Hi All, (I'm posting this lighting question to Mentor in the likely event I'm missing the obvious choice here.) I often like bringing hard daylight into rooms as cuts of light, then breaking them up w

Hi CML! I’m looking for a photometric calculator similar to the Arri Photo Calc but wanted to enter my own light power or incident light values in lumens/lux as well as beam angle. Can anyone recommen

Hello there, I've been reading CML on a regular basis for a year now and wanted to begin by expressing my gratitude to this group. It's been a wonderful learning platform! I'm currently looking into i

Skin Tones, rightly so, is a number one topic of discussion. But searching the forums, I haven't found a topic that discusses this aspect of skin tones. Did I just miss it? For those that don't know,

Before I dive in.... 1) I understand cameras are tools, it's not the camera's fault :) 2) I want to test but I don't have access to an Alexa LF 3) Over the short time I've been working, my clients don

I devised a test to measure the dynamic range of a camera. I tested the Alexa Mini and managed to get only 12 stops out of the 14+ stops listed on the ARRI website. What's going on? For my test, I kep

I have experimented with the idea of setting the camera’s EI to one number and setting EI on the meter to a different number - re-rating the camera. I plan on diving deeper into this after devising so

Anyone interested in testing a Panasonic camera can feel free to contact me directly offlist. Please include your contact info and location so that we can best make arrangements. Mitch Gross Cinema Pr

I am very grateful to be a part of a global wealth of information. I want to state this before proceeding. This may be a bit long, so please read and respond at your earliest convenience, thank you in

I found this this morning... -- Cheers Geoff Boyle NSC FBKS EU based cinematographer www.gboyle.nl

Wise words needed: I’m planning for a shoot in a museum dedicated to dance. The proposed scene is a small troupe of aspiring young ballerina viewing the museum exhibits in their costume with shafts of

i’ve got a project for a medical device used in orthopedic surgery. The client wants to include some operating room footage in the final piece. The procedure is approx 20-25 min. Any one have experien

Hi all, I'm shooting a small, short film in a couple of weeks. One of our scenes is a Walk and Talk that the director and I have discussed having as a dolly shot (we really want the perfect parallel t

Of course I gloogle and searched CML. I am having a hard time keeping up with productions and scheduling personnel and timesheets. Back in the days I remember a very clever producer that used post sta

Thank you all so far. Kanban great stuff. Loved the whiteboard. Was actually looking for ideas how any of you visualize multiple productions involving multiple ever changing free lancers. Software sol

Hello, I m searching reference for a clip video (clip/movie/still...) The theme is eighty inspiration, vertical frame, lighting natural, and movement of camera. The sets are basketball courts, night b

CML Mentor- Thanks for your time. After we got the camera back to our offices, we noticed a few of our cables, (a Fischer to Fischer 3pin “male to male”, a dtap to Fischer, and a 7-pin Fischer) were i

Hello Colleagues, In the past few years I have participated in some continuing education style classes, including the "Expanded Cinematography" class at GCI (Global Cinematography Institute), and The

Hi, I tried searching for a thread on this topic but couldn't locate one. I am not sure if this is the right place to post this question. I have a shoot coming up and they want to frame in camera for

Along similar lines... Last night we were watching Steve McQueen's excellent “Widows” beautifully filmed by Sean Bobbitt. What was interesting is that there were a couple of shots of a diary and other