Failure is the greatest Guru of all!
It all started with a failure in executing a short vfx film, Bhima,
(with my students). I realised having a good hold on story-telling and
post-process are not the only important things, but having good quality equipment
for the best footage is equally important; for that I required
more money which was not possible to arrange. It hurt a lot and I
started searching for production techniques which would help me work
with micro budgets.Having a good quality camera is the heart of production,
which is a high cost affair to purchase or even on hire. After spending
days searching on the internet, I found DSLR is peeking market
in abroad for film making. And that time only i decided to gift
myself a good DSLR.
Here are the few points which I would like to share that I
experienced and gathered from the internet.
Technical Benefits
- Lens Selection
- Lowlight Performance
- Smaller Profile
- Tapeless Workflow
Artistic Benefits
- Great Depth of Field
- Filmic Image
- Creatively Invigorating
Frame Rate Options
- For footage that mimic film, a good choice is to record 24 (23.98)fps
- For footage that is going to be used for broadcast 30 (29.97) fps is good choice (1920 x 1080)
- If working with the Phase Alternating Line (PAL) standard, need to use 25fps.
- For footage shot 1280×720, than 60 (59.94) fps is the best choice for broadcast in NTSC based countries and 50fps for PAL
The DSLR workflow
- Plan
- Shoot
- Transfer & Backup
- Organize for Edit
- Edit
- Post process (VFX)[if require]
- Final Edit
- Color Grade
- Deliver
Must have equipments
- Movie Tripod
- Viewfinder
- Audio recording device with microphone
- Lights
- Matte box
Good to have equipments
- Camera support
- Fast lenses
- Follow focus
- External monitor
Resources for DSLR filmmaking technique