Jay Rose Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 It would do my heart good to know you told him exactly that. Sorry, John's heart. These days I try to be calm and gentlemanly (gentleperson-ly?) in all my interactions, both online and live. It's a way of making up for all my years of being a bastard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Immoral Mr Teas Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 I'm working on a film shot in the absolute style of a spaghetti western. (No sound was recorded on set) We are doing ADR and foley for the the entire film. Make sure you don't accidentally end up with a Hong Kong triad drama ... or a Kinder Egg advert ... or ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Riggs Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Shooting without even reference sound is totally foolhardy in every way, in my opinion. I can't imagine a stupider way to shoot a movie today. Agreed...what dolts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Rose Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Shooting any kind of dialog video without ref audio makes as much sense as shooting film without an exposure meter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Jay Rose: " an exposure meter. " huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Rose Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Senator, would you prefer "light meter"? These were arcane devices that helped judge how appropriate the level of light reflected from an object was for the sensitivity of the film being used. ("Film" was this arcane substance that reacted to light by making chemical changes, that could be then resolved into changes in its transparency.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Dr. Rose explains: " arcane devices that helped judge how appropriate the level of light reflected from an object was for the sensitivity of the film being used." obsolete.... not needed to make movies anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Steigerwald Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Dr. Rose explains: " arcane devices that helped judge how appropriate the level of light reflected from an object was for the sensitivity of the film being used." obsolete.... not needed to make movies anymore... Especially not needed if you have a Red. It has 4K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Dr. Rose explains: " arcane devices that helped judge how appropriate the level of light reflected from an object was for the sensitivity of the film being used." obsolete.... not needed to make movies anymore... Actually, I have seen some old-school DPs still use light meters on modern sets with digital cameras. I think you can make a good point that light meters, histograms and RGB parade waveform scopes all provide different looks at exposure, each telling you different things. You can use them but I think there's a whole generation of new filmmakers who doesn't understand why or how to use meters, so they just go by eye. My response is: good luck if the monitor is lying to you. The meter does not lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Senator, would you prefer "light meter"? These were arcane devices that helped judge how appropriate the level of light reflected from an object was for the sensitivity of the film being used. ... An incident meter is frequently used. It measures the light falling onto a subject rather than that reflected off of it. The use of both is not uncommon either, often with a spot meter measuring the reflected light in selected areas. An incident meter is that thing that has a hemispheric dome that looks like half of a ping pong ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Rose Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 incident meter is frequently used... I thought about that when I wrote the post. And then realized that even when you're using an incident meter, what's going to expose the film is the (properly measured) light that's reflecting off the subject and background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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