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Comment on Panasonic HVX200 Workflow by Stephanie Argy

Stephanie Argy — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:52:20 +0000

The trailer — definitely the plan! Very soon…

Meanwhile, you may want to check out this link, which is someone else’s experiences with the Red Rock M2, including links to test footage:

http://bscenefilms.blogspot.com/2008/01/redrock-m2-cine-lens-adapter-report.html

Sounds as though they were very pleased…

Comment on Panasonic HVX200 Workflow by Adam

Adam — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:38:45 +0000

Thanks for the info. I saw your “story” listed on the Black Magic site and did some digging and found this site. You’ve done a good job of detailing your post workflow for others here on this site. Will you have a trailer of the film posted anytime in the near future?

Comment on Panasonic HVX200 Workflow by Stephanie Argy

Stephanie Argy — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:44:48 +0000

We didn’t. Our thinking at that point was partly practical: we knew that we’d never be able to get a really experienced camera assistant for the length and budget of our shoot, so we’d be causing ourselves endless problems to introduce a lens system that would necessitate that much focus pulling.

But also our look was very stylized, so for us, deep focus was actually really appropriate.

Since shooting, we have tested both the MOVIETube and the Redrock M2 lens adaptors, and based on those tests, we’re really happy we went the way we did with our shoot. The adaptors do introduce a fair amount of softening, and while it’s a look that other filmmakers we know have found right for their projects, we felt as though it caused more degradation to the image than we were comfortable with — especially if you tend to do as much to the images in post as we do.

Comment on Panasonic HVX200 Workflow by Adam

Adam — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:42:14 +0000

Hi. I was wondering if you guys used any sort of lens adapter on your hvx200. Thanks.