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Mitchell Brinker
United States
Приєднався 21 лис 2011
Cinematographer based in Los Angeles, CA.
I'll upload as much as I can.
I'll upload as much as I can.
this lens makes everything cinematic
something to think about.
you can find this lens for cheap. i'm not saying you need to go buy a rehoused lens.
website: mitchellbrinker.com
instagram: @mitchellbrinkerdp
business inquiries: m.brinker97@gmail.com
you can find this lens for cheap. i'm not saying you need to go buy a rehoused lens.
website: mitchellbrinker.com
instagram: @mitchellbrinkerdp
business inquiries: m.brinker97@gmail.com
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the best lenses you've never heard of
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right after uploading this, i was informed that there is a missing 15mm lens. let me know if any of you find it. thanks to my friends for coming out to help on this video. @Steadi_Donny @myahmakesmusic @carlos.falconette @SamanthaGarzon04 check out DFI Rentals www.dfirentals.com/lens/leonetti-ultranon website: mitchellbrinker.com instagram: @mitchellbrinkerdp business inquiries: m.brinker97@gma...
you are using ISO wrong
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hope this helps someone... maybe. website: mitchellbrinker.com instagram: @mitchellbrinkerdp business inquiries: m.brinker97@gmail.com
you don't need the best camera to be a cinematographer
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clickbait title should have been "dp absolutely DESTROYS arri alexa for PROSUMER fx3?!?!?!" just some thoughts i had and wanted to share. not enough people talk about this kind of stuff. the youtube cinematography landscape can be a lot for anyone starting out or interested. i just don't want to see people losing focus on what matters. i know the lighting keeps changing. it's from the sun. plea...
Shooting a Music Video on a Low Budget
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did a quick and dirty little music video for the artist, darvishi. this was one of those jobs where you dont have a lot of money, but i find those limitations to often lead to searching for clever solutions. link to my video on lighting setups ua-cam.com/video/CFxSAtRQpRI/v-deo.html website: mitchellbrinker.com instagram: @mitchellbrinkerdp business inquiries: m.brinker97@gmail.com christina, m...
Balancing Composition and Lighting
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another fireside chat. wanted to talk about what you can do when you begin to run out time on set. more lighting videos coming. the zone of interest bts: ua-cam.com/video/7jd48jTsZYI/v-deo.htmlsi=dB7c8BKhO3eC-PKU song: lukrembo - teapot website: mitchellbrinker.com instagram: @mitchellbrinkerdp business inquiries: m.brinker97@gmail.com
Cinematic Lighting on a Low Budget
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here is a collection of simple lighting setups that i have used throughout my career. these can all be done easily with minimal gear. enjoy! also, can someone tell me a better codec for youtube? the compression is getting worse... intro 0:00 simple softbox 0:47 the cove 2:34 wall bounce booklight 4:28 wrap it up 6:55 link to my video on tungsten lighting ua-cam.com/video/lMMNxvhLv0g/v-deo.html ...
What is the A24 Look?
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There is an irony in taking a company known for thinking outside the box and putting them in a box. Just some quick thoughts on something I’ve been seeing. Films used are labeled. Website: mitchellbrinker.com Instagram: @mitchellbrinkerdp Business Inquiries: m.brinker97@gmail.com
Checking Out the New Arri Alexa 35 Grain Textures
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This the last time I shoot a video wide open on a lens. I didn't realize I was a little out of focus until editing. Well, my bad. Anyway, this one is a bit of a quick video. Arri just released a weird video announcing two new grain textures for the Alexa 35. I often use the grain textures in the camera, so these interested me. Here are some quick shots and thoughts! Website: mitchellbrinker.com...
Arri Alexa Mini Footage - Atlas Orion Anamorphic Lenses
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A collection of shots from a shoot I did about 2 years ago. We shot 7 performance videos in one day. Website: mitchellbrinker.com Instagram: @mitchellbrinkerdp Business Inquiries: m.brinker97@gmail.com
Tungsten Lights are Great for Low Budget Filmmaking
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Anytime I have a night scene, I always lean towards using traditional tungsten units. I find them to be very efficient. Here are my thoughts on them. Website: mitchellbrinker.com Instagram: @mitchellbrinkerdp Business Inquiries: m.brinker97@gmail.com Gear Used: Alexa 35 Canon S16 8mm-64mm T2.4 Amaran F22C
Arri Alexa 35 Footage - Filmbox by Video Village
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Moved to a new place. Took a break from building furniture to film some shots. I recently started trying out Filmbox by Video Village in my workflow. Here are some shots set to 35mm/500t. Simple balance and tweaks to taste.
Sony Venice Footage - Zeiss Super Speed MKII T1.3
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Three shots from a small, unscientific test at CSLA in Atwater. Taking a look at 3200 ISO while at 2500 base. Don't remember the exact focal length, but I was wide open. There was some level of ND. Sony Venice 4k 4:3 S35 X-OCN LT ISO 3200 (2500) WB 5000 24fps / 180 Shutter Color Space Transform Slog3 to LogC4 with Vision Teal LogC4 LUT.
Arri Alexa 35 Footage - Helios 44-2 58mm
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Small camera test in my apartment for an upcoming shoot. Wanted to try out a LUT I created for the Alexa 35 that allows you to monitor a dark, underexposed image keeping the image nice and thick. The look was inspired by Jeff Cronenweth. I wanted to capture the dark, grungy, green and yellow tinged look you see in films like The Social Network and Gone Girl. The project consists of mostly night...
Arri 435 - Kodak 5213 200t - Atlas Mercury Lenses
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Footage from a project I did with the Arriflex 435 on Kodak 5213.
Arri 435 - Kodak 5219 500t - Atlas Mercury Lenses
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Arri 435 - Kodak 5219 500t - Atlas Mercury Lenses
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You make a lot of really interesting points in the video and I've gota few questions. 1. From my understanding, that technique to underexpose like that higher ISO only looks pleasing on certain cameras right? Which cameras are those? If i have a lumix s1, am i better off just shooting at a native iso, exposing properly, and adding grain in post? 2. My other question is that does format like v log or shooting in raw change how you approach thos technique?
Very nice bro. Breakthough the marketing garbage of Camera companies.
I might be a Sony man for life. Those duel native ISOs, 800 and 12,800
This was incredibly helpful! Seriously thank you!!
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great video man, so much knowledge. I also love shooting iso4000 on my fuji h2s, grain is very organic on this sensor.
This is some top notch info right here. Thanks mate
Just found this video and your channel and absolutely love your style. Subscribed. Thank you
Do you have any recommendations to making an action camera look at cinematic as possible? I know they're usually for extreme sports and things of that nature, but I'm trying to get the A24 aesthetic out of it. (DJI OSMO ACTION 5 PRO) So if we're talking just in the filming stage, not colour, grading and stuff - maybe some filters would be useful? And the filter, maybe a black mist filter? Kind of thing
This is actually super interesting., My experience with a lot of action camera stuff is usually splicing it in with the main camera footage, whether it be crash cam stuff or what not. When it comes to cameras, I would say capture as much information as possible. There isn't anything you can't do if you can get the information. You can make digital look exactly like film if you have captured the information and have the know how to achieve that look in post. With that said, not every camera has the ability to capture the level of information that something like an ARRI can, and here were talking about action cameras. That doesn't mean you are screwed. You just have a smaller canvas which can be hard when trying to paint big pictures. I don't know the specs of the OSMO, but let's say you have 10 stops of dynamic range (which I think is the most important thing in a camera.). Its going to be a bit harder to get a moody, contrasty shot of someone sitting by a window where you have good light on them while still retaining the info outside. It is very easy on an Alexa 35 with 17 stops of DR because you will see everything inside in the shadows and everything outside. It is already lit. When you only have 10 stops of DR, either the outside is far too bright that it's a clipped white blob, or the inside (and character) is a blob of darkness. You have to find a way to get the light levels closer together so that you can see both, so maybe push light into the room so that its closer to the level of light outside, then add a light to get that shape and directionality of a light coming in the window onto the subject. If you can do that then the camera will have the visual information and you'll be able to push those colors in post whether it be changing the exposure, contrast, etc. There isn't any magic camera setting. I prefer 172.8/24fps when I shoot. I tend to always lean towards 4300K for anything that involves tungsten lighting at night, and 6000K for sunny exteriors, but that's just my workflow. If your camera has some sort of LOG and you check False Color and exposure, as long as you have the info there it's all going to be lighting. And looking at something like Zone of Interest where there are many shots that are just high sun exterior, the composition and blocking and choice of where to put the camera/move the camera does miles for making the images "feel" cinematic. If you can't control your lighting, and it isn't looking how you want it to look you can always find some really interesting way to frame the shot or move the camera. What would be a really unique perspective to put the viewer in? With an action camera that becomes very easy. I think a lot of the cinematography we see in these indie films approach the shot with that mentality and it leads to really stand out composition. TLDR: Not really a magic setting for an OSMO. If you have log, just focus on lighting it well or making the shot sick as fuuuuuuuuuuuu
This worth watching and instant sub. Great content
thank you!
you have too much grain on your videos it looks verrrrry fake
So nice, I have so many questions, namely what focal length is being used here?
@@jyuddahjaymes7534 I’ll be honest I cannot remember :(
Ahh no problem! It just has such a milky, dreamy texture and I’m trying to understand how you made it this way. Really brilliant. I know both lens and camera combo is goood but still, there’s some magic at work! Care to share? 😂
@@jyuddahjaymes7534 theres not too much magic going on, this is just the lens and the camera. I did have the ISO set to 3200(2500) which I think did a lot in terms of texture in the image. Otherwise, it really is just the lens quality.
I loveee your channel I’m learning so much!! Thank you for creating content to share your knowledge!!!
as a total newb in cinematography, you do not know how valuable this video is to me. Great video! thank you! now I have ideas about setting up my lighting.
great video
You literally had more lighting demos in this video than I had in college. Keep making, looking good!
I wonder if this observation applies to almost every level of filmmaking. What if every department scales way back to what they absolutely must have?
This is great. I have a scene in this short that I'm making that I tried to do the a24 euphoria lighting. a24 is really making the best stuff now.
The one negative of noise is digital compression. With photography I actually love the look of noise in digital photos but then I get to print them with that noise untouched or view them as uncompressed image formats. Video sadly rarely gets to do that and how most people end up watching it is with highly compressed formats. I once read that Netflix has a compression process where they remove the noise, stream the video and the decoder adds noise back into the image as a way to get around how digital compression destroys noise and has to work much harder to compress images with noise. Ingenious way to get around that problem.
Nice!
i have this saying that goes like this "everything you need you have, and everything don't you just want" this applies to almost everything if you wanna start videography you already have a phone or if you dont you can ask your siblings maybe you can use it just for a shot till one day you will eventually own a cam and by then you know how to shoot even before you had one. this saying is supposed to put you out of that mindset of putting limits on yourself just because you dont have what you want. work with what you have not what you dont have.
Even in the days when we were shooting 16mm film, using an ASA 100 stock would be better at making the blacks look black. Shooting with ASA 400 Tri-X tended to cause blacks to look gray because it was drawing in more light.
Finally found a video where not just a talking head in front of the camera tells bikes, but intelligently with examples shows how to do things. Thank you bro!
So creamy! Nice shots. Is this with light?
@@PeteMajarich thank you! This was just the natural light through a window and a table lamp
@@mitchellbrinkerdp NICE WORK!
People are confusing the 'A24' look with the death of cinematography because A24 is the flagbearer of the descent.
I’m sorry, but the part about using filters in a bright setting and augmenting ISOs is plain wrong. This will NOT give you more details. The point of ISOs is to "turn on the volume" on signal. So yes, in a dark setting, indeed increasing it won’t improve the ability of your camera to capture details in low light, hence the noise, but in bright light, the signal (as in meaningful color and brightness data) is already crispy clear and the signal-to-noise ratio is therefore optimal (as long of course as the whites aren’t burned). Using a filter and augmenting ISOs will achieve NOTHING for your signal-to-noise ratio, it can only dampen your signal and make you lose precious meaningful data... ISOs aren’t necessarily evil, they can be useful in a reasonably dark setting and the noise can be used in a artsy kind of way but if you’re looking for sharpness and clean signal, it should always be the last thing you turn up. There are literally zero scenario where ISOs augment signal-to-noise ratio, from a purely physics point of view. They just can’t do that.
@@r.c8756 nah man, i showed the graphs on how dynamic range is distributed across the EI range. this is true for alexa, sony venice, etc. the same principle can be used on other cameras such as the fx6 and fx3, as well as blackmagic. next time you are out, check false color in the highlights at 400 and go to 3200 and compensate. you will see the red become yellow and yellow become green.
@@mitchellbrinkerdp I just looked deeper into it. The thing is, it’s a feature that’s pretty much specific to high-end cinema cameras. I come from a photographic background so what I said is true for digital cameras but does not necessarily apply to cinema cameras. I apologize, I should have checked that before commenting.
I think it's pronounced "eye-so." But I'm not sure anyone really cares :)
Edit: Apparently the International organization for standardization website says it is ISO based on the Greek word for equal, though not giving a direct pronunciation, it presents it as a word itself. So you are correct. Please excuse me. It's i.s.o. It is an initialism that stands for international organization for standardization. Think of it like FBI. Though I think if you wanna say eye-so go for it. As long as you can communicate with your crew.
I leave my A7C on Auto ISO. I've shot over 100 videos for 7 clients this year and have made $80k so far. Guess how many of my clients or the people commenting on the videos have brought up noise. (Hint: 0).
You’re using your mic wrong
@@robfryphoto nah I prefer holding it
I own a set of these and they are incredible.
@@AussieSolarGuy wow I’m very jealous
Can you tell me please where you got that thumbnail image from
@@theMouseHacker it’s from a short film I shot
Accurate however, t's important to note that this is NOT true for raw photos
So i didn't used it wrong, good
Thanks, Tom Cruise and Nicholas Hoult's son.
*you are explaining ISO wrong.* Raising your ISO does *NOT* change the "sensitivity" of your sensor. When capturing an image, light enters the lens and hits your digital sensor. The sensor is made up of photodiodes that convert the photons (light) to an electrical signal. ISO amplifies the signal, similar to turning up the volume on a radio. You are digitally amplifying the signal, unlike film stocks where are actually more or less sensitive to light. You almost had it when you mentioned Gain. There is ALWAYS noise in digital imagery. It's about how what noise to signal ratio is acceptable. It's important to understand this so we're not spreading the same myths around the creator community. You may say, "Yes, either way, the answer at the end of the day is all about the light." But the reason WHY is very different. Raising your ISO on a theoretical sensor that is "sensitive" to light would actually "get you more light" without having to add light to the scene. But since it's an electrical amplification happening, that's where the noise comes from. If we have little to no light, and multiply it times 10, we still have dark pixels. And, THIS is where we come full circle and now know WHY we need to increase the *light* and not our *ISO.*
@@RunNGunPhoto The nitty gritty nuanced science of the sensor is great, but 99% of working DPs aren’t concerned with it. They’re concerned with how to get the image they want, and what the settings are doing to achieve that at the most streamlined level. Everything mentioned here about dynamic range in relation to the EI is the meat that everyone should know. And whether or not it’s actually “increasing sensitivity” or not, you can change your sensor to 12800 ISO and use a matchstick to get exposure with no loss of information if you want. Call it more sensitive or don’t, but that’s what’s important and if the easiest explanation for someone is that it makes it more sensitive then that’s fine. As long as there is an understanding of what that does to your image vs opening up your aperture, etc. The goal is to simplify for people, which is why I’m not getting into the deep inner working of science of what’s happening at the sensor level. There are plenty of DPs in the ASC who would simply say, “who cares, just know how to get the image you want.” It’s art, and you’re painting. It’s a lot about feel and understanding and taste. That’s my spiel to all the “uhm actually the sensor isn’t” comments.
@@mitchellbrinkerdp That was a really drawn out way to 1+1= whatever you feel like. I concisely explained *WHY* it's important to know how your sensor works. Please do your research before spreading misinformation. Making up your own "facts" for clicks on UA-cam is pretty low-effort.
@@RunNGunPhoto i can promise you there are no made up facts or misinformation here. we are in completely different industries, and there are very big differences in how things are approached. whether or not “sensitivity” is the technically correct word doesn’t matter. if you pick up an Arri Alexa or Sony Venice down to an FX3 what I explained about how ISO affects your image is the case and all you need to know. ISO higher = more range in the highlights, less range in the shadows hence higher noise floor. ISO lower = more range in the shadows, less in the highlights. If you bump your ISO to 6400 in a dark room, of course there will be noise, it’s clearly not “creating” light. I said it doesn’t matter, if that’s what you want to do for the shot, then go for it. There are no rules.
@@mitchellbrinkerdp No this is an extremely convoluted and backwards way of saying "expose for the highlights." Which is also poor advice. I am a photographer and cinematographer. "Industry" isn't relevant. It's still bad advice.
@@RunNGunPhoto it’s not a convoluted way of saying expose for the highlights. i’m not saying anything about exposing for the highlights. that is completely different. i am talking about the way exposure index dictates the distribution of the dynamic range across the ASA range. i have also mentioned how the noise floor is affected with those changes in ASA and why. there is absolutely a difference in industry here. how things are done in the photography and videography world is not equal to how things are in the cinematography world. unless you have 9+ years of experience shooting on and working with arri cameras, i don’t know why you’re telling me what i am right and wrong about. this isn’t top 10 iphone cinematic tricks here, this is stuff you would be told by people at arri. im simply taking this and saying you can apply it to other cameras because they all fundamentally do the same thing in their own way.
Correct me if I’m wrong but 500T and 50D are referencing the color temperature and lighting, I.E 50 Day light with the ASA being around 250 or near 250-300 ISO in equivalent
You're correct.
a lot of The Social Network is lit with controlled top lit or 45 angle from up and white sources.
anyone else clicked on this thinking he was gonna talk about Valorant Iso ?
Actually it's the job of the gaffer.
@@edjefferson9175 what?
amazing advice and video. thank u!
Sir, you are SOOOOOO correct. I am getting much better performance from my #sonyFX30 by using this understanding. Much appreciated.
This was really insightful! I have some testing to do. Thx brother!
You are correct on so many points but most non pros do not have time or the ability to add lighting to a scene. Even pros sometimes don’t have time to add light to a scene.
In the end if you have no extra light you only can bump up the ISO and usually better to over expose that higher ISO in order to crush it in post. If you even try to overexpose in post slightly the grain goes crazy.
Isn't it nice how you talked about that dark scene in the end which was the peoples favourite? Now imagine if you included footage or a photo of it in the video so we could see better what you meant with that. (: Definitely something I love on camera related videos 😵💫
@@StefanCH1999 yeah I just don’t have the footage anymore
Agh I dislike noise, any Hollywood movie that comes out using noise creativity, it’s a hard pass for me. Noise is a trend now?😂
@@NNWillieProject you’d be surprised. you’ve probably seen films using noise as grain and didn’t even realize.
@@mitchellbrinkerdp I've noticed. Haha But, I agree, the look isn't for everybody. My opinion, with the budget of millions spent on the film and then make it look rusty-like, grainy, and noisy; I wouldn't take the risk. lol
What lens did you use to film this video, looks great!
@@NineDekay sigma 24-70 art
cameras like arri alexa been made to imitate the film look from the very beginning afaik, but it's a quite different story for median mirrorless consumer cameras that more often than not doesn't have any 'organic' noise to it (except maybe for a few models with a huge asterisk)