the final product. That means, careful lighting, shooting raw material for maximum latitude in the post production process, etc.

There is no camera out there that you can pull out of the box and start shooting material that looks like what you saw. Those are applied after the fact with good color correction.

-gb-

Shaun Roemich · November 13th, 2009, 03:30 PM

BTW, that was SO worth the 10 minutes of my life! I would recommend labeling this thread NSFW (not suitable for work) solely because of a couple of F-bombs in the link.

Chris Hurd · November 13th, 2009, 04:17 PM

Noted; thread edited. Thanks Shaun,

Wacharapong Chiowanich · November 14th, 2009, 11:15 AM

The idea behind this movie is what makes it a good movie. It could have been made more cheaply and looked technically worse yet still a good film.

Graeme Hay · December 28th, 2009, 09:17 AM

OMG that is such a funny clip. Is there really a full length video behind in it in the making?

Robert M Wright · December 29th, 2009, 05:56 PM

Simply viewing that trailer on YouTube, there's really no way to be sure it wasn't shot with an HV20, but obviously it wasn't made by a hack!

Dan Brockett · January 5th, 2010, 01:33 PM

Thanks for the clip Jared. This was shot on something decent by a crew who knew what they were doing. I do see rack focuses, shallow depth of field and very cinematic camera movement so I doubt if it was handycam. There was also considerable grading done after the fact.

Nice clip, hope that he gets a movie deal from this, he should. It is too long but pretty clever and very funny. Reminds me of a modern bit of Python.

Definitely wasn't the camera or look, it was the concept and execution that made this good.

Dan

November 13th, 2009, 01:24 PM	#1
Jared Gardner Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 48	NSFW What camera can achieve this look? [ Note from Admin: link has been deemed Not Safe for Family / Work Environment due to offensive language ] YouTube - HD PREMIERE! The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon by Richard Gale I'm looking for a good camera that can give a decent film look like this. Any recommendations?

November 13th, 2009, 03:30 PM	#3
Shaun Roemich Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia (formerly Winnipeg, Manitoba) Canada Posts: 4,088	BTW, that was SO worth the 10 minutes of my life! I would recommend labeling this thread NSFW (not suitable for work) solely because of a couple of F-bombs in the link. __________________ Shaun C. Roemich Road Dog Media - Vancouver, BC - Videographer - Webcaster www.roaddogmedia.ca Blog: http://roaddogmedia.wordpress.com/

November 13th, 2009, 04:17 PM	#4
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December 28th, 2009, 09:17 AM	#6
Graeme Hay Major Player Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 202	OMG that is such a funny clip. Is there really a full length video behind in it in the making? __________________ Independent Filmmaker in Canada's Capital

November 13th, 2009, 03:08 PM	#2
Greg Boston Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DFW area, TX Posts: 6,117 Images: 1	Jared, You could say it both ways. ANY camera will get you that 'look' or.. NO camera will get you 'that look'. IOW, the look you are seeing is due to the high standards of production value in the creation of the final product. That means, careful lighting, shooting raw material for maximum latitude in the post production process, etc. There is no camera out there that you can pull out of the box and start shooting material that looks like what you saw. Those are applied after the fact with good color correction. -gb-

November 14th, 2009, 11:15 AM	#5
Wacharapong Chiowanich Major Player Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 400	The idea behind this movie is what makes it a good movie. It could have been made more cheaply and looked technically worse yet still a good film.

December 29th, 2009, 05:56 PM	#7
Robert M Wright Inner Circle Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Minnesota (USA) Posts: 2,171	Simply viewing that trailer on YouTube, there's really no way to be sure it wasn't shot with an HV20, but obviously it wasn't made by a hack!

January 5th, 2010, 01:33 PM	#8
Dan Brockett Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 2,109	Thanks for the clip Jared. This was shot on something decent by a crew who knew what they were doing. I do see rack focuses, shallow depth of field and very cinematic camera movement so I doubt if it was handycam. There was also considerable grading done after the fact. Nice clip, hope that he gets a movie deal from this, he should. It is too long but pretty clever and very funny. Reminds me of a modern bit of Python. Definitely wasn't the camera or look, it was the concept and execution that made this good. Dan