Quite an incredibly told story. Felt almost an emotional connection to Mr. Johnson and his brilliant work. As usual, the cinematography was fantastic and I really loved the color grading. Great mini-documentary Philip.
Thank you for the brilliant window into an artist's life/process. There is no better way to review a tool by actually using it on a project! Amazing vision.
A tribute to your subject and your storytelling skills that I was so into the piece that I didnt pay any attention to the look or quality of the FS5 at all while watching, only on the words and his work. Great film!
What an interesting man. I just love stories like this. I find that working on these types of mini docs really remind me why I love filming. Seeing a masterful cut like this reminds me that I have so much more to add to my own skill set. You're brilliant man.
+Philip Bloom Thank you for inspiring me. I wonder, do you shoot b-roll after interviewing your subject or before? I suppose it depends on time, light and whatnot.
Beautifully done as usual Mr. Bloom! Very keen on trying this camera out and thrilled to see what it captured in your capable hands. Your story telling is also exceptional. Happy New Year from Her Majesty's (former) Colonies. ;)
Beautiful work as usual, Phil. Your storytelling has become so naturally engrossing, I have to watch several times to evaluate the camera and lenses now. :) Interesting to see you dip into Sony lenses with the 16-35. I previously liked photos from that one on their A mount. The design is probably similar, if not the same as their Alpha line Zeiss lenses, as I still don't like their 24-70, much as I didn't on A, heh. Hope to see Sony come out with (or firmware upgrade their way to) something a little more competitive to the C300 II with great 4K in a small body. Preferably with the option of more advanced codecs such as h.265 like the (too amazing for their newness) Samsungs have. Today's massive file sizes are getting the best of me, especially as I almost always have to travel to get footage. Really have to learn a less tedious method of file management. I'm surprised Google hasn't yet cracked the code of storing the larger files in another dimension somewhere. *sigh* :D
Love your work always Philip. Interesting to see you use 16:9 as most of your work is not. Love that he was looking into the camera as well. Great work. Inspiring
I just wanted to say that EVERYONE should go read the blog post he made if you have the time. I've rarely seen blog posts this detailed as Bloom's. There is a lot of good info in it and I found it quite valuable. I'm sure others will too.
That was amazing. I've been looking at this camera and huh.... I'm thinking and thinking and searching and searching. It does look interesting. Thank you for inspiring us with your amazing videos! Cheers from Italy
Loved the video Philip! I would love to see a tutorial on how you graded this, or how you grade with filmconvert. You get such great looks with such depth and feel.
Hi Philip. A great posting as always. Who said this is not a review? A real world result tells me a lot about the FS5. I love this style of doco. It would have been nice to have a tag comment from you to summarise your feelings about the FS5 as a B or even an A camera, to follow up on your introduction.
+Learning Model Railroading I take issue with all black is grey. I wear grey jumpers and they look nothing like the blacks here. It is called faded black, that isn't grey!
I didn't want to know about wood carving and yet I find myself completely gripped! Such nice work. Assuming I grabbed this camera straight out of the box with the kit lens, would this be suitable for run & gun. I appreciate this is not a camcorder but does it have the focus capability to track a subject in a 'walk and talk' shot without a ton of extra kit attached. Portability is key for me but the idea of the large sensor without the limitations of SLR is wonderful.
very nice Philip - I just bought an FS5 with the surprising nice 18-105 f4 Sony glass. Love it. Which Mic did you use on the cam? Is the short Sony MS2 worth working with?
Hi philip. i just finished my studies in film and tv and i'm planning to start making documentaries and freelance photography too. can u suggest me any good camera for both. i was using canon 60D before.
I have a feeling Philip could take the humblest of filming gear and make something beautiful with it. So, putting a camera in Philip's hands and just watching what he does with it is almost unfair. Put the gear in MY hands, and see if I can make something decent out of it. That's the real test.
Wow just wow... So beautiful every picture on the video. Its so crisp. How did you import this quality of video into youtube? keep up the beautiful work too!!
I was looking at the work of Griffin Hammond shooting documentary. He said he will typically shoot 8 hrs of B roll for a 5 min documentary...Seems excessive to me...How much B roll did you shoot for the Wood Carver ? (Griffin's work was good - but 8 hrs seems excessive)
Looks good Philip. Always a joy to watch. Can i ask one quick question? Is the fs5 worth the money? I picked up the c100mkii instead and need slight reassurance that it wasn't the completely wrong choice! Hold me...
+Philip Bloom Thanks for the reply Philip.Great read. I think it answered my question.... While the fs5 is a great camera.... Im glad I stuck with the Canon. Im trying to chill now the fact you got back to me on youtube haha. Your a camera celebrity!
Really awesome Philip!!! Great narrative and awesome takes! I should put this camera as future acquisition... Just one thing: what happened in 3:42? A defective codec during the capture or in the edition? Thank you for sharing!
Mr Bloom, I noticed something jittery in around 3:40-3:42 time in the video. Is that from the camera or something that corrupted while post-production. Just wondering. This is an amazing documentary. I'm enjoying almost every scene in this.! I wish I will be like you one day.
I explain in intro partially (interview) and in blog post I linked in first line of description of you want proper in depth thoughts about films. High frame rate is also just HD
