So i found and watched three movies shot in Super16mm film: "Black Swan" , "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop"

To my eyes the less resolution compared to 35mm film and also compared to digital cameras was not bad. Contrariwise it was very pleasant and very cinematic feeling. When i got immersed in the history the image texture made me feel a real cinema sensation, much more verisimilitute and likelihood to real life, to be the reality filmed instead of a fiction.

Also the directors does not worry so much with shoulder held camera shake, dynamic range, perfect focus, perfect exposure, perfect light, film grain. And this slight amateur feeling is also more close to real life being filmed. Also less shallow dof made possible to perceive where the characters was and it was better than isolate the person from the background with a very shallow dof.

When I compared these films versus "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" which was filmed in Super35 with 4k digital intermediate and more tripod shots, and also more professional mise-en-scene, my feelings was less real life and more fiction, something prepared to be filmed, something written to be filmed instead of real life being filmed.

So, my conclusion is: for storytelling there are lots of things much more important than the things that filmmakers are hungry for nowadays in terms of equipment and aesthetics...

So there is an interesting challenge for the digital era: how to recriate this aesthetics without using film, just with digital cameras and digital post production, to keep things more simple, safe and cheaper compared to film ?

Interesting article about Super16: https://infocusfilmschool.com/the-reemergence-of-super-16mm-%C2%AD-aesthetics-and-practicality/

Over YouTube, portrait still not that popular, and i hope it will be more popular like still portrait.

All videos shot with Lumix GH5 / GH5s

This is my showreel of portrait video

POV style

They shot in high speed, about 100 - 180 fps, everything looks better in slowmotion

So far I did no color grading - just plain cut with Edius.

Any feedback appreciated.

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Preferable photo size - up to 800x800.

Maximum photo size -1920x1080.

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The first in a series of brand new ‘Future Cities' documentaries takes us inside Shenzhen, looking at how and why the city has evolved so rapidly. We examine the unique manufacturing eco-system that has emerged, gaining access to the world’s leading hardware prototyping culture whilst challenging misconceptions from the west. The film asks what the rest of the world can learn from the so-called ‘Silicon Valley of hardware’, and questions what may be next for Shenzhen itself.

TRAILER

Full Film: in 4 parts or Complete 1:07 hr

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPoleY2BUvKc3kvmYOrjJsmRdho1qBDlR

If anybody wants to collab or got any work for me just give me an email at dedixon@live.com I'm down for whatever

Good viewing Phab

https://www.magiclantern.blog/2020/01/12/video-noise-and-the-origins-of-our-universe/

I am putting preproduction material on this folder, if anyone is curious (script and shotlist are probably the two things worth looking at)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gY6TJ_n-w6r7U6zdG37RFiSdmDB0US86

And I have started shooting. No colour grade is final. I'll be putting tests, half baked cuts and other stuff here.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeJnFMD7dOIYKobB-vrT-3ESo00wI4Bjv

Feedback is welcome. Also, I have a Dell UP2516D and an iDisplay Pro. The contrast after I calibrate is crazy, which in the past has led me to grading with too low a contrast. I have looked at the video with sound on my phone and it is still pretty intense, but then I look on a different monitor (which I know is rubbish) and there's almost no contrast.

How do people go about this incredible inconsistency between people's screens? What is the target?

Some time back, we had this idea on doing a short showing what our overpopulated and aging world could look like in 2050. Back then, we had no idea how realistic it would become in such a short time.

Genre: Sci-fi I Thriller Duration: 2 Min. 33 Sec.

Thanks so much for your time!