Leang

  Well for the record I've been itching to comment on your lighting and shots as a ''DP'' for ''Sick Boy'' and rewind all the irony about ''cinematography.''  Or is it not your fault?  It's your lighting crew and direction huh?  Oh no wait it can't be that it's the post right!?  You're the VFX warrior with no flaw to making a first feature film?  So I'll just leave it at that and not say anything.

  Oh really?  Why don't we shoot a short film competition?  I'll go against your vast years of knowledge as you insult and patronize my work.  please let's have a go at it!  No VFX.  

  thanks for the link.  was an interesting interview.

  in filmmaking there's a process of pre-production, production, and then post.  I assume PI was just completely post and no camera involvement or lighting.  I see.  He wasn't ''there.'' I'm not the one being comedic.     http://www.arri.de/news.html?article=1104&cHash=a4f19e808f381b666b571571fda7a6f4

Lol. This isn't me. It's about some girls complaining about Miranda's work which none of us have control over. I'm pro Miranda. Eat it.

I almost bought the V2 yesterday but instead got the new Sigma 35mm 1.4.  Might wait a little a bit for the V1 for some in-air-frozen stop motion sequences which the burst mode becomes a blessing!  it really is

  I did before, but I like the one I have now!  

  What do you mean by ''made?''

  You might want to intern with a pro gaffer just to understand the importance of lighting and then re-look at Miranda's past on Fincher's films.  Gaffer's are dope.  So now Miranda in his later career takes full seat as a DP and knows how to execute 3D (which he has deserved as we're moving to more digital creative territory) and you complain with no pro set experience with lighting?

  I'm glad most of you think it's all about lighting green screen.  I think most of you should watch the film about 10 times and then revise every shot if you can...  from story boarding to shot sequence to match exposure to framing and then composition and then lastly ''green screen.''  all that aside from match moving and post.  it's cute to think it's all easy but at the end of the day it's the same reason why I thought ''Hugo'' should've won best picture, to see what experienced crews are doing with 3D to home screening.  it's all marketing and 2012 has passed.  non of that is taking account of...so many of you can wonder off to the times of ''Lawrence of Arabia,'' blah blah, but in the real world of filmmaking and the next years to come it is what it is.  the worst thing is to theorize about technique from a non cinema scale when you're not doing it at that scale of production.  let the big dogs complain about it in their field, and in the mean time worry about how you can be successful for yourself.  most of you talk about cinematography as if you're ASC but let's be real...c'mon...let's be real...   if you guys are curious about political comedic cinematography watch Coppola's ''Twixt'' by DP Mihai Malaimare Jr., and then you'll rethink about ''Life of Pi.''  it's blatant cinematography improvised at an amateur level.  don't let purist cinematographers fuel you young generation kats...nor follow the ''Oscars''...   leave Miranda alone.  all this ''chilean born'' propaganda or ''wizard'' look is just a blatant example of American hate or sub textual racism in media as always...

who cares man.  all of you bitching about this... just make your own shit and prove it wrong. gossip girls.

too bad Lucas wasn't sitting in that interview to say, ''yo B I changed 'filmmaking' son, quit hating B.  This ain't the 50's son!''

interesting stuff.  keep up the good work.

50hz flicker reduction?

I had shamefully watched it on a Droid. it actually looks pretty good on a proper full screen.

https://vimeo.com/57786264

  sure you most definitely can.  First off Miranda is already ASC, and as I already mentioned lighting green is extremely challenging and not generic weather report lighting as most think.  The point is not how to light green screen properly, it's who can pull off nice creative lighting for VFX - that's important!  DP's sit in the same room when revising the color grade.  It's not like DP's just randomly shoot a ''correct exposure'' and expect a colorist to make the magic happen.  Ang Lee has his own unique style of directing, and it's not like these directors just walk away and expect post production to be the foundation for any accomplishment.  Ang Lee and Miranda work nicely together.     Sure it was just a boat and some animals...minimal...but far better lit and depth than Clash of the Titans.  Look at the camera work when the Indıan dives into the pool.  It's art!!   the blocking and staging along with camera tracking is hard.  I've done tracking.  It's not easy, and I highly respect the complexity of it.  Argo...generic lit.

I would look closer at the composition of the shots and how you tell a metaphorical tale from shot to shot. Its also not easy to light green consistently, look at the consistent color temperature and shadow detail. and it was not all CG... great film...Ang Lee is one of the best in the game in lens choice too, most DP's know this about him.

  Why don't you try talking about the actual topic.

  aside from general audible theory IT IS A FACT that you get far better results in cleaning audio at 24/96khz, especially with today's noise reduction plugins and applied FX within post.  this is why I mentioned the general benefit of higher hz if you consider optimized audio...and particularly from a Zoom device.  Also audio space is not an inconvenience today.  Maybe it was 7 years ago with the advent of recording multiple channels in a pro environment, but today hard disk space is of no concern especially if you're recording an interview.  lastly one of the main reasons why pro cams don't bother with higher hz from the built in mics is because it would technically record ''more'' (unwanted) internal noise!  It's even harder to understand without pro grade monitors.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyXohnrEXVA   manga, son!

if you plan to do some surgical eq'ing in post to really punch out the voice or general noise correction then record in 24/96.  Those are the real benefits, but tbh the bit range and frequency can only do so much if it's not a high end converter to do serious post work.  with mid range to high end gear 24/96 handles correction better with more headroom in post, and in general recording.  I haven't kept up with web audio wrappers in years, but from what I remember most compressed video for web playback will still generally be 16/44, and you'll most likely publish to that.  always record in WAV

  not only that but they stimulate simulated environments for the youth for easy military recruitment, war gaming and such. and that's easily a sub-minimal justification for the benefits of national security.  and If I'm not mistaken the gaming industry is far bigger than the film industry.  then you've got the ''states'' (in some states) trying to justisfy the right for gun control ownership to hunt game (with Michael Moore slapping faces) and then we wonder why teens or an individual can spray out heads at a Batman opening or at a local school.

  thanks for the link.