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#1
Hi guys,
This is the CGI artwork I've done couple of days ago. I used Magic Lantern to integrate and match the real scene with 3d rendering.
You can see the breakdown and making of here: http://renderstory.com/creepy-still-life/





Cheers!
#2
looks like film! brilliant work, man!
#3
Share Your Videos / Re: Endless Gravity // ML RAW
June 09, 2015, 07:44:39 PM
OMG! It is absolutely stunning!
#4
Hey guys,
Check out the modded Helios 44-2 lens. It matches a true anamorphic lens. I provide a diagram of the mod along with lens comparisons and yet another ML music cover video which was shot with the anamorphic lenses along with the modded Helios 44-2
http://renderstory.com/the-anamorphic-format/
#5
Share Your Videos / Another anamorphic music video
June 04, 2015, 01:03:46 PM
Hey guys,
Hope you are doing well. I've shot another anamorphic video, this time it is a cover music video. I've shot it on ML raw with anamorphic lenses and the modded anamoprhic style spherical lens, which I modded by my self.
here is the video
https://vimeo.com/126679682
If you are interested in how I modded the lens to make it match the true anamorphic lenses please check my post here. There you'll find a mod diagram and interesting lens comparisons of true Isco anamorphic vs Modded retro Helios 44-2 lens
http://renderstory.com/the-anamorphic-format/
Hope you'll like it. Feedback is welcome!
#6
wow! so much work.
#7
Ciao! E bello! Complimenti!
Hi Mario. I think the footage is beautiful though I feel like the edit is little bit slow, I wish there were more close ups of the actor faces. The installation with the table looks interesting however it is always on the background. Putting more locations would make the video even more interesting. I see you had a crain on the shoot, did you?
#8
Share Your Videos / Re: The night bus // ML RAW
April 02, 2015, 04:51:58 AM
Hehe nice. If there was narrative it would look like a movie.
#9
looks like 35mm film. I think Canon ML gives the best picture quality among its competitors. Most of the shots are out of focus though.
#10
Share Your Videos / Re: Severe storm over Sydney
March 04, 2015, 05:34:45 PM
Looks impressive.  I wish it was a colored video.
#11
Very good lighting and footage. Looks beautiful!
#12
Hi! It is beautiful. Is it a swimming pool? How did you manage to keep the environment background dark?Tell us more about underwater shooting.
#13
Feature Requests / Re: timecode in MLVDUMP
December 04, 2014, 04:50:34 PM
Wow thanks
#14
Shoot Preparation / Re: Help Please !! New To ML
December 04, 2014, 04:47:58 PM
Hi! Always check if u write data to the correct card. When I reboot my 5d sometimes it starts to write to the smaller card not the CF 1000x one. Set the the primary card to the CF and if it is a fast, you good to go!
#15
Feature Requests / Re: timecode in MLVDUMP
December 04, 2014, 12:09:05 PM
Hi, chmee! Could you please explain me what you mean? Are you saying that it is already possible to add TC in mlv?
#16
Feature Requests / timecode in MLVDUMP
December 04, 2014, 09:24:58 AM
Hi! I know its not possible to add TC while recording. But what if generic TC could be added to dng files while converting Mlv files? TC would make possible offline editing and online conforming and grading. Are there any ideas?
#17
Share Your Videos / Re: 4k anamorphic raw music video
December 04, 2014, 08:17:50 AM
Hi, rainless. Thank you. If you read my first post carefully you'll find all the info about anamorphic workflow. There isn't much to add. Anamorphic shooting is the very old and cheap way to compress more information into the sensor or a film frame.
#18
Share Your Videos / Re: 4k anamorphic raw music video
December 03, 2014, 03:48:42 AM
Hi, thank you again for kind words :) actually it is not my philosophy...it is how the every normal production works. There are also costume design and set dressing  which are very important aspects of the good image and storytellig. It is not all about camera and grading, those are very secondary things.
#19
Share Your Videos / Re: 4k anamorphic raw music video
December 02, 2014, 02:52:37 PM
Ciao! Non sono italiano, ma amo Italia non meno di italiani )
As I wrote in the first post I shot the music video for my sister. Her look implies that there is a probability that I'am not italian as well ))))
#21
Beautiful!  The music is so touching. Great colors and mood.
#22
Share Your Videos / Re: 4k anamorphic raw music video
December 01, 2014, 04:45:57 AM
Thanks!
I lived on Monte Nero street in Milano. Beautiful area :) The guy on the video is from Chiesa di Valmalenco.
#23
Share Your Videos / Re: 4k anamorphic raw music video
November 30, 2014, 04:54:27 PM
I started with BMDfilm gamma. For some reason the original footage was heavily underexposed, even though on canon display it looked correct. I set the gamma to BMDfilm than I worked on the exposure and a temperature. The locations had very contrasty lighting and the difference between shadow and light was arround 5 to 6 stops, if I did not accedently underexpose prolly I would burn the highlights. I strongly believe that the raw 5d has us much latitude as red epic. If ML were more stable I would prefer 5d to our studio's Red Epic. I tried to use different luts that the studio used for film printing but they did not work as I expected so I developed the look my self. I found this tutorial which is  in my opinion is one of the best non technical tutorials about looks and coloring in resolve http://vimeo.com/65617394  While this tutorial only covers one particular mainstream look I tried to follow it when I was grading interier scenes.  But I have to worn you that the aprouch shown in the tutorial works only in certain locations and lighting conditions, that is why location scouting is very important. It took a lot of traveling before we found the  location that matched the intended color scheme. So the first and most important grading pass happened outside of Resolve actually... first it was a make up which set the skin tonality and brightness than it was finding the right location, the location had it's own color palette which strongly  effected the final image than it was the color and the quality of the light. Unlike the author of the tutorial above  I avoided using masks, key mattes and secondary corrections as I wanted to keep everything simple and fast. Hope it was useful.
#24
Hi. What is the goal of the compitition? The abandoned places have a certain fill and nastalgy. Recently I have shot music video in the abandoned building which is left since USSR times. I wish you showed more of the abandondoned stuff and kept narrating while showing the environments and your self exploring em.Good luck man!
#25
Share Your Videos / Re: 4k anamorphic raw music video
November 30, 2014, 06:57:55 AM
Thanks, Mothaibaphoto. I appreciate it.