Ryan Elder
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Okay thanks. Sorry I am just trying to shoot it the most simplest way possible, and thought that having a deep DOF, with brighter lights, would really help that.
If I shoot at a shallow DOF, do you think it would look acceptable during a chase that involves 3 villains, chasing 2 heroes, if not all the villains are in focus at the same time, while they are running? If all three are in the shot, and only one of them is in focus, will that look weird or incorrect somehow, since during chase scenes, usually all the people are in focus, when close together?
If I have to choose a wider aperture, what is the most acceptable one before it’s too dark to shoot do you think? Would say, f4, be okay?
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This is the post when I was told that day for night is a lot more work and to just shoot at night intead:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/2/1129730
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Okay thanks, but I was told on here before to avoid day for night, as it would take 100 times longer in post I was told back when I posted about having problems with it in post, and I was told to just shoot at night to begin with.
As for changing the script. The villains are committing a crime, that would logically be done at night. They wouldn’t do it in the day time cause there are too logically too many witnesses around, so in order to make plausible sense, it has to be done at night.
But I was told before on here that shooting at night was a lot easier than trying to fake day for night and trying to make it look convincing. So if that’s true, then shouldn’t I just suck it up and shoot at actual night then?
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Okay thanks. If shooting at f11 at night is madness, is there anything else I can do since I need to keep more than one actor in focus, like in that scene example?
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Okay thanks, that helps a lot. Now you said before that me and my DP should use prime lenses over zooms, right?
However, I don’t really see a big difference in quality with primes over zooms in my experience in the past. The only reason why primes look better, is if you open them up to a wide aperture. Otherwise, at a closed aperture, they seem to look the same as zooms in my opinion. Unless I am missing something?
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Okay thanks. What about the focal length, where the old samurai is running in the clip, at 0:24 into the clip?
My DP has never used lenses this long on a project yet, so he is doesn’t know how long these lenses are. What about the one at 0:24 into the clip, is that a 135mm?
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I don’t see how deep DOF will add it though (shrug).
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Okay thanks. I think I am going to tell my DP that for now, we are going to have to go all manual focus and just shoot at a deeper DOF for now then.
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Also you say to use a prime lens instead of zoom, but why a prime, since with a zoom, I can adjust the zoom if needed?
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On a fully frame camera, and say I didn’t want to pan and scan, what lens would I need to cove an entire football field of running, while panning with the actor, and the actor not getting too far away?