Todd Mcmullen
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Hector,
There is no question that the Arri gear head is the cadillac of “The Wheels”. Assuming that is the arri 2 head. The panahead is good as well but certainly not for sale. The arri 2 is compact and the wheels have a bit more adjustment then the worrall.Not sure what camera you are using but go for the arri if you are looking to get serious about gear heads.
Todd McMullen
Flip Flop Films
Austin
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maybe your actor could walk through some pool of lights. or maybe you could throw a couple of lights through some doorways and your actor passes by them. but if you need to constantly see your actors face then you could do what John says. a great little light is the mini lite panel that is battery operated.
Todd McMullen
Flip Flop Films
Austin
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I just purchased a Cal Digit HD one to use with my LHI setup.
Very solid and great customer support.Also to note, this system is very quiet.They had a good deal going on this unit.
FWIW, I would avoid anything G-tech as I have had poor products and poor customer service.Just my experience.
HTHTodd McMullen
Flip Flop Films
Austin
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It sounds like he is testing you. Like Todd stated earlier, try to get the sound and boom person involved early on in a setup for this reason. No one like a whiner last minute in front a full crew.
My question is: are they using a Lav on these actors to accomodate your wide shots? Most sound guys will do this to get a good reference and then throw the boom guy in for the closeups.
Maybe you don’t have too many wides but the bottom line is this guy is not very experienced in the hazards of production.Todd McMullen
Flip Flop Films
Austin
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Hmmm. The simplest and most direct answer to this question is to get the best vfx house you can to do the work. I have had a number of vfx shots in the past that would have required green/blue screen. But because of newer technology, greater experience and in this case, money, the vfx house was able to pull a key from my frames with no problem. No green screen and most of these shots were handheld.
I am positive many vfx houses require: proper key to green screen lighting balance, preference of blue or green screen, locked-off camera frames, and a bunch of other technical stuff that will halt your production to a stand still.
The reasons are simple. More time is more money.
Anyway, these reasons are all valid and are all worthy for that perfect key, but it all depends on who and what the shot is.
HTH
Todd McMullen
Flip Flop Films
Austin
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I have been using a Cartoni with success. Not sure of model but a solid performer.Supports fully loaded hvx-200 with no problem.I also have a O’conner 2575 but the cartoni is good for run and gun.
Todd McMullen
Flip Flop Films
Austin
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right on. I think bob’s post was brilliant. I mean, I laugh everytime I think about how long I waited for hard drives to go up from 1 gig to 9 gigs. Then I finally bought one for nearly 5 grand. Obviously this was in the early 90’s but that is the point. You gotta laugh at this tech stuff because you’ll lose your humor if you are continually waiting for the right time.
A for question-A plus for Bob’s answerTodd McMullen
Flip Flop Films
Austin
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Thanks Wickham.
I will have to call this one in because I think my description defies depiction. Is this workflow by chance described in the pdf manual?
cheersTodd McMullen
Flip Flop Films
Austin
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Thanks Floh
So I completely understand. If I have a bin of say, tape 8, that has all the useful clips on that tape in it. and I have made other “Sub bins”, that some of those clips could work in as well.I would have to open each “sub bin” and highlight those clips that are from tape 8?I ask because I have over 50 “sub bins” that I would have to open just to find the clips from tape 8.
Geez, I hope this makes sense.Thanks a bunch
Todd McMullen
Flip Flop Films
Austin
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Go with redrock.
Great value to performance. Good customer service.
Multi camera matte box
fwiwTodd McMullen
Flip Flop Films
Austin
http://www.toddmcmullen.com