I feel like the Kill Bill transparent wall might be a scrim-like material which was lit from the camera side, and the room behind dark. Then, to make it transparent, they turn off the light from the camera side and light the subject in the room behind, making the material appear semi-transparent. I'm not entirely sure though.
You missed a great mechanical detail at 12:24, the chair that Chloe Moretz sits on is on rails, so she is sliding left as Larry slides right which gives him enough space to be able to rotate around and move past her. On the Goodfellas shot, indeed, all of the restaurant staff in the first half are extras, all carefully placed and given specific business to do. Larry works VERY extensively with background!
7:12 thats actually fairly easy, we've done it on set before. Basicly the floral part that fades is just a white (with a lot of micro perforations, fairly common to find, similar to what a confessional booth would hasve in a church, except white) scrim which when lit from outside without an inside source, isnt see through. What they then do, is a light gag where they dim the outside lights down and turn the inside lights up. Making it effectively transparent. Plus, they shot this on film, which means they could have pushed that part alone to get more exposure out of the inside. But that aside, THEY SHOT THIS ON FILM, which means they for sure tested that light gag at least a half dozen times during prep/pre pro since they had to run (probably short ends) and then process them. Im sure Bob had it pretty close to dialed in from the go cause they man is a master, but still, I feel like thats the kind of thing you test. But I digress. Great shot, also theres a bts video somewhere of that scene where if I recall correctly theres some portions where hes walking through some kind of scaffolding, which seems a bit precarious tbh haha. Ill post it on the steadicam practice thread if I find it and you can disseminate if you'd like.
Kill Bill's Wall kinda reminds me of Theatre Gauze which can be painted/printed and lit from the front to appear solid but cut the foreground lights and light it from behind it almost appears to vanish, I see in the shot you can still see the pattern of the wall in the shot which reminds me of gauze from the days i did stage lighting in school productions
I love this series! There is a YT video where Larry explains the planning of the kitchen sequence in Goodfellas. Martin pretty much allowed Larry to plan the shot.
7:04 actually it's really simple. If you light this kind of material from certain angle, you can't look through it, but when they turn off the light it becomes almost invisible.
hey @steadired ! its me, i emailed you not too long ago. im a professional video editor, and i can tell you that at 7:06 it seems that they actually shot a couple seconds longer, to allow for a fade transition, had the camera in the exact same spot, it could have taken them seconds to get the lights turned off and remove the original panel, and then they continued shooting. this is my guess.
2:37 "I can't tell if these were extras or if this was a working bar"? Really dude? A multi-million dollar movie? These were extras and even if some of them were workers, this scene was rehearsed to an inch of its life. 7:05 Looks like an obvious crossfade between two seperate shots
I feel like the Kill Bill transparent wall might be a scrim-like material which was lit from the camera side, and the room behind dark. Then, to make it transparent, they turn off the light from the camera side and light the subject in the room behind, making the material appear semi-transparent. I'm not entirely sure though.
Thats kinda what I had in mind.
I bet that's what it is, thanks for telling me!
I was going to say the same thing. You can see a discrepancy in the timing between the "exterior" lights turning off and the interior turning on
You missed a great mechanical detail at 12:24, the chair that Chloe Moretz sits on is on rails, so she is sliding left as Larry slides right which gives him enough space to be able to rotate around and move past her. On the Goodfellas shot, indeed, all of the restaurant staff in the first half are extras, all carefully placed and given specific business to do. Larry works VERY extensively with background!
I loved this series, please make more!
thanks so much!
7:12 thats actually fairly easy, we've done it on set before. Basicly the floral part that fades is just a white (with a lot of micro perforations, fairly common to find, similar to what a confessional booth would hasve in a church, except white) scrim which when lit from outside without an inside source, isnt see through. What they then do, is a light gag where they dim the outside lights down and turn the inside lights up. Making it effectively transparent. Plus, they shot this on film, which means they could have pushed that part alone to get more exposure out of the inside. But that aside, THEY SHOT THIS ON FILM, which means they for sure tested that light gag at least a half dozen times during prep/pre pro since they had to run (probably short ends) and then process them. Im sure Bob had it pretty close to dialed in from the go cause they man is a master, but still, I feel like thats the kind of thing you test. But I digress. Great shot, also theres a bts video somewhere of that scene where if I recall correctly theres some portions where hes walking through some kind of scaffolding, which seems a bit precarious tbh haha. Ill post it on the steadicam practice thread if I find it and you can disseminate if you'd like.
Kill Bill's Wall kinda reminds me of Theatre Gauze which can be painted/printed and lit from the front to appear solid but cut the foreground lights and light it from behind it almost appears to vanish, I see in the shot you can still see the pattern of the wall in the shot which reminds me of gauze from the days i did stage lighting in school productions
I think your right 👍
You're correct! It is Theatre Gauze my Steadicam Professor confirmed it in class a few weeks ago!
I love this series! There is a YT video where Larry explains the planning of the kitchen sequence in Goodfellas. Martin pretty much allowed Larry to plan the shot.
thanks for watching! ill have to check it out.
Great video. I just purchased my first stedicam and thinks to your videos its been easy to learn. Thanks for sharing.
Great to hear! have fun with it😁
Love these! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much 😁
The Alexa Classic weighs round about 8kg body only, flying two of them really does seem like a nightmare...
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7:04 actually it's really simple. If you light this kind of material from certain angle, you can't look through it, but when they turn off the light it becomes almost invisible.
I wasn't thinking...So obvious now hahaha
HUGO is a must see movie... (a tribute to the first moviemaker Georges Méliès) you wont regret it! (Btw its the ending scene you showed)
thanks for the tip, im sure i can find it somewhere 😁
hey @steadired ! its me, i emailed you not too long ago.
im a professional video editor, and i can tell you that at 7:06 it seems that they actually shot a couple seconds longer, to allow for a fade transition, had the camera in the exact same spot, it could have taken them seconds to get the lights turned off and remove the original panel, and then they continued shooting. this is my guess.
I know it's two years late, but shooting on film means no room for mistakes so it's all setup.
Interesting video! Nice cat! Do you remember about videovillage? Please! ;)
Thanks, I'll keep it in mind for next time
You are a MASTER Red!
thank you 😊
2:37 "I can't tell if these were extras or if this was a working bar"? Really dude? A multi-million dollar movie? These were extras and even if some of them were workers, this scene was rehearsed to an inch of its life. 7:05 Looks like an obvious crossfade between two seperate shots
The hinge was removed on the top right door on stairway @1:44
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Tour camera its so nice tho I hope I havr like that steadicam 😀
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You are a master yourself!
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