Hi, I'm a screenwriter, but I'm interested in indie filmmaking. I'm considering buying a BlackMagic Cinema Camera, and I'm looking for recommendations, as to the best lens to use for making simple films. I'd appreciate any thoughts on this. Thanks!
Hi, I'm a screenwriter, but I'm interested in indie filmmaking. I'm considering buying a BlackMagic Cinema Camera, and I'm looking for recommendations, as to the best lens to use for making simple films. I'd appreciate any thoughts on this. Thanks!
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If your after budget solutions I can highly recommend the rokinon lenses. As for the cameras. Well the pocket is a 16mm frame so think of old super 16 film stock ( Films like Black Swan, The hurt lock...
Expand commentIf your after budget solutions I can highly recommend the rokinon lenses. As for the cameras. Well the pocket is a 16mm frame so think of old super 16 film stock ( Films like Black Swan, The hurt locker etc). Getting shallow depths of field will be very hard to achieve though. It is possible., Theres also the speed booster which will make the frame act like s35 with a nikon mount that will give you the larger frame and shalloweer DOF possibilities. The 2.5k camera is brilliant. I love it. If you want to see some examples of whats possible look at Frank Glencairns work. People go on about crop factors and the like yet the sensor is the same size as the Panasonic AF100 which was used to shoot The Raid and the BMCC is a far better camera in terms of image and rolling shutter. I am now using a 4K with the global shutter. I think the image out of the 2.5k is better but I have to do some live event run and gun reporting and having the global shutter is brilliant. Don't just think of them as a raw camera only the pro res codecs are incredible and having used an Alexa in Pro Res I was blown away by the quality of the lower cost cameras. There is some FPN in the 4K when recording at 800 iso and it starts heating up. I've also seen FPN in RED mysteriums and Alexas as well. The one thing to remember though is, these are not low light monsters like the dslrs. You will have a camera that is better in lowlight then many Digital cameras that were used in the past but it is one that Cinematography craft should really be invested in. The dynamic range allows you to pull so much detail out and matched with a good color grading software (which comes free with it) the results are stunning.
Thanks! I appreciate your thoughts.
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I'm interested in all types of filmmaking, but I meant "indie" as in non-studio films.