new video tri-x/leicina

[romeojesus]

here´s my latest video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JlEaSM9IjA

leicina special, tri-x, 2x ND-filter, schneider ultrawidelens UWLIII

300euro budget including stock, processing, telecine

I will upload a better quality version on stage6 soon

christian

[Justin Lovell]

Hey,

Great work. Always a pleasure seeing more videos by you. Nice raw feel, but the high speed shots add some elegance to the gritty texture.

Love the shots of the kids playing soccer.

Interested to see how sharp that UWL is on top of the leicina glass in some higher res stills. Always worried about using it- I've heard it was a plastic Wide Adapter.

best,

[MoonstruckProductions]

I liked it as well. Hard to beleive you got all those shots and angles with such a tight budget. Not only was the cinematography nice but also the beat. Too bad I did't understand the words. What language was he speaking? Where was this shot?

-Scott

[super8man]

Was this supposed to be English?

fromyoutube:
Super8 Video tri-x; o-flow chlodwigplatz puetz pütz money huss retrogott jun brand new oldschool barto i love you crew cre epok epoc spu swf saor faxr hip hop rap german deutschland koeln köln suedstadt südstadt sued süd südbrücke suedbruecke entourage untergrund underground pinoy filipino 0221 50678 zülpicherstr zuelpicherstr 4000 4mille romeo jesus super 8 graffiti tags cologne colonia ubierring stollwerck besetzung bewegung freiheit schwarz weiss kurzfilm dmdk und hodn business entourage-business hardcore real babak babakone dedicated dedicatedstore store de guzman familia

You can see the distortion of the 10mm when you pan up and down - interesting. I felt the street driving scene was cut to quick and jumped around a bit in concept.

Who's building were you tagging?

Cheers,
Mike

[romeojesus]

thanks..

language: german

it´s not the 10mm cinegon (which I also own) it´s the optivaron at 6mm plus the schneider UWL...so combined the lens is about 3mm focal length

sometimes you can see some slight vignetting in the
corners due to the ND filter I had to place between the main lens
and the Schneider UWL, because it adds some distance between the
two lenses

You have to focus the UWL with the macro setting of the
optivaron which is very delicate and needs some concentration...
otherwise the footage will be veeeeeeeeeeeeery blurry..

I will upload a still tomorrow

christian

[romeojesus]

oh...and entirely shot in my hometown cologne, germany

the kids are the kids from my neighborhood

[BK]

Do you shoot music videos for a living Christian?

I have seen music videos with 100 times the budget and it's not as half as good as yours.

Trim the some of the film flashes a little tighter though, thought they were on screen just a fraction too long. How much time for the editing?

Bill

[super8man]

Yeah, I was thinking as I typed that the 10mm should not distort (and is not all that wide - I had my 35mm hat on I guess - so, yeah, nice to see the 6-66 in use. It's just a shame youtube makes all videos look like, well, youtubish. I am sure its super sharp and contrasty on DVD in comparison.

Good stuff.
m

[adamgarner]

super inspiring. totally dig the vibe. I'd love to see the non-youtube version (without so many compression artifacts). Dude, really great.

Do you crystal-sync?

If you want some new ideas : I'd love to see more film stock used to get different vibes for all the b-roll. Also, some more depth of field on the tagging scenes for a few b-roll shots. But amazing use of the "sun-burst" shots under the bridge. Very very nice. Das est gut.

Great work.

[greg_8mm]

i 2nd that.. (about wanting to see a non youtube)

how many carts did you shoot in total?

nice vid,loved it

[sk360]

There's something really magical about Tri X and Schneider Lenses. The music vidseo " Cold Beverage" by G.Love and Special Sauce was shot with the same lens/film stock combination. Top notch Romero!

[romeojesus]

Thanks...

I shot 10cartridges...
all of the footage is very sharp and looks
beautiful on a TV set..You have to be very careful when
focusing the UWLIII, but once you get it it looks great..
the leicina/optivaron combo never let me down when
it comes to sharpness...

I wanted to upload the video on stage6, but it´s closed
now...too sad..that was my favorite HQ upload/streaming site...

I will place a bigger version for you somewhere...
I let you know


christian

[romeojesus]

oh.... no ..the camera is not chrystal sync
It is supposed to run with 25fps, but I measured
that it runs abou 1,3percent slower (but steady)
...to compensate, I timestretch the music playback I use on set
to 101,3percent...so when I have the footage telecined at 25fps
the footage on video tape matches the speed of the original
song enough to be in sync

[adamgarner]

to compensate, I timestretch the music playback I use on set
to 101,3percent

Slick approach. That would avoid having to speed up the track in post, and altering the song. I never considered this.

I really want to try for the "coldplay" video look where you shoot hi-speed (36-54fps) on set (and presumably hi-speed music playback on set as well), to get that sort of floaty vibe when played back at 24fps.

I'm curious, what sort of equipment do you use on set to play back the music? I've been trying to figure out what would work best since you have to constantly rewind, pause, play. Also, do you use big speakers?

I guess a normal boom-box would be sufficient.

[flatwood]

Neat video. I am now officially a fan of your work.