Porn shot on a D-SLR? (page 3)

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Van Styles Member Starr Power 306 Posts 1/04	Posted - Jan 7 2011 : 1:43PM ChodeMasterJ wrote: Another question for the pros: Editing-wise, do you use Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere CS5 for editing? I'm a hardcore Apple guy but seeing/reading some stuff about Premiere I'm starting to question my faith in Apple. Premiere accepts the h.264 codec where FC doesn't. (I use Final Cut Express personally, but even Pro/Studio doesn't accept h.264 files). What I have to do is use Handbrake to 'reconvert' the file to a .mov file and THEN import it into FC to work on it. So it goes from a .mov to a .mov file so FC can handle it. Seeing as Canon's DSLR footage comes out with that codec, this is an important issue when doing DSLR filming. What do you guys use to edit the files, or what do you have to prep your files to edit? Also, isn't color correction easier in Premiere also? I'm interested in what you guys do. Call me out if I made any tech mistakes in the above paragraph as well. Thanks. Click to expand Chodemaster- if you are using final cut pro canon actually has a plugin that is a free download from there site where you can use log and transfer feature for canon dslr footage. As it gets imported it does the encoding for you,great tool. [Link]
ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03	Posted - Jan 16 2011 : 5:57PM Bump for Redhead. [Link]
ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03	Posted - Jan 21 2011 : 5:44AM Just realized my Follow Focus won't let me put my T2i on my Habbycam shouldermount because the gear is too big and rubs up against the mount. that fucking sucks. [o\\|] [Link]
ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03	Posted - Feb 9 2011 : 3:01AM Got my Zoom h4n in today with a Redhead windscreen and will be shooting my first 100% DSLR film this weekend for a 48 hour film race contest thats in my area. Also, my Super 8 project from last semester is getting screened at the festival and i'm VERY excited to say the least. They're screening a lot of stuff but this is the first time something of mine is going to be screened, so I'm psyched. All the 48 hour film race films will be screened and judged as well. Should be awesome. [Link]

BlackSix All-Star Member pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world 12377 Posts 9/07	Posted - Feb 9 2011 : 5:10AM I know next to nothing about video but have done work in radio in the past and can say that anything that doesn't have an XLR input is substandard in my opinion. Zooms get the job done for streeters (but there are better options out there even for that) but otherwise are not that great imo. [Link]
Zoid Senior Member Boobies and Anal 2004 Posts 5/04	Posted - Feb 9 2011 : 10:05AM ChodeMasterJ wrote: What I have to do is use Handbrake to 'reconvert' the file to a .mov file and THEN import it into FC to work on it. So it goes from a .mov to a .mov file so FC can handle it. Click to expand What about Log and Transfer feature in FCE? Doesn't it work for you? [Link]
Mike Quasar Zero Tolerance Reluctant pornographer 1765 Posts 7/01	Posted - Feb 9 2011 : 12:23PM Zoid wrote: ChodeMasterJ wrote: What I have to do is use Handbrake to 'reconvert' the file to a .mov file and THEN import it into FC to work on it. So it goes from a .mov to a .mov file so FC can handle it. Click to expand What about Log and Transfer feature in FCE? Doesn't it work for you? Click to expand I use a program called Grinder from Magic Bullet. You just drag and drop all of your files and it automatically converts them to prores. [Link]
DJboutit2 Member 438 Posts 4/09	Posted - Feb 9 2011 : 3:41PM So anbody shot anything with a Kodak Zi8?? [Link]
Zen Master 2007 Member 356 Posts 3/07	Posted - Feb 9 2011 : 5:09PM Mike Quasar wrote: I use a program called Grinder from Magic Bullet. You just drag and drop all of your files and it automatically converts them to prores. Click to expand I concur, Mike. Magic Bullet Grinder "ROCKS." - Zen [Link]
ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03	Posted - Feb 9 2011 : 6:11PM BlackSix wrote: I know next to nothing about video but have done work in radio in the past and can say that anything that doesn't have an XLR input is substandard in my opinion. Zooms get the job done for streeters (but there are better options out there even for that) but otherwise are not that great imo. Click to expand This has an XLR input on it. The h4n is probably the most highly reviewed recorder that I've seen and it was only $300, which is a damn good deal. I believe that industry people have said in this thread that this is the mic they use. [Link]
ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03	Posted - Feb 9 2011 : 6:57PM Mike Quasar wrote: I use a program called Grinder from Magic Bullet. You just drag and drop all of your files and it automatically converts them to prores. Click to expand Can't you only use prores on Final Cut Studio though? That's what I thought at least. [Link]
ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03	Posted - Feb 9 2011 : 7:04PM Zoid wrote: What about Log and Transfer feature in FCE? Doesn't it work for you? Click to expand Just tried the Log and Transfer feature in FCE and it wouldn't let me import the file. Tried dragging it to the part of the window it says to drag media to and it wouldn't accept the file. I just tried to import a file that i haven't messed with into FCE and am rendering it as we speak and am gonna see if it still gives me problems. Maybe they did an update for FCE where it doesn't have problems with the files anymore. I shall see in about 5 minutes or so. :) [Link]
BlackSix All-Star Member pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world 12377 Posts 9/07	Posted - Feb 11 2011 : 2:52AM ChodeMasterJ wrote: This has an XLR input on it. The h4n is probably the most highly reviewed recorder that I've seen and it was only $300, which is a damn good deal. I believe that industry people have said in this thread that this is the mic they use. Click to expand For $300 that's solid, but there are better mics and equipment out there is all I'm saying. No offense to anyone posting here, but sound recording doesn't tend to be the strong suit of most modern porn. [Link]
ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03	Posted - Feb 14 2011 : 11:48PM Very true. There's always better stuff out there, but this is what I can afford at the moment. haha. No offense taken or anything man. I worked on a short film for a local Film Festival over the weekend that was written, shot, and edited in 48 hours. It was shot on my T2i in 1080p and we used the h4n for sound and it came out pretty solid. We had some problems in conversion and the only copy I have is in standard def. I've got the raw files but I'm not the one who edited it and I don't feel like editing that whole damn thing just to put it in HD. Next time I (we) know how to do shit correctly. We learned from it and that's the cool thing. That was my first dip into the world of making a short film solely on a DSLR. Pretty awesome experience and I can't wait to do it again. Any new porn stuff being shot on DSLRs or anything? [Link]

BlackSix All-Star Member pornography wasn't sex but fantasies of an impossibly hospitable world 12377 Posts 9/07	Posted - Feb 15 2011 : 5:21AM I wonder what the recent features A Little Romance and The Sex Files 1 and 2 were shot on, as they look really good. [Link]
Rod Member 908 Posts 8/10	Posted - Feb 15 2011 : 9:43AM ChodeMasterJ wrote: Another question for the pros: Editing-wise, do you use Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere CS5 for editing? I'm a hardcore Apple guy but seeing/reading some stuff about Premiere I'm starting to question my faith in Apple. Premiere accepts the h.264 codec where FC doesn't. (I use Final Cut Express personally, but even Pro/Studio doesn't accept h.264 files). What I have to do is use Handbrake to 'reconvert' the file to a .mov file and THEN import it into FC to work on it. So it goes from a .mov to a .mov file so FC can handle it. Seeing as Canon's DSLR footage comes out with that codec, this is an important issue when doing DSLR filming. What do you guys use to edit the files, or what do you have to prep your files to edit? Also, isn't color correction easier in Premiere also? I'm interested in what you guys do. Call me out if I made any tech mistakes in the above paragraph as well. Thanks. Click to expand FCE4 accepts h.264 I import mp4 from my pocket camera directly into FEC4 [Link]
Rod Member 908 Posts 8/10	Posted - Feb 15 2011 : 10:00AM WillDisanto wrote: The other title that I shot for Daring Media on DSLR's was "Limousine" I'm pretty sure that Kendo also uses DSLR's in his productions for Daring too. His work looks excellent! The setup for "The Informers" was; 3 Canon 5D MII - Usually one 35 (establishing shot) one 85 for Headshots and a 70 - 200 for Variation. Porn is pretty tricky in my opinion to shoot with a fixed DSLR, so I tend to shot 3 angles and cut between them. I encourage the performers to just deliver the scene. The Daring style content does not require any direct camera eye contact from the performers and that is a massive factor as well. (you can cut to the best angle without having to consider eye contact in the edit) Under lights I clamp the cameras at 3200K so the colors are balanced and shoot in neutral mode. Obviously the canon audio is about as bad as you can get so all the audio is recorded separately and synced in post. With care you can get an excellent film style look. The Downsides in my opinion are: 1) On wide (non shallow Depth of field shots) the sensor can sometimes go crazy and deliver random wild artefacts in the footage. 2) I would not attempt work off tripod as rolling shutter is unavoidable. 3) You have to use audio recorded from a separate source. (a little tip here: use pluraleyes to sync up the audio and footage) Click to expand Chodemasterj - I don't know how much adult content you've shoot, but I think Will Disanto's comments above are spot on. He's shooting with three cameras at the same time to get his footage plus recording sound separately. That requires a crew all working together. This is not like filming a documentary with a single camera. To capture the action live and have various angles and tight/med/tele shots to edit and make sure you capture EVERYTHING (you'll be surprised how easy it is to miss the money shot) is difficult. Trying to deal with talent (including uncooperative cocks) and shoot adult content by yourself is like being a one-armed wallpaper hanger. It's more than a full time job even without having to worry about follow focus etc. The look is spectacular, but the work/crew is demanding to say the least. Don't let the technology ruin the sex! [Link]
ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03	Posted - Feb 15 2011 : 3:22PM BlackSix wrote: I wonder what the recent features A Little Romance and The Sex Files 1 and 2 were shot on, as they look really good. Click to expand I know the new Silence of the Lambs parody was done on a DSLR because I asked Mike in the thread. [Link]
ChodeMasterJ Perpetual Marxist 5405 Posts 4/03	Posted - Feb 15 2011 : 3:29PM Rod wrote: FCE4 accepts h.264 I import mp4 from my pocket camera directly into FEC4 Click to expand That's so weird that FCE will accept h.264 without any problems, yet Studio/Pro has to have a plug-in to work. I tested out footage from my cam on FCE and didn't have any problems, while my friend with FCP couldn't convert the finished edit to a Quicktime movie. Retarded. Rod, I haven't shot any adult content on a DSLR. I haven't shot any adult content at all actually. I've thought about it but kinda wanna hold off and see if i can get a mainstream career going. I've contacted some girls/trannys off of BackPage about doing solo stuff but I haven't got a response or anything. It would be extremely hard to shoot it on just one DSLR and record sound separately and everything. It was hard trying to do that for just a simple narrative film the other day. It does take a team and a lot of pre-planning and teamwork to pull it off. If you can though, I think it looks amazing. DSLRs aren't the 'Win All' answer to cameras and filming, but in some instances I think they prove more useful and creative than a regular HDV that people tend to use in porn. Ability to shoot in low light with fast lenses and higher ISOs and being able to use razor thin shallow focus really comes in handy sometimes. How do you usually find people to shoot, Rod? [Link]
Harri Patel Senior Member #SDNY he's all yours. -- Michael Steele 5110 Posts 3/03	Posted - Jun 16 2011 : 11:05PM "Portrait Of A Call Girl" is shot in 1080p HD on DSLR cameras, a first for Elegant Angel, and will be released in multi disc sets on both DVD and Blu-Ray in August, 2011. CHODE! COME BACK! [Link]
Leyden Senior Member The people have spoken. I'm a nitpicking dick. Woo! 8757 Posts 1/04	Posted - Sep 19 2011 : 9:24PM Here's the forever-a-while music video for Angel of Sona shot on a new Sony Alpha A65. He used three Sony lenses, Sony 35mm f1.8, Sony 50mm f1.8, and Sony 17-105mm f3.5-5.6 [Link]