SKIP TO PRETTY PICTURES IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BOTHER
This week we started getting B roll for our documentary. I took out the A7sII for the first time, and the camera seems like an excellent tool, though I quickly discovered some problems that, though they were partially my fault make me reconsider the A7sII as our all-purpose camera.
Somehow the night before we left to go shoot our B-roll, it did not even phase me that I had only one lens. I noticed this a little too late the next day, and the harsh morning sun wasn't kind to our video. The lens that we used was a zoom lens set to F2.8, which isn't bad at all given the situation, but I had very few options in terms of controlling the light.
I reduced the ISO as far as it could go, down to 50 (which I never want to have to do again), and found that wasn't enough. With a cringe and a prayer of dubious sincerity, I adjusted the shutter speed in a wild attempt to account for the light. In order to keep the B-roll from looking like it was fresh out of Saving Private Ryan, I avoided any moving shots or moving backgrounds at first, instead relying on racking focus to create movement and interest within the frame.
Eventually I used moving shots, and for some reason that is completely beyond me they seemed to play back just fine, even at insanely tight shutter speeds. The biggest problem with the A7sII I found after a little research, was that it's high native ISO gives it problems with shooting in daylight without above average strength ND filters. For the sake of keeping our film looking consistent though, that is not something that is hard to remember.
Sorry about the sorta kinda boring post. Here are some more storyboards from scene 1. I'm trying out a new technique to let me play around with shot ideas. Since I'm the only one using them it's all good if there are random bars through my pictures cause I know what's supposed to go there.
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I'll stop rambling now.
The title screen; bolder cursive title for legibility
That's a fork...just accept it.
Katie and June saying goodbye when their friend leaves for the bathroom. (More stereotypical to go together? Questions for later.)
Yes, it kinda looks like they're going to miss in retrospect. That's going to look awkward in slo mo.
She's not leaning out a cardboard box with a chair in it, nor is she being launched through a perfectly shaped square hole in the front of an awkward bus. This is what I meant by random bars. The lines separate the image into potential new frames for better visualization.
Stay tuned for god knows what!
(I don't yet)
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