nice, it worked....
ok, moving on -
definitely get a good tripod. i know, they are a bitch to carry around but if your going to make the effort to make this movie, it worth it to make your stuff look good. make sure you get a fluid head not a friction head because its hard to do smooth moves with a friction head, especially when you are at the extreme end of your zoom. i was able to get down to 7 pounds with the bogen carbon fiber 3433 sticks and the bogen 501 head. it was about $400 from b&H in new york. try to go as light as you can without sacrificing quality, take it from me, it really sucks to haul a 13 pound sachtler all over the backcountry.
as for exposure, definitely use manual. you will have to shoot some tests to see what works with your camera and the telecine you will be using to find out what works best. because its so bright out, your in camera meter will probably underexpose by at least one stop, so you will need to open up a stop when shooting. i would suggest shooting a test in the snow. just shoot your buddy riding towards you or something in a front lit shot with the sun at your back. shoot the same type of shot starting with what the camera tells you and then shoot up to 3 stops over in 1/2 stop increments with a slate at the head of each shot showing you what you aperture is set at, you can use a dry erase board for this. this way, you can telecine the test roll and look to see what is best. i would strongly suggest doing this before you start your project. i found out that i had to actually shoot snowy, front lit scenes 2.5 stops over exposed to nail a good exposure when going to telecine on a phillips spirit, or shadow, (SORRY BASSTRUC, I CAN´T REMEMBER!!), ANYWAY, this will save you alot of headaches before you start.
i also found that it was nice to put the camera in a chest pak to carry it around. since this cameras are so small and light, you can keep from having to tear into your back pack every time you want to grab a shot. i found that a water hydration bladder back pack like a camelback worked nicely. they are already padded pretty well to protect the bladder. i found a basic one made by kelty, ripped out the bladder, cut off the shoulder straps and had some stiff foam put into the inside of it to form a bit more of a boxy structure. then i had 4 d rings sewn onto the sides of it and bought a simple harness that goes over your shoulders and around your waist to snap into the d rings. its a perfect chest pack that is nice and secure. you can find the harness at camera shops. its the kind to hold a 35mm camera pack to your chest. i also found that having some of the weight on the front of your body instead of all of it on your back made riding a lot more balanced too.
as for telecine, go with the highest quality you can afford. all this time and effort and then compromise in the end? not an option as far as i´m concerned. whether you can afford to go with full on scene to scene color corrected telecine or go with a more economical option like one of rogers work printers, do the best you can, its worth it in the end. maybe contact roger at movie stuff and speak with him about his new sniper system. this might be a good middle ground between cost and image quality. he´s a good guy and very knowledgable for sure.
ok, thats all i´ve got for you. let me know if you have any other questions and good luck!
eric
frontside productions
portland, oregon
Filming full lenght snowboard movie on super8.
Moderator: Andreas Wideroe
hey ian
hey ian,
well we pretty much dodged a bullet down here. when we showed up to las lenas on august 28th, they had not had any snow since july 8th. it was full on dust bowl, and shorts/flops were the call because it was so warm. we got one of the bigger storms three days later and after two days of snow, it cleared up, got cold, no wind and it was absolutely blower for the next 5 days. i was running around like crazy to get as many shots as i could. luckily, with 8 rolls shot, i think i´ve got enough for a south american section to this film. we´ve been south in bariloche for the past few days getting scenics and lifestyle stuff and now we´re headed up to mendoza to finish the trip, and check out some wine, which is really good and really cheap down here.
anyway, overall the season from what we heard was pretty harsh. all the locals seemed to be stoked though. apparently las lenas only gets a few storms a year and the wind just blows the pow around. it did this again after the storm and strangely enough, it works...
yeah, i´m behind schedule on this because of the trip but i´ll be in the edit for all of october and hopefully be done by the first week of november. i need to get it done before the snow flies so i can get it to the arc´teryx folks for their use since they are the presenting sponsor of the whole thing. we´re talking about a combined photo/film tour around the rockies and b.c. where we´ll show it and use the profits to donate to the local avalanche centers for each region. all the stills from the locations will be there for display too. we´ll see what happens, but if we put it together, we´ll certainly be coming through, whistler or pemby, and revelstoke, nelson, etc. i´ll post something to this forum when i´m done with the moive along with any tour info. yup, i´ll have copies for sale for anyone interested. we´ll see how many folks like a movie with NO RAILSLIDES, NO CHEESE WEDGE BOOTERS, NO JIBS, ETC. i don´t think i can even remember a spin of any kind in the airs that were shot. its pretty much classic freeride, pow, and steeps. definitely not catering to the mass market as it sits right now.... i´ll keep you posted.
well we pretty much dodged a bullet down here. when we showed up to las lenas on august 28th, they had not had any snow since july 8th. it was full on dust bowl, and shorts/flops were the call because it was so warm. we got one of the bigger storms three days later and after two days of snow, it cleared up, got cold, no wind and it was absolutely blower for the next 5 days. i was running around like crazy to get as many shots as i could. luckily, with 8 rolls shot, i think i´ve got enough for a south american section to this film. we´ve been south in bariloche for the past few days getting scenics and lifestyle stuff and now we´re headed up to mendoza to finish the trip, and check out some wine, which is really good and really cheap down here.
anyway, overall the season from what we heard was pretty harsh. all the locals seemed to be stoked though. apparently las lenas only gets a few storms a year and the wind just blows the pow around. it did this again after the storm and strangely enough, it works...
yeah, i´m behind schedule on this because of the trip but i´ll be in the edit for all of october and hopefully be done by the first week of november. i need to get it done before the snow flies so i can get it to the arc´teryx folks for their use since they are the presenting sponsor of the whole thing. we´re talking about a combined photo/film tour around the rockies and b.c. where we´ll show it and use the profits to donate to the local avalanche centers for each region. all the stills from the locations will be there for display too. we´ll see what happens, but if we put it together, we´ll certainly be coming through, whistler or pemby, and revelstoke, nelson, etc. i´ll post something to this forum when i´m done with the moive along with any tour info. yup, i´ll have copies for sale for anyone interested. we´ll see how many folks like a movie with NO RAILSLIDES, NO CHEESE WEDGE BOOTERS, NO JIBS, ETC. i don´t think i can even remember a spin of any kind in the airs that were shot. its pretty much classic freeride, pow, and steeps. definitely not catering to the mass market as it sits right now.... i´ll keep you posted.