5 Important points for Cinematic look by Vidyadhar

Five Important points which I personally believe which are important for cinematic look are ?

 1) LIGHTING

2) LENS

3) DETAIL

4) SOFTWARE'S

5) ASPECT RATIO


LIGHTING :- The most important department which does the 50 % of the job of getting cinematic look . It's is not about getting expensive lights .It's about using available natural light effectively. we can even use candles. the best way to study lighting is study nature and see them . most of the films are shot at a particular time called "Golden hour" . which is the time before sunrise and after sunrise.

LENS :- Use prime lenses like 50mm and 35 mm with lowest aperture possible like f 1.4 and f1.8 which helps to  generate depth of field and shoot at low light.

In Stanley Kubrick's film BARRY LYNDON they shot the above scene under 3 candela which is about 45 times less bright than a 25 watt compact light bulb. . they used the Zeiss prime lenses which have some of the fastest apertures ever created. The difference between a f/1.2 lens and a f/0.7 is almost 2 full stops.


DETAIL :- If you don't have detail there's no use of even world's expensive software. the reason why we cant shoot a feature film with iphone thought it has the same resolution as canon 5d and 7d .the reason is detail , sensors and dynamic range. that's the reason why we opt for Blackmagic or RED camera's sometimes.



PROGRAMS :- Once you have the detail u can play with it in software's and develop the mood required by using software's like Davinci resolve , colorista , Magic bullet etc...,

ASPECT RATIO :- The ratio of length to width ratio should be 2 :35 :1 which is called the cinema scope effect .

The above scenes are from my short film ZERO

I hope I shared my knowledge enough : ) Have a good day .

"Zero " progress and experiences and ( Zero short film poster )

I have never been so far in making " Zero " till now . It was two years of commitment. I wanna share how I started " Zero " . by the way this is our short film poster and please do support us by clicking the link https://www.facebook.com/pages/ZERO-A-short-film/534513319906237?ref=stream and helping in publicity.
    

First script treatment, it was 3 pages and a 6- min expected short film. it was inspired by a physics theory of Arthur C.Clarke called  quantum teleporation and mass cloning . after several problems and finally at a script of  9 pages and expected 20-30 min . I should admit that I made this film in a hangover of Hollywood sci-fi films like Matrix, Source code, Tron (1980's ) ........and many other it was completely unconscious inspiration .


                                                       When I first started the shoot in 2011 we went  a scout for the locations as we need to new world atmosphere. which shl'd resemble earth but not earth . we did 60  % of the shoot. later it was cancelled by some other reasons. I was alone . but at some bottom of my heart said never give up  so made  a new team again . people say whatever happens is for our good . well this 2 years of my life proved it . again I started the shoot with new team , this time we did more research on technology and other stuff, and again many re shoot's happened because they weren't matching the required visual effects . finally we finished shooting and the visual effects are done ,just editing and sound is left . I wanna tell one word  " ZERO WAS MY FILM SCHOOL " . I have learned something may be which I cl'dt  even learn in a film school.
  

ZERO : Making, new techniques,programs and plugins used

According to you-tube they get 1000's of short films  daily  so, to get noticed we need be special I have  dreamed of making  a short film from a couple of years but i lack guidance ,experience , knowledge,team and resources. Instead of waiting for resources to come I started making them like camera rig's, software cracks .now I'll explain specialties of my short film


1) Story ( asusual for every filmmaker his story is gr8 )
2) Micro budget vfx
3) Real footage of moon ,Jupiter, Saturn, and crab nebula shot with an astronomical telescope and canon t2i

4)Miniatures

5) Virtual sets
6) Time freeze and time slice using a single camera
7) Done with Diy camera gears ( snorricam, dolly, helmet cam )
8)  Courtesy of various Visual effects artists who permitted me to use their footage's
9) Integration of real images with set extensions and matte painting
10) home made props

 Programs and plugins :-

1) After effects ( composting )
2) Nuke ( composting matte paintings )
3) Cinema 4d ( camera mapping)
4) Maya ( 3d models )
5) Maya matchmover

6) Golaem ( crowd generation)
7) Element 3d ( 3d models, titles, composting)

8) Photoshop (matte painting )
9)Holomatrix ( holograms )
10) Primate keyer ( keying )
                                                With the help of various film making channels and websites which produce free license vfx projects and sounds and knowledge like  Video copilot, Video-hive, Indy mogul, Film riot, Bestgreenscreen , Saint man ect...,      

Written , directed, produced :- K. Vidyadhar
 Casting :- Ajay , Rakesh, Nikhil, Srinivas, Praveen, Sonank, Yeswanth
 Cinematography :- Karthik
Art direction :-  ajay ,vidya, chandu, sonank
 Sound Designer :- Prince  Anselm

"DIY helemet mount" by Kagita vidyadhar

HELLO  EVERYONE,
                              I am here to show how to make a  " DIY helmet cam " 
Items needed
 1)old helmet
2) 1/4 " screw
3) washers (three)
4)nut

Procedure

STEP 1 :- drill a hole on top of the helmet using electric driller









 STEP 2:- fix the 1/4" bolt with a washer beneath  the hole in the helmet. which helps to distribute the load of the camera

 

 

STEP 3:-   Fix the nut and mount the camera on your helmet and there it goes your helmet camera mount
I am sorry I cld't post the actual images because i dint shoot them the final product is like this

APPLICATIONS

1) first person view shots
2) point of view shots
3) to record a cycle journey
u can shoot some stuff like in games. all the best and please apologize if there are any mistakes  and do produce some feedback

A short film on Kepler 22b by kagita Vdyadhar

 A Sci- Fi short film on Astrophysics  "ZERO"

 I  had never made any film seriously yet because i don't have the resources  now I have them and a good team  Now I am ready to do a professional short film,  I have done a trial for this short film and edited those footage's as  "ZERO " trailer  Now I am doing it finally 

                                               

 

                                                        Well,  Coming to the story of it's a Sci-fi  futuristic story taking place in 2094 The temperature of earth is 79  degrees because of global warming what did Indian government do to get rid of this problem  ? is the main concept I  am doing my best to present this script most convincing way I can. me and my my friends started the art direction work we are making the set's and prop's from Junk  like wood , cardboard, plastic bottles The most excitement part of the film is we are using "real footage of moon , Jupiter and Saturn " in the film so don't miss it !!!!!! stay tuned .............. :)

ZERO- a Short Film trailor by vidyadhar

This is a new short film of mine , I have announced a film called "ACYUT " due to some reasons we couldn't do that so we came up with a new theme of "quantum teleportation " and "mass cloning " It's a sci-fi ,action ,adventure film with good technical values here's the trailer for it this film is a shit which demands a lot of time for vfx we are doing our best to reach and I hope I get my first award for short films trough his film

AcYuT Start's.....

Happy to say that acyut shoot is gonna start from this Saturday we will be completing it in 3 successive days  , it;s gonna be completely in digital and stereoscopic 3d

                                                              the story line of acyut is about a handicapped who creates his leg with help of another friend after he creates the leg the situations faced by the protagonist vijay kashiah is the story it's a science fiction movie linked with human relationships the pic which u are seeing is a lab which have been created by us for the movie virtually