Films | Illustrations | Music | by Clifton Stommel and Brigitte Roka ___________________
Award winning cinematographer, colorist and entrepreneur Clifton Stommel has joined forces with world class illustrator, concept artist and musician Brigitte Roka to pilot the Star Sieve. Together we bring you into our expansive universe, and along the way we'll show you how we make our projects come to life!
I've watched a ton of lighting gear reviews in the last day and I've noticed that nobody actual attempts to demonstrate how the light could be used to artistic effect. Does anyone actually care that it has .01% brightness increments? Has a film ever won an award for "most accurate lighting"?
This deserves way more views. A solid science fiction film. The plot was simple but well crafted. The lead role had no dialogue. It was entirely a physical role and impressively performed. The character was convincing at every step. The direction to inform that performance was clearly excellent. The vistas were cinematic as was the score. I know I'm a few years late but still ... this is a high calibre piece of work, congrats to all involved! 👏🏻😊
Im glad you mentioned foley in there somewhere as I've been trying to look for best mics for foley and SFX work but videos are so hard to come by, sure they show you how to record foley but they don't give you that main ingredient and that's the mics used. Great video.
I agree with you on a lot of points and great video. But just wanted to flag your praise of Deity delivering this in a pelican. While its nice, I think in our world of excess packaging waste I think the pelican cases are total overkill for a mic like this, a mic is relatively cheap and tough and can live in an audio bag or on the camera setup in a Dr bag or stuffed anywhere where it will fit really. If every manufacturer for small things like mic's made a hard plastic cases most would get thrown out as it would be impractical to travel with a hard travel case for several camera accessories. If someone needs a hard pelican case they should buy one specific to all their needs. Just my 2cents.
Yeah, I can see that. Though I generally consolidate multiple items to a single pelican or pelican-like case; and any excess cases I have *plenty* of use for (cable organization, lens filters, adapters, etc) so I always appreciate an extra halfway-decent hard case I will actually use to protect something, even if it's something else than what came in it. The massive chunks of Styrofoam packaging can be really frustrating and wasteful, in my opinion. But a thing that comes in a pelican type case, you can always count that as a huge win for me! Massively reusable and repurpose-able over Styrofoam and cardboard.
Thank you so much Peter! Hope to see you again at future events. In the meantime we’ll be posting more art / process vids and cool projects that we’re working on!
Good eye! It is indeed a bleak future where we've lost access to a great many digital triumphs. Time has not been kind to hardware, and slick UI is a luxury the dwindling system resources cannot afford.
LOVE that design for the expanding protective pod ... An incredible concept, and perfect for protection on harsh planets when the need arises to tuck yourself away and stay cozy and safe until the danger passes ...
Thank you! It was truly a labor of love developing and filming that nifty little piece of tech. Didier and the manufacturing team really went above and beyond putting together the prop, the prototype, the miniature, and the expanded interior set piece!
Okay, lots of facts around the story are missing - and this exactly makes the short so incredibly good. Just concentrate on the core, the missing details just have to form the setting for the story. Incredible good film. ❤
Watching your nails grow is literally more exiting than this. It's just one endless, boring, long shot, followed by another. Taking some time to "build atmosphere" in like a two hour movie is fine. Making a short movie with nothing BUT long shots, is honestly not just lazy, but kinda taking the piss. I want my money back.
Bro this is a great video with such valuable info. I wonder if the it works the same with the new Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6k Full Frame. I would be great if you could do the same test with it.
Finally! Anew video. I was waiting for this moment for a long time. What happened to your audio? It sound's better than in your gear talks but the noise in the background is annoying. Also your shirt is the same color and shade as the background. A bit more contrast would serve you better. Do you plan doing some more short films and videos centered around theme? I'm glad you're back.
WOW! This film was that of blockbuster quality. Original ideas and storyline. Would love to see a full film made out if this. Absolute perfection of a film.
Hey Clifton, Doug Wolf here. (ex Digital Domain and Dreamworks VFX dude). Congrats on the new endeavor! I am actually starting my own small film studio and I think we don't live that far apart from each other here in LA. If you would like to chat about possibly working together/helping out in some capacity in the near future, let me know.
Hey Doug! Thank you so much! We just got back last night from exhibiting at an event in Barcelona. We'd love to meet up and talk shop soon! Let's line up a lunch or drinks. 😁
Hey again, @dougfranckwolf ! If you could reach out to us via the Starsieve.com website (the email is info@ ) or you can message us on Instagram at @starsieve, we can line something up!
This was amazing, what a wild ride! The story, effects, music, acting, everything was insanely well done I can't believe it was done by an indie studio, I can't wait to see what else you cook up
In documentary work, as available light is failing, I'll often stay at 1250 (which is "pulled down" from 3200, in the case of the Pocket 4K) and just ride a variable ND filter; reducing the level of density as we lose available light. At a certain point, it is inevitable that the director and/or producer on these sorts of projects (shooting in remote locations with only available light) wind up trying to shoot until total darkness. As long as they are fine with a certain level of pixel noise, I'll ride the iso as high as 3200. But once that's dark, I generally call it a night. Unless they want the film to look like Skinamarink 😜 But yeah, oh the URSA Mini, I never use 3200
Hey Clifton, small time RU-vidr here. I'd love to know how multiple of these MT Pros play with each other. Like can the pixel chase effect run between multiple lights? Can you set 3 to create a larger fire or police light effect that works in tandem. Great vid btw.
You have unlocked a hidden feature and opened up our eyes to something totally conunterintuitive. Many thanks for the video. When you shoot outdoors, in order not to crush/clip highlights, have you used a ND filter, The ones built-in or circular ones?
Thank you! I'm glad the info and examples were helpful! Yeah, when I shoot outdoors I'll work with an ND filter; if there is an internal ND, I'll tend to stick with that otherwise I'll use an external ND filter. This is more to allow me to keep the shutter angle/speed and the aperture where I want them to be (for aesthetic reasons) than to keep from crushing shadows or clipping highlights. That's more of a dynamic range concern, which is what the higher-ISO-in-daylight trick helps to offset. It's also worth noting that if you're using an external ND filter you'll want one that specifies that it is a "hot mirror" or has "IR-cut" in order to stop infrared light from polluting your image (which shows up as blacks - especially black clothing - turning a sort of muddy reddish brown).
@@starsieve Thanks again for your prompt reply and helpful comment. Yes, I have watched many videos recommending the IR-Cut filter when using ND filter. I’m planning to buy Bmpcc 6k pro for real estate videography, your method will help me preserving true colors even though I’ll be shooting during daylight. I look forward to watching more videos on the same camera. Best of luck, Clifton 👍 Edit: Bmpcc 6k native iso are 400 and 3200, I thought you were using that camera. Anyway, same idea applies to it.
