• Cinematography

  need advice on shooting drips of all kinds…pls help!!

  Posted by Pixel8ted on November 11, 2005 at 6:05 am

  Hi Guys,

  I need to shoot some ink dripping off walls,and also splattering on floor kind of effect …which is very popular nowadays…I thought shooting on black paper with white paint, would be better for keying..but then there is the problem of video noise…what would be the ideal format to minimise avoid /noise?

  would digibeta be good enough..?

  please do give any other suggestions /tips that you guys feel needs to be kept in mind for such a shoot.

  Thanks.

  Tim Kolb replied 20 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Blub06

  November 11, 2005 at 5:19 pm

  Backlight, and lots of it.

  Chris
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  Tim Kolb

  November 14, 2005 at 5:21 am

  Are you looking for the drip hitting the surface or dripping from its source?

  What eventual effect do you plan to construct with the shot?

  I think many of these are shot below plexi or glass and the drips fall in on the “Z” axis of the shot creating an eventually solid field of color…good for the “Nickelodeon” crowd if that’s appropriate.

  TimK,

  Kolb Syverson Communications,
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  Pixel8ted

  November 14, 2005 at 5:58 am

  Hi Tim,

  I am actually looking for both kind of effects , :), The plexi/glass idea sounds Interesting,But why would one do that and not use say white paper? Wouldnt white black ink on white paper luma key better?

  also, is there any particular paint/ink which will yield better results?

  thanks.
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  Tim Kolb

  November 19, 2005 at 4:28 am

  [pixel8ted] “The plexi/glass idea sounds Interesting,But why would one do that and not use say white paper?”

  I was thinking that the camera is below the glass looking up…toward the source of the drip. When the drip hits, it would fall right at the lense and look as if it struck the lense….that sort of thing.

  TimK,

  Kolb Syverson Communications,
  Creative Cow Host,
  2004-2005 NAB Post Production Conference
  Premiere Pro Technical Chair,
  Author, “The Easy Guide to Premiere Pro” http://www.focalpress.com
  “Premiere Pro Fast Track DVD Series” http://www.classondemand.net

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