Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Re: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: Making up zooms in post WHY Boneheads shouldn't edit

 

Was that just a pure enlargement? Or did it get sent to the 2D department for clean up and retouch?

On Jun 30, 2011, at 12:11 AM, Terence Curren wrote:

> Lucasfilm went 200 % with many shots in Star Wars on HDCam.
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Dylan Reeve <dylan@...> wrote:
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>> So then, devils advocate - how much are you willing to zoom....
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>> Assuming (because it's what I'm working with) you have DNxHD 185 recorded
>> HD-SDI directly from a Sony HDC-1500 camera - so, a good HD signal, recorded
>> well - how far are you comfortable zooming?
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>> I occasionally have to reframe shots slightly to remove shoot-off, minor
>> boom dips, etc... I'm typically not comfortable with more than 105% but
>> could go to 110% before I start feeling pretty edgy... How far will you take
>> it?
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>> Dylan Reeve
>> http://dylanreeve.com/
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>> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 12:52 PM, johnrobmoore <bigfish@...> wrote:
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>>> I'm firmly convinced cameramen still shoot zooms they just take much too
>>> much time in a non linear offline to find. I guess I had it much easier
>>> shuttling tape finding zooms? I know I use to have the best camera work when
>>> I did Eye On LA back in the mid 80's. Those crews were the best I've ever
>>> worked with and now most of them own their own camera companies and are
>>> doing very well. Hmmmmmm Maybe there is a downside to sending the PAs out to
>>> shoot the B and C cameras? Naa what was I thinking the been counters love
>>> that not the editors.
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>>> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, op <owen@> wrote:
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>>>> almost as bad as cameramen who or direcctors who ask for snapzooms at
>>> random moments in the dialogue , so it feel like a doc. ugh!
>>>> Owen
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>>>> On Jun 29, 2011, at 5:02 PM, John Moore wrote:
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>>>>> I've posted it before but I just need to another time for my sanity, or
>>> lack there of. If the camera guys didn't shoot a zooming shot then you don't
>>> have a zoom to use. Especially in overly compressed SD footage that's
>>> ringing already adding the oh so creative push in turns bad pixels into well
>>> a , um, ah, WORSE than bad pixels. For those that like to add pushes carry
>>> on and just hope I'm not doing you online because , "If it doesn't
>>> absolutely, positively have to have a zoom added I'm going to rip the effect
>>> off after saving it to my special Bonehead Bin and then I'm going to print
>>> out the bin and stomp on the paper before marching it into your offline bay
>>> to tear it up right in your face. You know some times I do let them go
>>> through but today was not that day. Counting to ten and calling my sponsor
>>> now. Maybe it's time for a little anger management refresher. ;-)
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>>>>> John Moore
>>>>>
>>>>> Barking Trout Productions
>>>>>
>>>>> Studio City, CA
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>>>>> bigfish@
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