short film starring E34

[BennyM]

Last fall I shot a short film in which one of the lead characters steals a 540i and leads the cops on a brief chase through Minneapolis. I'm still working on it, but I'll post when done. That's an extremely wide aspect ratio. What did you shoot it with?

[infurno]

Last fall I shot a short film in which one of the lead characters steals a 540i and leads the cops on a brief chase through Minneapolis. I'm still working on it, but I'll post when done. That's an extremely wide aspect ratio. What did you shoot it with?

I look forward to seeing that. A 540i is a much more interesting car then my m20 powered 525i used in my film. I did manage to get some officers here to work with me, but I didn't have a chase or anything like that.

It was shot in 16:9 wide screen but I was using a 35mm lens adapter I put together myself. After I downloaded the footage I found that the lens was a little messy on the corner and had to crop it even more. It was not intentional, and you can tell that in a lot of the shots the framing was off or not quite right because I never planned to crop it like this..

Im shooting now in HD 2000x800@24p and everything looks much better. As soon as I finish some cosmetic repairs on my e34 in the next week or so I may look into shooting something before this upcoming semester starts.

[BennyM]

Cool! I did notice the incredibly shallow depth of field. Thought it might be film lenses. I used the P+S Technik adaptor a couple times on an HVX. Did you build the redrock micro kit? Or was it something you made up on your own? Tell me more about your adaptor. That sucks about the composition, but maybe you can spin it off as some new aesthetic you're working on.

[infurno]

Cool! I did notice the incredibly shallow depth of field. Thought it might be film lenses. I used the P+S Technik adaptor a couple times on an HVX. Did you build the redrock micro kit? Or was it something you made up on your own? Tell me more about your adaptor. That sucks about the composition, but maybe you can spin it off as some new aesthetic you're working on.

Was only my second film, I was not yet very well equipped. The camera was a panasonic GS150. The adapter was put together from parts I found online. It took quite a lot of time and money and ended up as a failure. I finally decided to go with a commercial solution. I used a 28mm, 50mm, and sometimes a 200mm Minolta lens. I did finally give up and went with a commercial solution. Lately the SGpro has interested me a lot, but I hope that by the end of this year i'll have my hands on a camera with a true 35mm sensor area.

[genphreak]

Was only my second film, I was not yet very well equipped. The camera was a panasonic GS150. The adapter was put together from parts I found online. It took quite a lot of time and money and ended up as a failure. I finally decided to go with a commercial solution. I used a 28mm, 50mm, and sometimes a 200mm Minolta lens. I did finally give up and went with a commercial solution. Lately the SGpro has interested me a lot, but I hope that by the end of this year i'll have my hands on a camera with a true 35mm sensor area.

Exceeeellent work and great subject Perhaps this could become another Ronin one day... Seriosuly dude, throw it on YouTube, a mashup might be the go if you never get around to finsihing it! NICK

[tdgard]

Was only my second film, I was not yet very well equipped. The camera was a panasonic GS150. The adapter was put together from parts I found online. It took quite a lot of time and money and ended up as a failure. I finally decided to go with a commercial solution. I used a 28mm, 50mm, and sometimes a 200mm Minolta lens. I did finally give up and went with a commercial solution. Lately the SGpro has interested me a lot, but I hope that by the end of this year i'll have my hands on a camera with a true 35mm sensor area.

Go get you one of these. www.red.com

[infurno]

Exceeeellent work and great subject Perhaps this could become another Ronin one day... Seriosuly dude, throw it on YouTube, a mashup might be the go if you never get around to finsihing it! NICK

Thanks! The film was finished though. The reason why its not available for public viewing is because it contains a soundtrack under copyright. I don't have my original copy so removing would mean I would have to redo everything including dialog. I would rather reshoot everything instead, something I have been considering actually.

Go get you one of these. www.red.com

Yeah, if I only had $20,000.
im waiting for them to release more information about the red mini which may be a more affordable option.

This is similar to what im using now:

[CharlesAFerg]

Last fall I shot a short film in which one of the lead characters steals a 540i and leads the cops on a brief chase through Minneapolis. I'm still working on it, but I'll post when done. That's an extremely wide aspect ratio. What did you shoot it with?

Guess you won't be filming over the bridge!

[tdgard]

I've been waiting for this for quite awhile. www.kinetta.com There are a couple of Red's cameras running around town now--but film just seems easier so everyone with a hole in their ass dosen't expect to see what's been shot in raw form.

The reason why its not available for public viewing is because it contains a soundtrack under copyright.

That's quite the honorable--and uncommon--attitude especially from someone who is learning and not witnessed the RIAA or a corperation whack someone in the peepee. The TV show I'm currently on simply used a line from a song as dialog & decided--well we cannot edit around this so lets pay them before it airs.

[Atl530i]

That is really cool.