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OT: Am I over-reacting?
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Stace,
You got that right! Took me a minute to figure it out.
4K doesn’t mean squat if you miss the shot waiting for FedEx to deliver your gear from the rental house. -
If you think your work stands up as a good piece of cinematography, film making, videography, call what you like, take it along and prove to the audience that it doesn’t matter what kind of image recording device or post production NLE system you have it is your own skills and experience that make it what it is.
I’m tired of the hype about new technology and this camera in particular, all digital cameras are an analogue device that turn light into a digital signal but the better your skills to work with the camera (lighting, exposure, framing, depth of field choice etc) the better the result. What’s his theory, you don’t need to spend years at film school and learning your craft anymore just buy “GREEN Camera” and edit on “Enthusiastic Cut Pro” and you’ll win an Oscar (and all film schools will close down).
If you are rock band don’t even bother making a clip until you’re famous enough to afford thousands of feet of 35mm film the processing and a full crew with Panavision cameras, because anything else will be inferior and the public will reject you on the grounds that your pictures were a little noisy.
I recently shot a commercial for client for whom I usually shoot with HDCAM or Varicam. The budget for this particular job was very tight, the final choice came down to a higher quality camera, my limited lighting kit in a house down the street or my JVC HD111 and a gaffer with lights in a studio. I chose the latter, thankfully my client is wise enough to realise what makes a good image, their agency client was happy and released the commercial nationally.
Sorry that’s more of a rant than a post, but be confident and demonstrate that skills are far more important to the end result than a big number like 4k.
Cinematographer, Steadicam Operator, Final Cut Pro Post Production.
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[Eric Susch] “And don’t ever apologies for your equipment. It’s the work that matters.”
Nothing more to say IMO.
Mike Cohen
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I went to a film festival back in the Spring of 09. One of the comedic shorts had written prominently in the credits “Shot on the RED camera.”
It was one of the worst 10 minutes of video I have ever seen. And aside from two nicely blocked dolly shots with shallow DOF, the rest looked like home video and was edited like a Shamwow commercial.
It’s the content.
Given the choice between an above average DP with a surveillance camera and a VHS deck or a college kid with a Varicam, I’ll take the first one.
Mike Cohen
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Besides, Red isn’t REALLY 4k. I mean if we call the Red 4k, then we should call the Thomson Viper 12K.
4K was supposed to mean 4k lines of red. 4k lines of green. 4k lines of blue. Right?
Red is a Bayer pattern sensor, not what 4k is supposed to mean.
https://magazine.creativecow.net/article/the-truth-about-2k-4k-the-future-of-pixels
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Yes, you are over-reacting. The post you mention is a bit over-the-top, but who among us has not been a little fulsome on this website?
But a 7-hour drive… that’s what would make me “busy” that day.
Bob C
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