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Devasandhan Nair
Advise from Cinematographers

I am a co-director from India. I wish to ask any Cinematographer one question. Recently, I had a debate with my Director regarding 'Taking an aerial shot of a lonely boat in the middle of the ocean', in which I clearly stated that it may be possible by mounting the Arri Alexa in a drone to achieve a...

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Andrew Sobkovich

Not possible is a statement that is usually wrong in our industry. We can and do almost anything. However “does it make any sense” is perhaps a more relevant question. Yes there are drones available c...

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JD Hartman

Not being a camera guy, I forgot about the Alexa mini. Still and all, other than the "cool factor" of using a drone for the footage, is it really necessary and does it add any real value?

Devasandhan Nair

Ok Andrew, I got your point. Now the shot which i am talking about is the 1st shot of the movie. Scene no. 1: Somewhere in the middle of the sea Ext Ngt. [Aerial view of a small boat somewhere lonely...

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Andrew Sobkovich

Devasandhan your question was about drones and Alexa, and you have a choice of either the Alexa Mini or the large drones that exist that can carry an Alexa. Either path solves the issue of putting the...

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Thillai

It possible now Arri Alexa mini

Igor Ryabchuk
Rebel Filmmaker from Odessa, Ukraine

Hey everyone! I run a tiny production company 100cubes.com (sorry for russian language website) and specialise in small-to-medium budget productions. I myself am mostly experienced in cinematography and colour grading, with past experience in VFX. We've managed to get into few nice film festivals wi...

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Dmytro Herasymov

Great reel! Did you use a quadcopter in your work?

Igor Ryabchuk

not in this reel, no. if you mean the car - it's me standing up at full speed and hand-helding the camera to pull off the shot )

Jerome K. Wright

Nice!

Manley Irish

Very nice work!

Debbie Croysdale

Sophisticated and polished demo. I love your different styles. I'm learning cinematography myself soon, although I will be using experienced people when I make my stuff.

Randolph Sellars
Freelance DP - Looking for cool projects with talented directors

Hey everyone, I'm a freelance DP with over 30 years of experience starting in Los Angeles. I'm currently based in Portland, Oregon - but I've worked all over the U.S. and in eleven other countries. I've shot 21 feature films and hundreds of commercials and other corporate projects. I just finished a...

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Beth Zurkowski

Excellent shots.

Suzanne Johnson

Really great. You are a professional.

Randolph Sellars

Nice to meet everyone here. Thanks for the positive feedback everyone. I stay reasonably busy with commercials, etc. - but I'm always interested in working on fun narrative projects. Quality writing a...

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Lina Jones

That was smooth.... very nice! Dude your #fabulous you must have some awesome connects...Welcome!

Hilton Moore

Classic storytelling Randolph. The direction is good and cinematography is awesome. You are truly telling a story with pictures. The alienware commercial, too.

Dmytro Herasymov
Camera operator from Ukraine

Hi everyone! I'm a passionate camera operator based in Kharkiv, Eastern Ukraine. I've been working at a local TV channels since 2012. So if miracle happens and someone will need a camera operator in this area feel free to contact me.

Tasos Kosmidis
Amanda Toney

Awesome, thank you for sharing!

Alyssa Rasmus
Filming Food

I am working on a small project that involves filming food and the cooking process. I have a Canon 70D and a standard kit lens (18-55mm, 3.5-5.6) I'm looking for advice on lighting, camera settings, stylizing. Really anything tips that can make this pop. Thanks!

Craig D Griffiths

The nifty 50 (50mm f1.8) performs okay for about $100. I would rent some better glass. I have purchased some used lens. Tamron 15-80 f2.2 which has some great colour rendering $180.00 and a Canon 28-7...

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Alyssa Rasmus

Thank you all for your feedback this has been very helpful! To answer some questions, I am working with only 1 camera, as that is all I have. I am looking into renting a better lens, so thanks for the...

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John P. Jack Beckett

Shooting food is a career in itself. Lighting is everything. One could write a book on the lighting of food. I've done a great deal of table top food shoots and the best thing to have is a good home e...

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Dmytro Herasymov

I've done several episodes of cooking program for a local TV channel. We had 3 cameras. One camera was shooting the whole set, another was filming a presenter and what she was doing, and the third one...

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Alyssa Rasmus

I really appreciated all your help with this project. I ended up using your advice to create a trailer for the canon trailer contest and another future project. You can check out my contest entry on m...

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