You literally had more lighting demos in this video than I had in college. Keep making, looking good!
@TheChristopherpratt14 сағат бұрын
I wonder if this observation applies to almost every level of filmmaking. What if every department scales way back to what they absolutely must have?
@garrrbarr21 сағат бұрын
do you have a video on how to rig up ways to hold things, eg, that diffusion panel? We need c stands and... what else?
@mitchellbrinkerdp21 сағат бұрын
@@garrrbarr I can do something like that
@thegregbekkers2 күн бұрын
This is great. I have a scene in this short that I'm making that I tried to do the a24 euphoria lighting. a24 is really making the best stuff now.
@digitaldevigner40806 күн бұрын
The one negative of noise is digital compression. With photography I actually love the look of noise in digital photos but then I get to print them with that noise untouched or view them as uncompressed image formats. Video sadly rarely gets to do that and how most people end up watching it is with highly compressed formats. I once read that Netflix has a compression process where they remove the noise, stream the video and the decoder adds noise back into the image as a way to get around how digital compression destroys noise and has to work much harder to compress images with noise. Ingenious way to get around that problem.
@yeadude_18 күн бұрын
Nice!
@NUB_NUF9 күн бұрын
i have this saying that goes like this "everything you need you have, and everything don't you just want" this applies to almost everything if you wanna start videography you already have a phone or if you dont you can ask your siblings maybe you can use it just for a shot till one day you will eventually own a cam and by then you know how to shoot even before you had one. this saying is supposed to put you out of that mindset of putting limits on yourself just because you dont have what you want. work with what you have not what you dont have.
@gordonwoods108711 күн бұрын
Even in the days when we were shooting 16mm film, using an ASA 100 stock would be better at making the blacks look black. Shooting with ASA 400 Tri-X tended to cause blacks to look gray because it was drawing in more light.
@shatovcinema12 күн бұрын
Finally found a video where not just a talking head in front of the camera tells bikes, but intelligently with examples shows how to do things. Thank you bro!
@PeteMajarich14 күн бұрын
So creamy! Nice shots. Is this with light?
@mitchellbrinkerdp14 күн бұрын
@@PeteMajarich thank you! This was just the natural light through a window and a table lamp
@PeteMajarich13 күн бұрын
@@mitchellbrinkerdp NICE WORK!
@CambyBolongo15 күн бұрын
People are confusing the 'A24' look with the death of cinematography because A24 is the flagbearer of the descent.
@r.c875616 күн бұрын
I’m sorry, but the part about using filters in a bright setting and augmenting ISOs is plain wrong. This will NOT give you more details. The point of ISOs is to "turn on the volume" on signal. So yes, in a dark setting, indeed increasing it won’t improve the ability of your camera to capture details in low light, hence the noise, but in bright light, the signal (as in meaningful color and brightness data) is already crispy clear and the signal-to-noise ratio is therefore optimal (as long of course as the whites aren’t burned). Using a filter and augmenting ISOs will achieve NOTHING for your signal-to-noise ratio, it can only dampen your signal and make you lose precious meaningful data... ISOs aren’t necessarily evil, they can be useful in a reasonably dark setting and the noise can be used in a artsy kind of way but if you’re looking for sharpness and clean signal, it should always be the last thing you turn up. There are literally zero scenario where ISOs augment signal-to-noise ratio, from a purely physics point of view. They just can’t do that.
@mitchellbrinkerdp16 күн бұрын
@@r.c8756 nah man, i showed the graphs on how dynamic range is distributed across the EI range. this is true for alexa, sony venice, etc. the same principle can be used on other cameras such as the fx6 and fx3, as well as blackmagic. next time you are out, check false color in the highlights at 400 and go to 3200 and compensate. you will see the red become yellow and yellow become green.
@r.c875616 күн бұрын
@@mitchellbrinkerdp I just looked deeper into it. The thing is, it’s a feature that’s pretty much specific to high-end cinema cameras. I come from a photographic background so what I said is true for digital cameras but does not necessarily apply to cinema cameras. I apologize, I should have checked that before commenting.
@SteveGerrardPhotography17 күн бұрын
I think it's pronounced "eye-so." But I'm not sure anyone really cares :)
@RogerCaudle12 күн бұрын
Edit: Apparently the International organization for standardization website says it is ISO based on the Greek word for equal, though not giving a direct pronunciation, it presents it as a word itself. So you are correct. Please excuse me. It's i.s.o. It is an initialism that stands for international organization for standardization. Think of it like FBI. Though I think if you wanna say eye-so go for it. As long as you can communicate with your crew.
@yousefcreative19 күн бұрын
I leave my A7C on Auto ISO. I've shot over 100 videos for 7 clients this year and have made $80k so far. Guess how many of my clients or the people commenting on the videos have brought up noise. (Hint: 0).
@robfryphoto20 күн бұрын
You’re using your mic wrong
@mitchellbrinkerdp20 күн бұрын
@@robfryphoto nah I prefer holding it
@AussieSolarGuy21 күн бұрын
I own a set of these and they are incredible.
@mitchellbrinkerdp21 күн бұрын
@@AussieSolarGuy wow I’m very jealous
@theMouseHacker21 күн бұрын
Can you tell me please where you got that thumbnail image from
@mitchellbrinkerdp21 күн бұрын
@@theMouseHacker it’s from a short film I shot
@KarlMeyer21 күн бұрын
Accurate however, t's important to note that this is NOT true for raw photos
@lordsheldor23 күн бұрын
So i didn't used it wrong, good
@RohannvanRensburg23 күн бұрын
Thanks, Tom Cruise and Nicholas Hoult's son.
@RunNGunPhoto23 күн бұрын
*you are explaining ISO wrong.* Raising your ISO does *NOT* change the "sensitivity" of your sensor. When capturing an image, light enters the lens and hits your digital sensor. The sensor is made up of photodiodes that convert the photons (light) to an electrical signal. ISO amplifies the signal, similar to turning up the volume on a radio. You are digitally amplifying the signal, unlike film stocks where are actually more or less sensitive to light. You almost had it when you mentioned Gain. There is ALWAYS noise in digital imagery. It's about how what noise to signal ratio is acceptable. It's important to understand this so we're not spreading the same myths around the creator community. You may say, "Yes, either way, the answer at the end of the day is all about the light." But the reason WHY is very different. Raising your ISO on a theoretical sensor that is "sensitive" to light would actually "get you more light" without having to add light to the scene. But since it's an electrical amplification happening, that's where the noise comes from. If we have little to no light, and multiply it times 10, we still have dark pixels. And, THIS is where we come full circle and now know WHY we need to increase the *light* and not our *ISO.*
@mitchellbrinkerdp23 күн бұрын
@@RunNGunPhoto The nitty gritty nuanced science of the sensor is great, but 99% of working DPs aren’t concerned with it. They’re concerned with how to get the image they want, and what the settings are doing to achieve that at the most streamlined level. Everything mentioned here about dynamic range in relation to the EI is the meat that everyone should know. And whether or not it’s actually “increasing sensitivity” or not, you can change your sensor to 12800 ISO and use a matchstick to get exposure with no loss of information if you want. Call it more sensitive or don’t, but that’s what’s important and if the easiest explanation for someone is that it makes it more sensitive then that’s fine. As long as there is an understanding of what that does to your image vs opening up your aperture, etc. The goal is to simplify for people, which is why I’m not getting into the deep inner working of science of what’s happening at the sensor level. There are plenty of DPs in the ASC who would simply say, “who cares, just know how to get the image you want.” It’s art, and you’re painting. It’s a lot about feel and understanding and taste. That’s my spiel to all the “uhm actually the sensor isn’t” comments.
@RunNGunPhoto23 күн бұрын
@@mitchellbrinkerdp That was a really drawn out way to 1+1= whatever you feel like. I concisely explained *WHY* it's important to know how your sensor works. Please do your research before spreading misinformation. Making up your own "facts" for clicks on KZbin is pretty low-effort.
@mitchellbrinkerdp23 күн бұрын
@@RunNGunPhoto i can promise you there are no made up facts or misinformation here. we are in completely different industries, and there are very big differences in how things are approached. whether or not “sensitivity” is the technically correct word doesn’t matter. if you pick up an Arri Alexa or Sony Venice down to an FX3 what I explained about how ISO affects your image is the case and all you need to know. ISO higher = more range in the highlights, less range in the shadows hence higher noise floor. ISO lower = more range in the shadows, less in the highlights. If you bump your ISO to 6400 in a dark room, of course there will be noise, it’s clearly not “creating” light. I said it doesn’t matter, if that’s what you want to do for the shot, then go for it. There are no rules.
@RunNGunPhoto23 күн бұрын
@@mitchellbrinkerdp No this is an extremely convoluted and backwards way of saying "expose for the highlights." Which is also poor advice. I am a photographer and cinematographer. "Industry" isn't relevant. It's still bad advice.
@mitchellbrinkerdp22 күн бұрын
@@RunNGunPhoto it’s not a convoluted way of saying expose for the highlights. i’m not saying anything about exposing for the highlights. that is completely different. i am talking about the way exposure index dictates the distribution of the dynamic range across the ASA range. i have also mentioned how the noise floor is affected with those changes in ASA and why. there is absolutely a difference in industry here. how things are done in the photography and videography world is not equal to how things are in the cinematography world. unless you have 9+ years of experience shooting on and working with arri cameras, i don’t know why you’re telling me what i am right and wrong about. this isn’t top 10 iphone cinematic tricks here, this is stuff you would be told by people at arri. im simply taking this and saying you can apply it to other cameras because they all fundamentally do the same thing in their own way.
@tylerhenry416724 күн бұрын
Correct me if I’m wrong but 500T and 50D are referencing the color temperature and lighting, I.E 50 Day light with the ASA being around 250 or near 250-300 ISO in equivalent
@RunNGunPhoto23 күн бұрын
You're correct.
@seaque.24 күн бұрын
a lot of The Social Network is lit with controlled top lit or 45 angle from up and white sources.
@heinrichbuys24 күн бұрын
anyone else clicked on this thinking he was gonna talk about Valorant Iso ?
@edjefferson917524 күн бұрын
Actually it's the job of the gaffer.
@mitchellbrinkerdp24 күн бұрын
@@edjefferson9175 what?
@raissasantos393724 күн бұрын
amazing advice and video. thank u!
@markleethephotographer25 күн бұрын
Sir, you are SOOOOOO correct. I am getting much better performance from my #sonyFX30 by using this understanding. Much appreciated.
@AtomicPixel25 күн бұрын
This was really insightful! I have some testing to do. Thx brother!
@ekphotography25 күн бұрын
You are correct on so many points but most non pros do not have time or the ability to add lighting to a scene. Even pros sometimes don’t have time to add light to a scene.
@ekphotography25 күн бұрын
In the end if you have no extra light you only can bump up the ISO and usually better to over expose that higher ISO in order to crush it in post. If you even try to overexpose in post slightly the grain goes crazy.
@StefanCH199926 күн бұрын
Isn't it nice how you talked about that dark scene in the end which was the peoples favourite? Now imagine if you included footage or a photo of it in the video so we could see better what you meant with that. (: Definitely something I love on camera related videos 😵💫
@mitchellbrinkerdp26 күн бұрын
@@StefanCH1999 yeah I just don’t have the footage anymore
@NNWillieProject26 күн бұрын
Agh I dislike noise, any Hollywood movie that comes out using noise creativity, it’s a hard pass for me. Noise is a trend now?😂
@mitchellbrinkerdp26 күн бұрын
@@NNWillieProject you’d be surprised. you’ve probably seen films using noise as grain and didn’t even realize.
@NNWillieProject26 күн бұрын
@@mitchellbrinkerdp I've noticed. Haha But, I agree, the look isn't for everybody. My opinion, with the budget of millions spent on the film and then make it look rusty-like, grainy, and noisy; I wouldn't take the risk. lol
@NineDekay27 күн бұрын
What lens did you use to film this video, looks great!
@mitchellbrinkerdp27 күн бұрын
@@NineDekay sigma 24-70 art
@quite1enough27 күн бұрын
cameras like arri alexa been made to imitate the film look from the very beginning afaik, but it's a quite different story for median mirrorless consumer cameras that more often than not doesn't have any 'organic' noise to it (except maybe for a few models with a huge asterisk)
@SCHAUDENLUCAS28 күн бұрын
Awesome video! Glad the algorithm brought me here. Thanks. Since you mentioned the FX3: do you have "favorite" ISO levels or recommendations for that sensor? Obviously this depends on the amount and distribution of light in each scene and the look one wants to achieve, but as you mentioned it for another camera, there might be a value that generally introduces a nice amount of noise in most scenarios. Like 640, 2500, or 10000 or 16000. I am basically always exclusively using the base ISOs when i'm working... I might need to change that. Surely I can just do some experimenting myself. Curious about your opinion though.
@mitchellbrinkerdp28 күн бұрын
@@SCHAUDENLUCAS I tend to shoot it just about always at 12800 unless I’m out in the sun, then it’s 1600.
@TheOutsider6929 күн бұрын
What people are picturing in their mind's eye when they say the "A24 look" is basically just 2001's Amélie.
@WhatThePheelАй бұрын
The Art of Lighting = Chefs kiss
@ZPOLLAKАй бұрын
Does this stand for photography as well, or strictly video?
@mv2creativeАй бұрын
I like the way you covered this without being condescending!
@TeddyCavachonАй бұрын
ISO is like the volume control on audio amplifier which boosts whatever voltage the light hitting the photo sensor sites creates. Those sensor sites are like buckets with have finite volume and the dilemma of digital exposure under high contrast lighting is that the ‘buckets’ in the highlights get filled to the brim and overflow (start to clip) before those in the deepest shadows get enough light to create voltage (signal). When you don’t have signal recording it the shadow tones and then amplify the signal in post processing to lift them all that is there to amplify is the noise, because their is no signal. The solution is simple LEARN TO USE FILL LIGHT to match the dynamic range of the scene to the dynamic range range of the sensor. What most still and video photographer do is start with the desired aperture for DOF, then adjust key light for properly exposed highlights on white objects and skin based on the clipping warning in the camera and then add fill as the last step. It is actually better to add the Fill source first so what is being Filled to the point of recording a signal in the darkest content can be easily seen. I’m primarily a still photographer who started shooting portraits in 1970 guided by a Kodak book on Portrait lighting which suggested placing a fill source directly behind and above the camera where it would reached everywhere the camera lens saw and cast it’s shadow down and directly behind the subject out of sight. Following that advice I never took a portrait that didn’t have a full range of tone and detail in the darkest clothing. In 1972 I got a job assisting top wedding photographer Monte Zucker who I discovered use the same centered fill technique for every flash photo he took, keeping a flash on a bracket centered over the lens at all times for Fill for a second flash used off camera to create the highlight pattern. When using film I used both incident and a 1° spot meter for setting lights and exposure but starting in 2000 when I bought my first digital camera I realized it was much simpler to just drape white and black wash cloths over a gray card (for WB reference) and set the lights visually based on detail seen in the playback and the clipping warning: 1) Set aperture for desired DOF, shutter for sync, ISO low (sensor baseline) 2) Turn on centered fill and raise until detail is seen in the black target. 3) Turn on back RIM light(s) and raise until it is 1/3 stop below clipping where it hits the white towel target. 4) Turn on frontal Key light and raised until the highlights it creates on the front of the white towel target are slightly darker than the rim-lit non specular white highlights (i.e., 2/3 below triggering clipping warning). 5) Turn on background lighting and raise until black target placed there has detail to avoid noise there due to fill light inverse-square fall off. If you use centered fill with that workflow you will never have a problem with noise in the shadows. If fill isn’t centered it will created shadows the camera sees which because they are not fill will always have no signal and only noise when amplified to try to lighten them. If the lighting pattern starts with a foundation of even fill there is no need to try to lift shadows which have no signal because signal above noise will be recorded everywhere because scene range matches range of camera sensor perfectly 😊
@BobN54Ай бұрын
Came to this video late, so sorry for the delayed comment. ISO is absolutely not 'how sensitive your camera sensor is to light'. Your comment that you can change the sensor's sensitivity to light is mistaken (except, arguably, for sensors with dual conversion gain, but there it only changes at one point in the ISO range). The ISO standard for ISO speed ratings for digital cameras, ISO 12232, does not even mention the sensitivity of the sensor to light - so cannot define what you say it does. Nor does it define the gain, which wouldn't change sensitivity anyway. It's not 'technically true' that the higher you set the ISO the more noise it introduces. In fact, it's generally false. On most cameras, the higher you set the ISO the less noise is introduced. The noise is because a high ISO causes a low exposure (ISO is inversely proportional to exposure), which means the image is composed of fewer photons which means a lower shot noise SNR. I won't go through the rest of the video in detail, but my guess would be that when the fundamentals are wrong, the rest of it will likely be too. Sorry to be so critical, but when putting information out there you need to do your background research first and get it right.
@AndomiddsАй бұрын
Yo im about halfway through this video and the standing in a doorway shot for this long is making me anxious can we please get a little more variety or maybe just not this one this one is scary and uncomforting and im a little baby wahhh
@b991228Ай бұрын
If you want a grain look in post you can get a better look by adding the noise or grain as an overlaid layer then editing the blur and opacity to those layers. Using that method you can get a grain look that will be distributed throughout the full tonal range from low to high. A much better look.
@timthompsondpАй бұрын
Bashes on video quality of arri - immediately punches in on his out of focus shot of his own face. Nice.
@mitchellbrinkerdpАй бұрын
@@timthompsondp I agree
@0xggbrnrАй бұрын
Great video. Thank you. I love the way your video looks, by the way. Do you use some sort of cinema filter? (I’m a beginner, so I’m sorry if that’s not the question to ask.)
@mitchellbrinkerdpАй бұрын
@@0xggbrnr I grade in Davinci. This was one of my LUTs with some tweaking. I may post them in the future if that’s something people end up wanting.
@lihicohen2792Ай бұрын
What an amazingly useful video!! Thank you❤
@GarretGrayCameraАй бұрын
I shoot on Fuji cameras at 640 ISO. The resulting image is clear and has a gritty filmic look to it. No one can usually tell it's a pro-sumer grade camera vs like an Alexa and some people even think I shot things on film. I started out in 35mm, and really didn't like the newer clean clinical look of digital. It has its place like in nature films and other areas for sure.
@CHMgamemedic777Ай бұрын
Bro, holy shit! I've been taking pictures for a year with always 200 ISO. Just tried this on my GX80 and my images are not only more sharp but has a little more life. Thank you so much!
@Osiriscs1Ай бұрын
great content
@DutchDiederikАй бұрын
Some might use their ISO wrong, but you are using your lavalier microphone wrong.