Hello everyone. Being inspired by YouTube channels like "Amazing Shots" and "The Beauty of" I've created a channel called "The best shots of" that will focus solely on Balkan cinematography, featuring unique edits that highlight the most captivating scenes from the region's greatest films.

Our first video today premiering at 14:00PM will feature KAYMAK by Milcho Manchevski, showcasing the film's stunning visuals and craftsmanship. I’d greatly appreciate it if you could subscribe to the channel and show your support! I’ll be sharing the unique beauty of Balkan and Yugoslav films through engaging and creative edits.

Premiering today: https://youtu.be/Ll1FaUL1WZo

Hey everyone,

I am currently watching „Broad City“, and I love how they blended in scenes from the city into each episode. My questions are:

1: Do you need a permit for filming at a „level“ like this, or since it is „just” handheld camera, is it free to film in public spaces?

2: How do teams manage the production at these public places? I mean, you still have audio and lighting, possibly extras, but for me it seems that generally pedestrians and traffic might be too many uncontrollable variables.

Hi, i’m having trouble adapting my lenses to EF. Somehow when adapted my aperture doesn’t work. The aperture ring on the lens itself works but it shows no changes either on my 5D or FX30 with metabones speedbooster. At first I thought it was the adapter itself which is just a simple cheap one, so then ordered another one but still the same problem. Also the adapter doesn’t fully click on. Anyone has had the same experience or knows what could be wrong?

I’m having trouble deciding whether to leave image stabilisation on or off on the FX3 when using it paired with a gimbal.

For context, I shoot vertical real estate content and my setup is FX3 paired with a 16-35mm GM II on a RS3 gimbal.

I’ve had mixed results from my own testing, seems some shots it’s better with stabilisation on the fx3 turned ON, whilst I prefer others with it turned OFF, is this normal? what’s the industry standard recommendation?

Thanks a lot!

I’m shooting a music video and will be using a Sony A7iii provided to me by the artist’s company. I’m quite experienced with FX6, FX3, and A7Siii, but haven’t really used A7iii before, but I know a few of the big changes are related to 8-bit issues.

For the video, I’m going to want to do some light color grading in DaVinci Resolve, but nothing too extensive. I want to preserve as much dynamic range as possible (coming from FX6 my impulse is sLog3 and sgammut3cine, but I’ve read this can be useless with an 8bit camera?), while also trying to reduce noise where possible. Unfortunately, we won’t have an ND filter either, so while I usually always leave the cam in native 800 iso, I suspect that for a lot of the exteriors, I might need to be able to bring down the ISO for exposure, which potentially takes Log off the table. I usually only ever shoot slog2 or 3, but I’ve read a lot online about using HLG3 or Cine2 or Cine4 with the A7iii.

I’m curious what advice anyone may have in terms of shooting for video with the A7iii specifically and what picture profile settings seem to have the best results. I’m not completely tossing out slog2 or 3, but for the ISO reasons alone I’m leaning toward HLG3 or Cine2 or Cine4. And if I go with that, what color setting should I be looking at between 709, BT202 0, Cinema, Pro, ITU 709, etc. Again, my main priorities are preserving dynamic range as much as possible, while still being able to go lower than 800 ISO, and generally avoiding too much noise, all while still having a flexible enough image to do some light color grading in DaVinci. Thanks!

To those who haven’t seen it it’s an absolutely amazing scene. Whole episode is a 35 minute single take. Brilliant acting.

Dolly or zoom? Or post? Felt like there was slight shuddering every now and then that felt like the camera was moving but not sure.

I'm a 19 year old film student in Canada, I came here straight from high school and currently have very little money, a Canon Rebel T7, a macbook pro with a broken screen with no storage and davinci resolve free version. Out of nowhere my application for a film grant got accepted and I am going to receive

25,000 dollars to produce the 40 minute film I pitched. How do you recommend I go about spending the money?

I plan to buy a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K and setup and do majority of the filming and editing myself.

Hey! I’m looking to shoot a project in the style of 90s tokusatsu tv. I was curious if anyone knew the camera or lens they used to use to help me mimic the look. The comp is the Japanese show The Might Morphin Power Rangers used Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger

This may be a silly question, so forgive the ignorance if so, but does a unit’s output impact ratios if all other variables remain the same?

For example: We have two identical rooms, with an identical window in each room. Outside one room’s window we have an 18k. Outside the other room is 2k. Both lights shoot through some frame that effectively makes the sources equivalent in size. Both sources and frames are the same distance from the window. Everything identical except the output.

Will there be a difference in the ratio of key to fill? Or will the ratios be identical, just x stops brighter overall on the 18k.

Following this logic, is the only reason to use a more powerful unit in my hypothetical situation to reach the stops necessary for a camera’s bottom-line sensitivity to light. Eg. A 2k simply doesn’t provide enough output in some spaces to make a workable amount light for a sensor, whereas an 18k provides enough stoppage, even though at the same ratio as the 2k.

Hope that ramble makes enough sense to be answerable! Thanks in advance.

I’ve been working as an extra on the side, and in my recent experience on two TV series, I noticed that certain scenes are filmed from multiple angles. Sometimes, a single scene can take up to 15 hours to shoot as they switch between different setups like slider, crane, handheld, and steady cam. I’m curious about the reasoning behind these choices—could someone explain? Thanks!

hey everyone!! so our teacher gave us a project that we have to finish until Wednesday

he told us we need to film a video, no longer than 90 seconds, of a person walking continuously from one stop to another, using 9 different camera angles, all at the same speed in the same location. he said it’s supposed to show how well we’ve paid attention to movies.

but i didnt quite get what and how am i supposed to do it! can someone explain to me please?

I just got an HDW-F900r with ZEISS DigiZoom 6-24mm, and Atomos Recorder/Monitor.

I'm looking to rig this for over the shoulder shooting to give the lens and matte box support, plus mounting the monitor. I ordered the zacuto vct pro baseplate, but due to my own misunderstanding it actually isn't compatible. Unless I attach it like this which clearly isn't functional. So what do I need to order to actually rig this properly? It's a bit hard finding info on this.

For the past few months, I have been obsessively looking at which camera to purchase, and I keep getting increasingly confused.

I am a student filmmaker, so my primary concern is cinematography, but I am also looking at cameras which can take good pictures because I have a lot of photography assignments at my university. So I need a camera which will take great videos and good photographs.

My budget is under 1700 dollars ( I live in India, so I have 15,00,000 rupees here).

The current options I looked into were the Sony A6700 or FujiFilm xs20. I am open to more suggestions. What options should I look for if I decide to buy a second-hand camera? Please just help me I am so so confused.

I already made a post here in the community a while ago to find out what people thought of the idea, and I'm back here again to promote our trailer and poster. We still don't have a scheduled date for the completion of the short, but I believe it will be by the end of November. everything is already underway!

Trailer : https://www.tiktok.com/@cae_hihi/video/7422346425788337413?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7327413270679160326

It is worth mentioning that this project does not have PROFIT PURPOSES or even FINANCIAL SUPPORT from any source, it is a High School project and we did it as a hobby, enjoy!

NOTE: We managed to release the image rights of the former director of the company that made the IHNMAIMS game and the release of the use of songs from music producer Chris Christondoulou, who mostly made the soundtrack for the game Risk of Rain!

If I buy a full frame Sony lens, it's assumed that it works fine with a Sony A7Riv, which is 60MP, or 10k x 6k. Meanwhile s35 or full frame video lenses seem to come with branding saying they're approved for 4k or 8k sensors...

Hello everyone, im an aspiring cinematographer who has had some experiences with shooting human subjects.

I am aware of the different shot sizes however it seems to be always based on human figures.

And i was wondering how does it work on other living things like animals or fictional monsters?

By that i mean how would for example a medium or medium full shot look like on a dog? Where would the cut off point be located?

And i also wanted to ask if there are some helpful methods to determine where the cut off point on any sort of animal is located so that the composition of the animal would be good and pleasing to look at.

Thank you and i look forward to hearing any guides since i unfortunately wasnt able to find any online.

Hi everyone.

I'm currently using vintage Olympus glass on my Sony FX30, by way of an OM-EF mount adapter, and a Metabones Speedbooster ULTRA 0.71 EF-E mount, in order to get some more light on the APS-C sensor (and wider field of view).

It's a really great setup and I'm loving the results I'm getting. It's turned the FX30 into a little Bolex-esque beauty.

However, I'm not sure if I've got my IBIS setup correctly, and the maths is getting convoluted...

The two main lenses I use are 28mm and 50mm.

Obviously if I were mounting them directly on the body, I would set the IBIS focal length to 28 or 50 on the camera (there is no automatic setting available for the vintage lenses, obviously, so I have to adjust the IBIS setting manually in-camera).

But seeing as they're mounted via the Speedbooster - I'm thinking that I should multiply those by x0.71 - meaning the 28mm should be set as 20mm (ish) and the 50mm set as 35mm (ish)...

I'm getting uneven results from these settings and I'm not entirely sure the IBIS is working as expected.

Can anyone verify my calculations, or point out if I'm missing something fundamental here? I'm assuming the APS-C doesn't factor into any of this...?

Appreciate your help!

EDIT: I also had to modify the lenses slightly to get them to play nicely with the Speedbooster, removing the rear protrusions with a Dremmel. In case anyone is interested in a similar setup...

I would like to ask for a film production company to obtain a film permit for shooting a music video with a local videographer inside a local restaurant in Dubai. We are in contact with the restaurant owner already.

Shooting is for 3 hours. Small crew of 7 people in total. No script for the music video just musician’s performance.

Our budget for this is 520aed application fee + 1500aed service fee to the production company.

Hey! I am aware that when you use a 16mm designed for aps-c it actually has the focal length of a 24mm. But what happens when you use a full frame lens on aps-c?

For example a 24mm full frame on a fx30?

I’ve been getting more into video production work and ready to purchase a cinema camera. I’m heavily invested in rf lens as I shoot on an r5.

I’m doing more corporate video work now and starting to work on a few personal projects. I’ve shot a share amount of stuff on my r5 but it’s time to get a dedicated video body.

Canon announced the c80 coming out end of the year. Is it worth it to wait for the latest and greatest with the c80. The full frame sensor would be nice (especially with my background in photography with full frames - seems that visual transition would be nice) or to go with the tried and true c70, especially with the firmware updates they keep rolling out. And if I go with a c70, are those worth picking up used?

I’ve recently picked up a black magic 4K with a M4/3 mount but all my lenses are Ef mounts. I bought an adapter but it doesn’t feed any power to the lenses so I can’t even manual focus them. I was wondering if people knew of any good adapters (preferably on the cheaper side) that will allow me to use those lenses?