Re: From tape to memory card
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:22 pm
The "look" of a camera can have positive or negative effects of course. If you have read my article in FVM from a couple of years ago about when we were shooting our comedy/ thriller in Wakefield town centre, "The Contract," you will see what I mean.
I was using one of the Z5s as we were trying to do a scene on the outdoor shopping precinct escalator when two security guards stopped us to ask what we were doing. I tried to tell them it was "just" an amateur film. But in this case, the "look" of the camera (pro) no doubt worked against us. If we had been shooting on a tiny camera or a smartphone, I think we would have got away with it. They told us to move on as we didn`t have permission to film there.
So what is good for a wedding can be bad for our own little fiction films!
No Michael, I wasn`t closing down the discussion, just adding further information.
I was using one of the Z5s as we were trying to do a scene on the outdoor shopping precinct escalator when two security guards stopped us to ask what we were doing. I tried to tell them it was "just" an amateur film. But in this case, the "look" of the camera (pro) no doubt worked against us. If we had been shooting on a tiny camera or a smartphone, I think we would have got away with it. They told us to move on as we didn`t have permission to film there.
So what is good for a wedding can be bad for our own little fiction films!
No Michael, I wasn`t closing down the discussion, just adding further information.