Dude ... Okay... So I'm going through a thing right now where I'm struggling to just go out and shoot something. When you said "are you? Are you shooting a movie Jesse?" That made me audibly gasp because my name is Jesse. You literally reached through the screen and grabbed me by the face.
I subbed as soon as you said “jealous rage” 😂. Ive been trying to understand my view on creating and why I despise terms like “cinematic” but you have explained it so well. Thanks for the video
Loved all of these! Very helpful and it just reminded me to not always stick to the books. I've been meaning to build up a heavier rig for my camera as well and this will definitely push me to do that for that better handheld feel. Thank you! Also a big fan of Not Just Bikes! :D
Came from a film scanning video and now I’m watching you build a synth case with a hobby cnc. I think you are an upgraded version of me. I am looking forward to being your protege via RU-vid.
This reminded me of the very great, educational video from Technology Connections a year ago, about this exact thing -- the standardized headlight in the USA: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c2J91UG6Fn8.htmlsi=W9FTVZfFiwBiDbnS Great short! I just got recommended a video of yours a few days ago and have been truly enjoying your longer videos
I have to admit. I cut to the beat a lot, so this tip hurts a bit, I'm not gonna lie. But I also realise that my videos are different, even though my inspiration is in film, not gaming. Maybe I can get away with cutting to the beat because of my less hectic editing style, but I also run the risk of trailerfying my videos. Either way, great video and tips. Something to think about.
Thanks! Yeah just something to think about and be conscious of. Generally I’m speaking from a narrative film perspective, but I do like your term “trailerifying” I’ll steal that :)… not everything has to be hype all the time. It’s not my vibe generally.
I’m a VFX artist for a living and my only rationale for wanting something shot 12k is for retention of detail in blue/green screen VFX plates and latitude for reframing in post.
That's what seems to be coming through. I've also heard vfx folks arguing that 12k is even a bit much to wrangle sometimes... but I have NO clue. Not my world, but would love to integrate more VFX into my work.
Man. I’ve never not been sick of young men who claim to be “filmmakers.” I went to film school and I’ll be honest, it wasn’t all that great. What it did teach me is that there is a huge difference in actual filmmaking and content creation. Peter McKinnon and the whole lot have really fucked it for us. Orange and teal, cool transitions, speed ramping and drone footage creates this sense of pseudo emotional and quite vapid content. Cameras are getting so good, that it’s relatively easy to get a pretty shot but without the proper attention to detail, that’s all it is.
I also wish that film producers would stop with the weird LUTs. Like dirty green or teal and orange. Colour theory is not an aesthetic, or an explanation, or a reason. Let the light do the talking. At least black and white is immune from LUT syphilis. Music has become pollution. Selective focus has become a thoughtless parody. 'Full frame' has become an obsession for people who either don't watch movies, or for people who pretend to understand optics. This video is an enema that was needed years ago. Thanks!
Number 5... You described exactly my situation, writer, now director, working on the script of my first movie... And wasting a lot of time learning about all the equipment I need to buy right now... but I won't be shooting for months, and probably a lot of people with equipment will help, ha! Man, you nailed it with your advice, thanks.
This video is why I use to love RU-vid so much. It was so well written, the opinions felt genuine. I felt like it was made for the love of creating and not to fulfill a sponsored post. Thank you for the refreshing video.
This was a great video. Found you yesterday. Every video I’ve seen from you has been great. This channel and your approach and personality are refreshing. Keep it up! We need this!
Hey! Just responding to your request for specialty cases about 12K, LTT uses it to be able to pull closeup inserts from the A roll, and I have honestly done this but without the 12K (because $$). I like the style and I think it would be worth it to have those punch ins be high rez, LTT gets really good results with it. So there’s a specialty case for 12K, specifically for people who aren’t concerned with filming separate B roll. I of course film separate B roll all the time, but it would be nice to have that resolution when the “punched in RU-vid insert look” is what I want. Some might say “then it should be low rez for realism”, but that’s why I like the high rez, because it kind of does to the video what Peter McKinnon (and a few priors) did to vlogging; take a thing like that’s not supposed to look good and make it look good, and it makes it something new! Forcing low quality to look amazing is a type of art in some cases. I have a couple of times either reframed an A or B roll shot and gotten gold, literally by doing what you’re not supposed to do (which is the basis of many great innovations in filmmaking)
