Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 4th, 2013, 04:57 AM
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Wedding Fails 2012
Four-minute compilation of things going wrong at weddings:
Wedding Fails Compilation 2012 - YouTube (http://youtu.be/BPxR61cDB6U)
Some are obviously older than 2012, so I'm sure they've been...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 2nd, 2013, 08:43 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,795
Expensive vs cheap weddings
Dave Partington recently wrote:
"Actually, the more expensive weddings turned out to be both easier to shoot and to edit. Things flowed better, better material to use, more time & space when...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 2nd, 2013, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,842
Re: CreativeLive Wedding Cinematography Course
My God is it worth $99. I'd be willing to pay $1,000 or $2,000. Though I also think that almost every suggestion he makes -- of gear, of shooting method, etc -- is to be found somewhere in this forum...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 2nd, 2013, 07:05 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,842
Re: CreativeLive Wedding Cinematography Course
Just for fun, here's a rough equipment breakdown for Rob's gear, based on B&H prices (obviously, eBay might be a lot cheaper, and you get things cheaper if you buy them bundled, etc, etc).
-- 3 x...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 2nd, 2013, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,842
Re: CreativeLive Wedding Cinematography Course
By the way, I'm struck that there are trade-offs to Rob's style of shooting, including:
-- staging shots = less natural reactions; also means that you are less invisible than some brides would...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
January 2nd, 2013, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 51
Views: 9,842
Re: CreativeLive Wedding Cinematography Course
If I remember properly, I think during the audio section Rob says something like, "I don't normally use live music in the edit, but if the bride has spent 15 or 20,000 on a live band, there's no way...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 27th, 2012, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,741
Enlivening a photoshoot
Random thought for the day...
So, I'm one of these people who kind of hates the photoshoot period. I think it generally makes crap video, and I'm sick of shooting roundie roundies, walking shots,...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 25th, 2012, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,918
Supplying frame grabs instead of photos
This is something Nigel has mentioned before -- in this case, about extracting 4k images from a 1DC in place of stills. (Note: 1 minute of footage = 4gb at 4K.)
I wonder if it's a viable business...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 25th, 2012, 04:27 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,993
Re: Ceremony plans
Hey Noa, where do you normally position your two cameras? And Chris, do you shoot with five, or is that my imagination? Is there any pattern to where you stick them?
Nigel, the unmanned 70-200 I...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 23rd, 2012, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,993
Ceremony plans
Here's some setups I've used lately. Interested in any feedback/comparisons. Warning: I think this post will be very dry even for people interested in subject matter!
1. Civil service in...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 20th, 2012, 02:27 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,677
Depth of field
Random thought...
Was reading profile of Roger Deakins yesterday in American Cinematographer (not sure which issue; article written this year or last when he got a lifetime achievement award). He...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 20th, 2012, 02:16 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 12,266
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 18th, 2012, 05:36 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 9,025
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 17th, 2012, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,801
What makes you take a shot?
Was chatting with a script supervisor last night who expressed a curiosity about the thinking involved in taking a shot. His example was: he saw a reality TV show where someone did a slider + pull...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 16th, 2012, 09:00 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,313
Re: C100 or stick with XF300 & T3i
Well, if you're happy with your XF300 indoors, you should be happy with a C100 + F/4. Google search claims that XF300 basically gains up to equivalent of ISO250. Does that seem about right? And the...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 16th, 2012, 01:12 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,313
Re: C100 or stick with XF300 & T3i
By the way, for people trying to match C300/C100 to DSLRs, another consideration is that the colours are different (let alone sharpness and dynamic range).
"In most C300 matrices reds tend to skew...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 16th, 2012, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 6,313
Re: C100 or stick with XF300 & T3i
Hey Tim, I think that's an interesting point. Shooting on DSLRs, there's plenty of times when:
-- (a) I don't have quite enough zoom for my taste with a 70-200; but I think the smaller sensor of...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 15th, 2012, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,942
Re: Gender, and bride and groom prep
Hey Noa, I think you're pretty much right. I shot one yesterday where I was barred from the room while my colleague happily got all the shots she wanted. Even later, when the bride was dressed, and I...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 15th, 2012, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,304
Re: Picture profile for Canon DSLRs?
Yeah, I've always been a bit curious why the typically recommended settings are -2 for saturation (along with 0 for sharpness, -4 for contrast).
Sharpness is for the aliasing; contrast is for...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 12th, 2012, 07:13 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,044
Re: Red Giant sale
I think I've managed to talk myself out of spending on this one... until the next sale comes around anyway.
Factors that swayed me were:
1. The fact that there's other methods of desharpening...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 12th, 2012, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,044
Red Giant sale
Ok, so the sale's on for another few hours, and I've already dropped about $600 on software, which, to be honest, is $600 more than I can really afford, particularly at this time of year.
Spent a...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 10th, 2012, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,416
Re: Cutaways during speeches
I've lately been trying to do it with four cameras, but I do tie myself in knots a bit. Almost always have a second shooter to help though.
Cam 1: on speaker. Normally a chest to head midshot,...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 10th, 2012, 12:18 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,416
Cutaways during speeches
Quick question... Not sure if I've asked before... If you're filming reception speeches with two cameras, and using one camera to get reaction shots from whoever's being talked about instead of just...
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 9th, 2012, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 9,025
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Forum: Wedding / Event Videography Techniques
December 8th, 2012, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,942
Gender, and bride and groom prep
You're working in a two-person team, one male and one female videographer. For a particular wedding, you're splitting up in the morning. Is it better for the guy to go to the groom's, and the girl to...
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