Russell Anway Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Hello, There are far too many tests shot with our anamorphics and far too little work! And in that spirit I shot a couple narrative bits with my Lomos in the last couple weeks. I shot this with my 35mm and 80mm Mostly with the 35mm. The 35mm is an OCT 18 so I also mounted it with a 24mm and a 50mm at times. Opening shot is 24mm, shots on suspension bridge are 50mm. Shot on a gh1 (frowny face) and had an arri 650. I also wrote it and directed it. First time I've done an ad like this or shot something significant with these lenses. I used Schneider 4x4 ND's, a tiffen polarizer, and a tiffen +1.5 diopter (closeups to throw that background out of focus). It's an ad for a new app coming out Saturday. It uses iPhone gps data, and other ambient factors like time/temp to access original artistic content. So it's a bit like a gallery/scavenger hunt on your phone. Only available in Minneapolis to at launch. I also recently shot a short I will hopefully post here when I make sure it won't cause any problems with upcoming festival commitments. Thanks and let me know what you think! yannis.zach, Chris Elkerton and nahua 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Elkerton Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 I totally agree Russell, thanks for sharing! Great work! Nice use of anamorphic, you really captured a lot of what we love about theses lenses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertonesx24 Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Great job and congratulations; it's always a challenge using anamorphics for real work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell Anway Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 Thanks! They are a it of a bear to work with. The flip side however is that you really have to plan in advance. This was shot in three shoots. I had 45 minutes in the dance studio, three hours in the park, and three hours in the music studio including lighting time. It was tight but since I boarded it up in advance it wasn't hectic. I even knew which shots would need which filters before we shot a frame. The biggest thing was only changing lenses once per location since it's so time consuming. It was definitely more work, but if I'd been shooting some spherical zooms I don't think I would have felt the need to put as much work into my pre-production. And I think the final would have suffered. Also, a good friend of mine who is a musician did original music for it. He's better than good and played on a track on the Walter Mitty soundtrack last year. So that helps :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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