jasonmillard81 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Greetings!This is of my uncle's excellent blues band on Long Island NY.The first clip of the female singer is the Rokinon 85mm 1.4 and the second clip/song is the Canon 50mm 1.8 (which has considerably less noise) and these are my only two lenses I need to think about a 24-70, 70-200 or other primes. I believe I used AWB for both. It is apparent I need to buy a monopod since my handheld was shaky and no IS for either video.I'm looking for general impressions/feedback. If you have advice on how to improve the quality/sharpness of the video with less noise as well (lens suggestions/settings). Also, any advice on contrast/coloring and what program you use. I used FCPx to do this. I know that AE has a sharpening tool that may have helped and I'm sure it may have a denoiser for that second clip but still new.Thanks! http://youtu.be/yAxFcBCIc9E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count_schemula Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 I mean to be constructive here... it's not much better than video off a cell phone. First, get a second video camera and stick it on a tripod somewhere getting a clean clear wide shot of the entire band - in focus. Have a friend stand there and watch it if you are worried about it getting stolen or drinks spilled on it. Now you at least have a shot - always. Second, get aggressive with the 5D Mark III shots. Move yourself physically to get good angles, close ups, compositions, rack focus effects, etc. Squat, lay down, move around. Embarrass yourself slightly. You are part of the camera. It's an extension of you. Either learn to get focus by 5x or 10x zooming on the built-in screen or get a top mounted field monitor to help you get focus. Maybe a monopod, but even an aluminum tripod that is light enough to move around easily enough could work. Work hard and work fast. The camera on the tripod is the stable boring A camera shot. You are the fun varied B camera stuff with the close-ups of the band. I assume you know the music enough to know when you want to be on guitar, bass, drum, keyboard and singer. Now you are in business. Lay down your A cam footage as the base, and come in over that with the choice parts of your work with the 5D Mark III. Quick example: at 2:05, the shot lacks interesting composition. There are some drums in the background, sort of. The guitarist is the feature but he's not isolated enough either by not being in close enough or by knocking the background out of focus. Get in there on his hands. The whole reason to use (suffer?) a DSLR is to get those creamy DoF blurs that pop your object off the background. Will the band let you on stage? Imagine that shot if you were on stage near that microphone. Getting nice close ups of the guitar hands at work with blurry drums in the background and less bar wall. At 6:23 I am supposed to be all into this guitar solo, but there is 3 times as much shirt in the picture. Simplify. It's the blues. You could get away with just working the singer 80% of the time and guitar/keyboard solos the other 20%. On a FF camera you don't quite have the reach with those lenses, so, ideally they will let you on stage to get closer. Maybe even sell the 5D Mark III and buy a much cheaper camera and some better lenses (the 70-200 f2.8 is fantastic - both IS and non-IS) . No real point in owning a great camera until you figure out how to shoot and have some glass to help you pull it off. A GH3 would have a 2x crop factor or a crop sensor Canon will give you a 1.6 crop factor. When I go to the race track, I still plan on shooting a lot with my T2i since it sort of gives my 70-200 lens the reach of a 360mm lens. random pics I found on google: http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-new/ehow/images/a04/u2/2v/tips-writing-guitar-solos-800x800.jpg http://www.myguitarsolo.com/new/sites/default/files/BB-King-photo.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1-o9amjq8IE/UQFK8355SUI/AAAAAAAAFjg/TimzWiCgkzg/s1600/slash-gal-guitar.jpg http://cdn.cnwimg.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/singer.jpg http://www.firsthdwallpapers.com/uploads/2013/05/Avril_Lavigne_Singer.jpg http://www.tradearabia.com/source/2013/04/21/singer.jpg It's your first video, and there is no better teacher than doing, so, that's great. Keep shooting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonmillard81 Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 AWESOME feedback. I really appreciate it. If I could sum up your major points it would be (correct me if I missed some major issues): 1. Better composition 2. Better focusing 3. Longer focal lengths to get creamy DOF (purpose of DSLR) 4. Vary shots based on music Any suggestions regarding post production? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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