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Blake Calhoun
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Добавлен 26 сен 2013
My 2nd channel where I make videos about living the freelance filmmaker lifestyle. I also post my Almost Professional podcast here along with other videos about film & TV production.
Check out my other channel here: ruclips.net/user/iPhoneographers.
FAQ... Why is it called "Almost Professional"? Listen to this: ruclips.net/video/ZB0V9iCP9dU/видео.html.
Check out my other channel here: ruclips.net/user/iPhoneographers.
FAQ... Why is it called "Almost Professional"? Listen to this: ruclips.net/video/ZB0V9iCP9dU/видео.html.
Learn Smartphone Cinema with Bart Weiss | Almost Pro • Ep 054
Almost Professional | Podcast Ep 054 • Learn Smartphone Cinema with Bart Weiss
In this episode Blake interviews filmmaker & educator Bart Weiss about his new book, "Smartphone Cinema - Making Great Films with Your Mobile Phone".
🎥 BUY the book here:
geni.us/F3UtDSd (Amazon)
geni.us/G1NO (from publisher)
videofest.org/services/newsletter (Bart's newsletter)
▶︎ GEAR mentioned:
Hollyland Wireless Mics geni.us/eKqIY (Amazon)
DJI Wireless Mics geni.us/BEZFMm3 (Amazon)
MagSafe Mount geni.us/LJLiuE (Amazon)
My original podcast is hosted on Spotify Podcasts (bit.ly/AlmostProPodcast). But you can also listen here on RUclips or subscribe wherever podcasts are available.
▶︎ MY RUclips GEAR:
Mirrorless camera ge...
In this episode Blake interviews filmmaker & educator Bart Weiss about his new book, "Smartphone Cinema - Making Great Films with Your Mobile Phone".
🎥 BUY the book here:
geni.us/F3UtDSd (Amazon)
geni.us/G1NO (from publisher)
videofest.org/services/newsletter (Bart's newsletter)
▶︎ GEAR mentioned:
Hollyland Wireless Mics geni.us/eKqIY (Amazon)
DJI Wireless Mics geni.us/BEZFMm3 (Amazon)
MagSafe Mount geni.us/LJLiuE (Amazon)
My original podcast is hosted on Spotify Podcasts (bit.ly/AlmostProPodcast). But you can also listen here on RUclips or subscribe wherever podcasts are available.
▶︎ MY RUclips GEAR:
Mirrorless camera ge...
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Why MEIKE are the Best Affordable Cine Lenses
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Why I shot my feature film using Meike cine primes. Check out my film (coming soon): www.caseymakesamixtape.com ▶︎ FEATURED GEAR: Meike 18mm geni.us/00lBQ9J Meike 25mm geni.us/0I8MH Meike 35mm geni.us/WCOkQ Meike 50mm geni.us/LkfL1f RED Komodo geni.us/VFbl RED Komodo X geni.us/VFbl OTHER CAMERA GEAR USED: 8Sinn Komodo Cage geni.us/XkjMRaN Portkeys Monitor geni.us/7Y3Sm (Amazon) 12G SDI Cable ge...
Making MONEY with LOW-BUDGET Movies | Almost Pro • Ep 053
Просмотров 1902 месяца назад
Almost Professional | Podcast Ep 053 • How To Make Money with Low-Budget Indie Films This video is a general overview of various distribution options to consider for low & micro-budget indie films. My original podcast is hosted on Spotify Podcasts (bit.ly/AlmostProPodcast). But you can also listen here on RUclips or subscribe wherever podcasts are available. ▶︎ Check out my film: www.caseymakes...
My first 16mm short film (shot on a wind-up camera)
Просмотров 4162 месяца назад
Watch a 16mm short film I made back in 2001 called "630". Shot on the K-3 (or Kragnogorsk-3), which is a Russian made wind-up 16mm camera. The camera wasn't blimped and was loud, and so we had to record all the sound twice to a DAT recorder - once while rolling as reference, then again immediately after each take without the camera running. I only have an SD version of the movie on Beta SP tape...
Indie Film Production and iPhone Apple Log | Almost Pro • Ep 052
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Almost Professional | Podcast Ep 052 • Indie Film Production and iPhone Apple Log My original podcast is hosted on Spotify Podcasts (bit.ly/AlmostProPodcast). But you can also listen here on RUclips or subscribe wherever podcasts are available. ▶︎ CASEY MAKES A MIXTAPE: www.caseymakesamixtape.com Shooting a movie with RED Komodo: ruclips.net/video/YsCxnWdz2Lo/видео.html ▶︎ MY RUclips GEAR: Mirr...
What I Learned Shooting a Movie on a RED Komodo
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I shot an indie feature film using a RED Komodo and in this video I share what I learned during that adventure. 🎥 Casey movie info: www.caseymakesamixtape.com Casey BTS video: ruclips.net/video/g9DugFc8C1U/видео.html ▶︎ FEATURED GEAR: RED Komodo geni.us/VFbl RED Komodo X geni.us/MSo1I Meike 35mm lens geni.us/WCOkQ Meike 25mm lens geni.us/0I8MH Meike 18mm lens geni.us/00lBQ9J 8Sinn Komodo cage g...
RED Komodo | Full Setup for Shooting a Movie
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I'm directing & shooting a feature film using a RED Komodo. This is part of a series of videos about the process of making the movie and the gear I’m using. Info on the film: www.caseymakesamixtape.com ▶︎ FEATURED GEAR: RED Komodo geni.us/VFbl DZO 20-55mm Pictor Zoom geni.us/iio9TK 8Sinn Komodo Cage geni.us/XkjMRaN Portkeys Monitor geni.us/7Y3Sm (Amazon) 12G SDI Cable geni.us/8yyYLqe SmallRig T...
How To Use AI for Everyday Filmmaking | Almost Pro • Ep 051
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Almost Professional | Podcast Ep 051 • How I Use AI for Everyday Filmmaking My original podcast is hosted on Spotify Podcasts (bit.ly/AlmostProPodcast). But you can also listen here on RUclips or subscribe wherever podcasts are available. ▶︎ CASEY'S FAVORITE SONG: www.loudpictures.com/casey-makes-a-mixtape Shooting a movie with RED Komodo: ruclips.net/video/YsCxnWdz2Lo/видео.html Adobe Podcast:...
Shooting a Movie with RED Komodo
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I'm directing & shooting a feature film using a RED Komodo. This is the first in a series of videos about the process of making the movie and the gear I’m using. Info on the film: www.caseymakesamixtape.com ▶︎ FEATURED GEAR: RED Komodo geni.us/VFbl 8Sinn Komodo Cage geni.us/XkjMRaN ▶︎ MY RUclips GEAR: Mirrorless camera geni.us/eDLVpvS Cinema camera (indie) geni.us/y9vuA Action camera geni.us/hB...
DADDY'S RULES (dark comedy short film)
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Synopsis: A black ops assassin trains his young protege. "Daddy's Rules" is an origin story to the award-winning digital series "Pink". Starring Matthew Tompkins & Emma Blake Written by Mike Maden Directed & edited by Blake Calhoun ▶︎ Watch the full series here: www.pinktheseries.com/ Watch a BTS: ruclips.net/video/WdHiQuahRqs/видео.html Tech specs: Shot on RED Weapon Edited & graded in Premier...
How AI can save YOUR short film | Runway ML
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A look at how I used Runway ML to help finish (and save) a short film. Watch the film: ruclips.net/video/WtoCcLIeUow/видео.html Or watch the film on Vimeo (click "FREE" when the new window opens): vimeo.com/ondemand/pinktheseries/795909686 Watch and/or learn more about my series "Pink": www.pinktheseries.com Check out Runway: runwayml.com/ ▶︎ MY RUclips GEAR: Mirrorless camera geni.us/eDLVpvS C...
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THANKS 🙏🏽
Do you think along with the streambar and wireless speakers is it worth getting rokus subwoofer or not?Thankyou!
Don’t have the subwoofer, but have considered it. The main setup sounds pretty great though without it.
Can you show us how do you switch the solar power supply to use grid power inside the shed?
I have onn/roku tv since my tv is already roku will the roku streambar work with my tv?Thankyou!
Hi 😮
What strength Black Satin filter did you use? Looks great!
I prefer a subtler look, so went with 1/8. Thanks!
@@BlakeCalhoun Great! is that the Black Satin filter 1/8 or Black Pro Mist filter 1/8. The caption says black Satin filter but the footage shows Black Pro Mist filter 1/8 cheers looks nice
It’s a 1/8 Black Satin. The b-roll was Black Pro Mist because I didn’t have the other filter handy when I shot that. :) The Satin has less highlight bloom than the Mist.
Your polarity is reversed because your solar extension cable from panels to outside receptacle is reversed. Disconnect cables from receptacle and plug that end on the panels instead. This happened to me years ago and i actually started cutting the mc4 connectors off when i discovered that i had the cable reversed.. Greetings from Jamaica.
Super underrated especially considering the price.
Agreed, definitely.
Lenses - one of the few things you can "buy for their looks" and get a good product 😁 As also mentioned by @drose84, they also have full frame lenses, the Meike FF Prime series. These have a 82 mm filter thread. To top off the line, they also have a very affordable series of MFT lenses for the hobby filmers.
these lenses do come in a FF version too though... =]
Yep! But I didn’t want to pay the extra money for FF, and if I’m not mistaken DZO doesn’t offer Super 35. But I do like the yellow font they use on the full frame lenses. :)
Yes great. Found mine so hard to sell when I decided I wanted to move on. Had a 25. Would also say on this that character here is about more from the filter used.
great affordable cine lens for my bmpcc6kpro
Definitely!
Why not filmhub if over $100k? Mine is 250k but 25 years old
My soundbar bar do not play when the for front speakers are on
Hello! I'm buying Komodo soon, where can I watch that movie? 😁
The movie is not out yet, but it hopefully will be in the first quarter of 2025. We’ve been shopping it to distributors and are making a decision soon. But shooting on the Komodo was great - highly recommend it!
What's the lens? And how did you scan it?
It’s a Zoom lens that comes with the camera. I believe it’s a 17-69mm f/1.9. When I got the film processed the lab used telecine to transfer it to Beta SP tape, which I used to edit with.
@@BlakeCalhoun I love the quality. I got the K2 and the same zoomlens and I'm asking if I would be able to create a similiar resolution. Looking forward to scan my negatives in a professional way. Thanks for your answer!
I follow basically all K3 owners on RUclips, and I follow pretty closely what people are currently making with this camera and how they're pushing its limits. But this-this thing you made over 20 years ago-is maybe the most fleshed out and finished project I've ever seen anyone make with a K3. This is 20 years old, but by uploading it here, just became the new high bar for what you can do if you're committed enough to put up with the limitations of this camera and make something.
That’s cool, I actually didn’t know people were still using that camera much. :) Appreciate you watching and commenting!
hey Blake, thank you for this video! Why did you choose to put the footage through some kind of AI-upscaling? It looks really jarring with the Ai-paintjob on top of the footage and I would love to see the original footage. Please consider uploading an unaltered version, since it would do your work much more justice! Kind regards!
Because it’s SD 720x480. Topaz Video AI does some denoising, but I added film grain back in so it looks very similar to the original off the tape, just higher resolution - and importantly it’s been deinterlaced too. It was interlaced video before as it came off tape. I am toying with the idea of getting the original 16mm negative re-scanned and then remastering that, and if I do that I’ll make a RUclips video about it and maybe release the movie again. :) Thanks for watching!
That kept me engaged the whole time. Great atmosphere. One of the actors reminded me of Nick Cage but they were all really good. Loved the super cheesy music in the store :) The soundtrack was so perfect for the offbeat vibe and the pacing was spot on. Really well done.
Gotta love muzak. :) Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!
how did you record the sound?
Used a Sennheiser 416 going into a DAT recorder. We’d shoot the main take with the camera rolling, and we’d cut and do the scene again for sound only so the actors would try to do the same performance. And we’d also grab wild lines as needed. Did some looping later too I think. And then we added lots of foley in post. Syncing it up was tricky!
@@BlakeCalhoun respect. A lot of work 👍
Fantastic job 💪
Appreciate it!
Beta 😂
oooo very very Pulp Fiction like, love it
Thanks for watching!
Love the 90’s vibe! Looks pretty great considering the long chain of transformations it took to get to RUclips. I’ve recently gotten back into film still photography after a nearly two decade hiatus, and I keep wanting to get some supper8 film, see if my old cameras still work. Have you looked into getting the original film re-scanned? I’ve seen 4K super8 that looks pretty good, I’d imagine this would look fantastic with a new 4K scan.
Thanks! Yeah compared to how it looked coming off the Beta SP tape Topaz did a really good job upscaling and cleaning it up, although of course it still has the 16mm film characteristics of grain, some gate weave and there’s flicker in some scenes due to the wind-up camera and its registration pin. And yes, I’m actually considering getting the old film negative re-scanned to 4K and then maybe remastering but I don’t have the old EDL so it would have to be reassembled by hand. But I might just do it for fun to see how it looks and make a RUclips video about it. :)
When you tagged me, I was thinking ”I don’t recall being in this one.” Imagine my surprise to see that I sort of was! 😎
A cameo, of sorts. :)
You need to make that gold mustang your “Hitchcock silhouette”
THis is awesome!
Thanks!
Great movie , color grading looks awesome 👏👏👏👍🏻
Thanks!
Thanky Blakey 😊❤
i want to use this with a monitor ...it only has hdmi and no optical cable and no hdmi arc so i guess this wouldnt work..
First of all, it’s called a shed for a reason you cannot have it a shed whether you living in it or you working it you need to build any structure that you’re going to maintain occupancy whether it’s for one minute or 12 hours just like a regular house you can’t take a tough shed plan to your citybuilding and planning department and get a permit for that why would you ever use a tough shed as a place to be inside and work build it right?
Why in the heck would anybody spend money on a tough shed when you can build it easily yourself I mean it’s a no-brainer. What a waste of money.
No thanks .. be the handyman .. comeon
So I’m just seeing this video but I bought this same setup but my rear speakers sometimes my rear will have voices mostly with music. Or it’ll not have the voices come through the rear speakers while watching movies but it’ll play the voices on commercials
VERY cool video...The "double clutch" with the record button..GUILTY on all counts here! I shoot a local TV show using a Black Magic Pocket Cinema 6k. I am crash coursing on the RED Komodo because I will be shooting a feature with one in October. Trying to get in front of the curve. All info is greatly appreciated. subscribe button hit!
Wanna sue them they robbed me !!!
Great video, sir! I work as a direct sales rep for Tuff Shed and just wanted to clarify one point. Based on the screen captures of our shed design program in your video, you purchased a heavily modified/customized Sundance Lean-To model from Home Depot. What you ultimately wound up with is very similar in appearance to the Premier Pro Studio that we offer on the direct-sales side of the company, but your starting point was not the Pro Studio model that you've linked to in the video description. That model cannot be purchased from any Home Depot. The apples-to-apples comparison for the Sundance Lean-To that you purchased from HD would be the Premier Lean-To model on the direct-sales side of the company. In a 10x16 dimension, the base price of those two models is only about $300 apart and that's due to the Premier Lean-To including a longer warranty, upgraded flooring and radiant heat-barrier on the interior roof/wall sheathing. You definitely saved some money going with a customized Sundance Lean-To instead of the Pro Studio, but many Home Depots don't offer any customization of their Tuff Shed models--let alone customization to the degree that you paid for. The Pro Studio also includes a 24" front roof overhang vs. your 18" overhang, a taller back wall height, a full-lite entry door vs. the rough opening for your custom door and as a 10-year vs. 5-year warranty. Most folks will probably find that ordering the Pro Studio model directly from Tuff Shed is a much easier option to get the same overall look that you have in your shed--albeit a slightly more expensive route based on those listed differences. Thanks for your time!
Very helpful context, thank you
Reading is required 😂😂😂😂😂readddddddd. Horrible foundation 😂😂
I had Tuff Shed (through HD) build a 10 by 12 building for a studio in 1996 (28 years ago). The cost for the shed plus upgrades was $1600. I don’t renter the finish out costs, but I did all the work my self ( electrical, insulation, flooring and sheet rock). I put a new door on several years ago, had it reroofed and have had two AC units. Other than that I am still using the studio daily. Tuff Sheds last.
thanks for the vids, I’m looking into Tuff Shed too. what size is yours? I’m trying to gauge how functional 10x12 vs 10x14 would be like. thanks
LotS of distortion, this lens is designed for corrected software camera not BMPCC UNFORTUNATELY
How would this look on super16 bmmcc or bmpcc OG. Is edge distortion noticably bad? I am between this and the loawa 6mm f2 zero-D cine lens.
When you set timecode to external you have to then jam sync with your timecode source
six minutes in I'm wondering why not a concrete pad or perhaps procure rock in bulk.
Any idea if you can add external Bluetooth speakers that are *not* Roku brand?
No
Hey Blake, your videos have been great. I am trying to do the exact same thing in terms of electrical for my shed. But I am completely ignorant as to how to ask an electrician. Can you breakdown exactly how I should ask for this? Every electrician is confused when I say I am trying to run the shed on a portable solar power station.
I can’t speak for this exact situation, and I’m not an electrician but have worked with a lot of industrial electricians (so also a bit different), but I don’t see how a decent electrician wouldn’t understand this. Especially if you already have the shed, they ought to just come out to see it and get an idea and then give you a quote. Otherwise I would try to email them a picture of the shed or something similar and they should be able to easily follow what you’re wanting then. Like I said though, not an electrician and I could be completely wrong.
In Canada, i cant order the subwoofer. The speakers are on Amazon, but not shown on the Roku website.
Exactly, same issue here...that's why I'm ordering one tonight from the US and shipping to a US mailbox address site I have in Michigan cause fortunately I live close to the border. With this in mind I might order 2 as I found 2 on ebay new for 90 US bucks each. I have 2 streambars so might be worth it!
man this is dope plan on doing this when i move
I thoroughly enjoyed this break-down. Well executed, honest, and informative. Nicely done, man. Thank you for posting this.
This is the best shed breakdown I’ve seen on RUclips. Thanks for sharing.
Really great suggestions.Thank you for the content. How is the final edit going?
Great review. Congrats on the film!