Getting Proper Exposure | Cinema Cameras & Filmmaking
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Are you a filmmaker doing things "Rebel Without A Crew" style?
If so, getting proper camera exposure can prove elusive at first. The 180 degree rule, shutter speed, aperture...and on and on. But if you don't nail exposure, your hard work in development and pre-production will go down the drain. You'll end up in reshoots. Trust me...I learned the hard way.
The good news? Dialing in exposure with your cinema camera isn't difficult. You just need to understand the exposure layers, and how we interact with them as filmmakers. Shot a video that takes you through all four exposure layers while also giving practical application for indoor and outdoor shoots.
The lesson uses the Black Magic Pocket Cinema camera, Sirui anamorphic lens and a Sekonic incident light meter. Hit me up if you have questions!
Also check out my online film school if you're new to the craft of filmmaking, and want to direct:
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My favorite teacher on youtube, simple and understandable, even your tone of voice is perfect for it. Thank you, I love your channel, greetings from TJ.
Hey! Very kind. Really appreciate your words. I hope in some small way I’m helping your filmmaking process! Been busy, but have a fun video coming out soon. Going to take a deep dive into comparing focal lengths. Thanks again for your support.
This training is excellent. You are an outstanding teacher. Thank you.
Hey, really appreciate that! Hope it helps you make incredible content.
I feel like I know so much of this intuitively but thanks to your video I now know it actually. Thank you!
Right in. Totally get that. So much can be ambiguous but nailing down the facts def helps execution.
Kyler thanks so much for this is very important educational class. I'm so glad you have provided this knowledge with real footage to compliment and emphasize the finer points of exposure. Well explained and easy to understand. I truly appreciate your knowledge and experience in filmmaking.
Kamishimo, right on! Thanks for the kind words and I hope this helps you tell your stories better. Keep making movies!
Great stuff bro, very Detailed and clear thank you so much
Right on. Thanks man! Hope it helps in some way. Are you a filmmaker?
wow, this was wonderful done. I learned so much... I am so new to this, and you have helped to demystify so much of this for me. I'm so happy too that you shoot with the Pocket Cinema Camera . Makes following a long really easy. Thank you for posting!
Thanks! Happy it was helpful.
Very gud video. I needed this thanks.
Right on-Glad it helped. Thank you!
Good information. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching it! Hope it makes your next shoot easier.
Thanks!👏🏼👏🏼
You’re welcome!
Great video! I found it very helpful. Thank you.
Cool man, thanks for the comment Phil. Exposure took me awhile to wrap my head around the RIGHT way. Hope this helps clear the fog for others.
Grat Video!!! If you need video ideas I would love to know more about off speed recording. I did it by mistake last year and almost ruined a project LOL!
Oh man...yeah, nothing like going slow motion when you didn't intend too. And if you were lighting via light meter and didn't take that into account, that would ruin your exposure. What would you like to know about it?
Cool man! Always open to requested content. Thanks for your kind words. Are you a filmmaker?
The takeaway is buy a light meter!
Right! But I do use a gray card a lot too. Especially outside.
Okay, dumb question but I'm not afraid to look dumb, so here we go. Could I simply hold the ND filter up in front of the lumisphere when taking the reading? Haha. Could that tell me what f stop to be at when applying said ND filter?
Not a dumb question. You know, never tried it. But false colors with a gray card will be easier and more accurate. That’s what I’d do.
Sorry for another question, but I'm starting to wonder about my camera. I have a pocket 4k, and it seems no matter what I do, I get a lot of noise at 24fps.
I mean noise like VHS style snow. Or little light bugs dancing on all over the screen.
If I change to 60fps it helps a lot. But I don't want to film everything at 60fps.
I've tried different lenses and ISOs, false color is the right colors.
I hope it's something I'm doing and not the out-of-warranty camera.
Any ideas are much appreciated!
If you’re at ISO 400 and getting noise at any frames per second something is wrong. Assuming you have proper exposure. You could try putting the camera back to factory defaults. I had to do that once with a pocket 4K for a different reason. So restore defaults, update the firmware, and if it persists, something might wrong with the camera.
@writedirect I reset the camera, and it did help. I don't think it's completely gone, but it's certainly more manageable.
Thanks again!
Use False Color ))
False colors are great and I use them a lot. But you can't replace the superb accuracy of an incident light meter IMO. However when outside in brighter settings, false colors can be easier to dial in (unless you're using a quality digital incident or spot light meter).