John Ricard Posted August 1, 2017 Share #1 Posted August 1, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just realized that I have never posted this short film that I shot on the M240. There are a few b-roll shots of the subway that weren't done on the M240 and were not actually filmed by me. But 95% of what you see here was done on the M240. 16 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 1, 2017 Posted August 1, 2017 Hi John Ricard, Take a look here Short film created on the M240. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Kwesi Posted August 1, 2017 Share #2 Posted August 1, 2017 Great story and cinematography. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 1, 2017 Share #3 Posted August 1, 2017 Are you not aware that the Video feature on the M240 is too primitively implemented to get decent results? Well, I guess you didn't get the message . Thanks for posting, I enjoyed it. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmahto Posted August 2, 2017 Share #4 Posted August 2, 2017 (edited) Really liked it. Just curious. What lens did you use mostly? Edited August 2, 2017 by jmahto Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ricard Posted August 2, 2017 Author Share #5 Posted August 2, 2017 Mostly 35mm Summicron. Some with 50mm Summicron. Today, I use mostly the Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera for this type of project. Sold the M240 to buy the M10. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott kirkpatrick Posted August 2, 2017 Share #6 Posted August 2, 2017 Nice job. Did you shoot the opening -- man playing some sort of Chinese cello in the subway -- with the M240? The color in that shot was richer than the rest of the "subway B-roll." The lighting looked natural, sometimes uncomfortably so. Did you light, or at least have some of the listed helpers hold a reflector? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ricard Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted August 3, 2017 Advertisement (gone after registration) I didn't shoot any of the subway stuff. The guy who wrote the film shot it. As for the stuff I did film -everything with the actors, we didn't use any sort of reflectors. I used a tripod for some shots and i was handheld for others. I think the biggest problem faced by the director/editor faced was the sound recording. It's very difficult to mic the actors to get good sound. We used 2 separate Zoom H4n style recorders, but the audio still wasn't good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laowai_ Posted October 6, 2017 Share #8 Posted October 6, 2017 [...]man playing some sort of Chinese cello in the subway[...] That's a prototypical Chinese instrument, called erhu https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhu Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted October 8, 2017 Share #9 Posted October 8, 2017 (edited) Very nice! This is the perfect example of what film on the M can be used for. Story telling. Not every story or production needs hollywood feature film production levels. Some times it actually suits the story. Watch David Lynch's Inland Empire, one of the best films of the last decade and see a perfect example of this. Leica ruined the M by taking off the basic necessary tools of today: motion and usb. It's verging on criminal. Leica needs to wake up. I won't be buying anything more Leica until they put back what I need. How frustrating! Edited October 8, 2017 by Paul J 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archiver Posted January 10, 2018 Share #10 Posted January 10, 2018 This is really nice, and you're right about the audio. Body mics with the recorders would have been the better option. The dialogue sounds like it was recorded with the Zooms about two feet or so from the talent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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