PIT STOP: Short Film - Canon C70

Short scene filmed at a local gas station to practice cinematography. No backstory, but it was fun to make! Shot on the Canon C70, with the Helios 44m 58mm f2.8 lens. Shoutout to Andrew for letting us film, and for helping with the shoot
#cinematography #canonc70 #shortfilm #kidnapping #actionfilm #helios44

[@EthanBerkey]

Extraordinary cinematography and story telling. The Helios is perfect for this.

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks Ethan!

[@izored]

I second this comment and many other below Dylan nice work

[@AJ-sb8qk]

What is Helios

[@izored]

@@AJ-sb8qk write on google Helios 44-2m

[@hoanganhnguyen3755]

@@izored i cant find the f2.8 version of it

[@paul_et]

Wow, I loved this. The pan + slide + pull focus shot is not an easy move to pull off, especially with no AC but it was centimetre perfect. Every shot was so purposeful. Awesome job!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@smackdaddy9802]

Your framing and camera movement is so mature and professional. Dude. Never stop making films.

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks so much! I appreciate it!

[@lilmilontiktok]

“Never stop making films” the best compliment a filmmaker can get.

[@traeveonjenkins7432]

Literally.

[@RiverCody]

Extreme talent! The sound design behind building the tension was WILD🙌🏼 Excited for what’s next!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks so much!

[@fotopunkt_ch]

Can you please make a full aftershoot workthrough where you show all the cutting, colorgrade, sounddesign ect.? that would be a banger🔥✌🏼

[@timothybasil]

This looks great. Now level up your storytelling. What if, at the end, after being horrified by the attack, we were given a piece of information that revealed the girl was the real villain? Or what if we learned more about his motivations? Give me stakes, or something unexpected, or conflict. 70 seconds is plenty do do that.

[@MilmidStudios]

You guys got the eye for cinematography!! Really enjoyed this. Would love a series of shorts!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks so much! More is coming for sure

[@torrestorres6355]

Can you make a video with the color grading?? Pleasee

[@lennardm4752]

You could have had any storyline in the world and yet you still decided to let a men assault a women.. that’s super weird to me The cinematography is great of course 👍🏻

[@letzUploadit]

this is amazing. nice grade as well

[@Nj.filmaker]

First i would like to say u really did a great job ❤❤ Secondly, Do you prefer this camera for cinematic shots like this or sony cameras like fx30 and a7iii

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thank you! I’ve never used an fx3 before, but I love the canon c70 so far, it has everything I need

[@Nj.filmaker]

@@DylanKatoFilms Ok what color grade u use or the filter if it’s a filter 🤍🤍?

[@Nj.filmaker]

@@DylanKatoFilms hope u made a video on how u did this color grade !, its absolutely insane! Showed like a real movie!!

[@ADHD55]

Liked and comment for algo, great dark style

[@fletcherglover6136]

Nicely done. How did you convince the gas station to let you film there? Is it just a matter of finding a quiet out of the way one and/or how much persuasion did you have to use?

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks! It wasn't too hard, just asked the man at the counter and he was super nice, and even helped us by being in a few shots! It helped it was at night and there were hardly any customers

[@AboBooi]

Dude this was SICK! Felt very Prisoners, great stuff man

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks man! Haha this was definitely Prisoners inspired

[@JaredRaines]

Yo! This is crazy! Why you making me hate my C70 like this! Haha. Man how did you get it to be so clear with no lighting control?!

[@jakepokervegas]

wow!! really niceee!!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thank you!

[@christianhaugboelle]

This looks extremely good! The pan from the coolers to the subject and then the focus pulling was above being on point! Bravo! I subscribed!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks!

[@AndoBobando]

this is insanely good work. the movement, use of practical lighting and foreground objects to dirty up the frame; such a good job!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks so much!

[@AndoBobando]

@@DylanKatoFilms no problem! keep making awesome stuff like this please!

[@mattramold5522]

Im a sound desing student if you want any help. cool project!

[@michaeldstern]

Hi! What gimbal did you use? I search the comments but no one else asked.

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Hi! I use the DJI RS2 gimbal

[@EricFloberg]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 fantastic work!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks man! Love your work

[@Footage30]

My respects!

[@dokydukic]

wow! awesome focus pulling and movement! Do a color grading tutorial because this looks sick!

[@StereoChimps]

holy shitt!! i wish it could of been longer, the cinematography and the angles was just so perfect making the scenes so intese, nice job dude! cant wait to see more, maybe a continuation of the story, the guy draggin her to the car, while that shot inside the car, should make another video of this story!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it!

[@kenjiyamamoto3884]

damn,. this makes me think to buy C70,.

[@earl_raymond]

i'm in video production in college and always appreciate seeing other people make short films/videos. keeps me hyped up! excellent video!

[@CaptainComicsMC]

I'm shooting a film in a few months that takes place partially in a gas station, and I'm wondering, how were you allowed to film in there? And please don't say it's cause you know the owner.

[@DylanKatoFilms]

What we did might not work in some places, but we walked in and asked if we could film and the worker was totally cool with it and even helped us on some BTS! Just gotta get lucky and ask the right person at the right time. We went back for some pickup shots and the worker was less friendly, but we convinced him to let us film for just 30 min haha

[@shuolangliu304]

May I know what slider it was used? I have been looking for a small and stable slider for a while now. Good job btw guys I have a c70 as well :)

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks! I used the konova k2 slider, it's a super basic cheap one, but it gets the job done! I usually have to warp stabilize it at 1% to get the little camera shakes out

[@ladyediting]

How long did you take from the beginning of shooting to finishing editing ? And why did you put a book over the camera ? I didn't understand that part.

[@DylanKatoFilms]

It took about 3 days, we shot two days, as we had to go back to get some more shots. Good question! Haha, the book was to eliminate the glare from the tube lights, it was causing some white glow leaking into the lens. So the book stopped the lights directly above me from glaring and flaring the lens. Hope that makes sense haha

[@filipwasiewicz6554]

1:04 -> Is this roblox OOF sound?

[@timeline0259]

Great！I like the sound design part of the work.

[@radityanugraha9698]

Denis Villeneuve type of thing 😃

[@soybrunomarin]

very very very very nice! and with no lighting at all.

[@yokeboyy1121]

Great short brother!! Loved the composition on this one. Is the music you used copyrighted?

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks! Yes the music is from sicario

[@okisdenno]

Was your camera on a slider??

[@Simoneytj]

Good job to everyone on set, this stuff was what initially made me love KZbin and starting to get into cinema when I was young, short films made by not pro people that are better than 98% of what a TV with big budget could make ❤️

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks so much! This means a lot 🙏

[@raha6742]

Really amazing. Can you do a tutorial of your camera settings and colour grading, ect..? Pls!!!!

[@RamonSaus]

randomly recommended, best thing to happen. this looks so good and to also see Behind the scenes makes it even better!

[@estxbangrfilms]

YOU ARE TOO GOOD I FOLLOW YOU FROM MEXICO

[@sarova2000]

Ok, I’m going to be one of the only negative comments here, but I’ll try to explain myself and give some constructive criticism. From what I read on the comments, this was a very low profile short film and you pretty much came up with the story on the spot. Ok, so the story is what bugs me the most. The situation you’re depicting here is a very serious one, an assault. Normally when telling stories like these, creators stand on the side of the victim (obviously) by showing her struggle and also giving consequences to the actions of the criminal, and here you do neither of those. We could even think that you stand by the side of the criminal, because it’s the one we follow closely through the whole film and his actions remain unpunished by the end (which by the way feels too abrupt). See, when you make a short film, you take a number of decisions that shape your vision of the story. For instance, showing the fight from inside the car, completely separates the viewer from the action and, ultimately, the struggle of the victim. Anyway, I know this was an improvised story, but I’d recommend going for lighter topics because, as you can see, it’s really easy to transmit the wrong idea (unconciously)

[@hamzanasser1223]

Your way of explaining is good I got you and I agree with you, but I think they wouldn’t want to cost themselves effort to shoot more scenes and finish the story because there isn’t a story at all. I think they put their effort on technicalities, like sound design and cinematography, and they done it well. The main idea wasn’t a storytelling but only a try to make cinematic scene.

[@BreadCatMarcus]

This is meant to be a teaser. Like the opening kill in a horror film. Dont take it too seriously, there is much worse content that is actually malicious out there. I'm more baffled at how a high schooler has a $5k+ camera lol

[@sarova2000]

@@hamzanasser1223 yeah, I agree. Forgot to mention that maybe the problem itself was calling this a short film in the first place, because if feels like it’s missing the whole third act

[@mosiahcirne2236]

it’s not that deep bro

[@hadleyknight8895]

oh okay🤠

[@cooltjecool]

Hey Dylan, absolutely loved it! The last shot in the BTS part of the video, are you with sticks on some kind of dolly?

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks! For that shot, I had a tripod with a slider on top of it, and I was just manually pushing it along and focusing. Slider was super cheap and basic, i thinks it’s the konova k2 slider

[@AndresMarrero]

I loved it. Keep uploading videos like this...

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thank you!

[@josemolina7545]

1:50 Hey bro really nice camera moves, what did you use to get this one, is it just a tripod, it looks so cinematic

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks! I used the Konova 2 slider on a tripod to move the camera in slowly throughout the shot. And used the tripod head on the slider to pan from the reflection to him

[@ComoChegamosAqui]

Bro, the "monster" can was genius!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Haha thanks! That was all Aydin's idea (The actor)

[@thankyoumisterspell]

So clean! Would love to write some music for you down the road!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

That would be epic! Where can I find your stuff?

[@mkazmi]

recognized that sicario soundtrack within seconds

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Haha it's too good

[@SixKilla]

yooo nice short film, congrats!!

[@mediebyg3844]

I saw it without sound at first and thought it was about some kid falling in love xD

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Hahaha that's hilarious 😂

[@guidocrescitelli1347]

I can clearly see you got inspired by Villeneuve, Sicario specifically. Great job!

[@tackhershey5672]

Great video! How did you get a permission to film in the gas staion?

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thank you! We asked at the front desk if it was alright, and the guy working was so nice and even helped us film some BTS

[@fnshirokov]

Интересно что тут сказать

[@nylupp]

nice short filme

[@Despolitizado]

make more movies buddy, you are a great filmmaker

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@grahamlovesmovies]

Cool shots. Why did he hit her?

[@We4kness_Spotter]

was i the only one noticing the meme sound when the girl falls?

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Haha wasn't intentional

[@nisholas.1711]

this was so clean brother

[@creativeplustv]

Super!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thank you!

[@rua_dennis]

woooo es un chimba esto !!!! genial me encanta ❤‍🔥

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Muchas gracias!

[@Paakodie]

This is beautiful

[@phill.19]

No lighting equipment? That's incredible!!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks! We got lucky with a well lit location!

[@two4mediapng]

You're an inspiration. Awesome cinematography! You earned a SUB.

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thank you! That means a lot!

[@AndyBui]

What are you using to get the slider shots? Great stuff man!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks! I used the konova k2 slider

[@ammolator]

what software do you use for color grading and editing?

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Premiere pro! Lumetri color for grading

[@cradle_n7515]

Dude... Why didn't you follow it with the same content? This was your milestone so far! I thought the rest of your videos were also short films.

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Will be making more content like this for sure, I do a mix of things, short films, action sports etc., more short film content soon!

[@killderrodrigues6958]

Bro, wtf is this? Amazing film, please we wanna see more of this!!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks so much! More coming for sure!

[@Elliot12367]

Did you use a pro mist or add some blooming effect in post?

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Hey! No I didn't, I graded with Lumetri Color, but didn't too anything too fancy

[@kroledyp8085]

What was the notebook for? I didn't catch what he said

[@DylanKatoFilms]

It was a diy matte box, the lights above were flaring the lens a little so that stopped them from leaking onto the lens

[@michaeldstern]

I really appreciated the bts bit

[@migrantmemoirs]

Nice ,which camera you used for this.?

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks! Canon c70

[@netflowdesign]

this is awesome man! what'd you use to focus the shot when he's looking into the fridge? are you just manually focusing with the lens or? keep it up!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Manually focused and dollying at the same time! Don’t have my own ac yet so that’s what I’m doing for now haha

[@netflowdesign]

@@DylanKatoFilms haha thats nuts, well done!

[@dikafawazir]

this is expensive 🔥🔥🔥

[@Four15Productions]

This was great💯🪖

[@florian_kok]

I think some additional sound design and maybe an anamorphic lens for the cinematic look would make a banger

[@Skelm]

That focus pull at the rides was ridiculous

[@SethKimStudio]

great job and it looks good

[@sleightlyimpossible]

Awesome stuff man! Got some real Fincher vibes on this

[@SecretCityMusicGroup]

dope guys

[@Studio23creation]

Very impressive for such a youg director. You nailed some great cinematography that experienced DOP/director cannot even start to do. I would just suggest making a real short film, i mean with a complete narrative (this one is not quite elaborate, only the cinematography is). cheers, from france

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks! I would love to, that's what I'm working on rn!

[@Studio23creation]

@@DylanKatoFilms A great narrative with such great cinematography skills will be incredible.

[@Dommi16895]

This is really good !

[@ferdixy]

Wow! This was really really good, felt like a movie!

[@MuratBey.]

No big light stands, no grip, no big crew, that is insane. Congrats.

[@A.D.anonymous]

What lens adapter do you use for the Helios?

[@DylanKatoFilms]

I bought my Helios Cine adapted for the EF mount, and then that's on my ef to rf .71x canon adapter on the C70

[@DesignedbyKirk]

Unbelievably great! Nice work, looks like you just shot it with practicals too which is incredible!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks so much! Yes, the gas station had all tube lights which worked out super nice

[@marvin.parisi]

very nice work

[@dericsanchez4081]

Incredible! We need more of this on KZbin!

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks so much!

[@michelecannas9859]

wow, what did you use for sound recording?

[@DylanKatoFilms]

I had a Rode Videomic mounted on top of the camera, and then added some sfx later in post

[@VICKYSHARU7]

Perfect

[@hv3visual968]

fireeeeeeeeeeee

[@twentyu1245]

That’s awesome!

[@reefphotographyig5225]

great man congrats

[@monezweminn807]

U guys didn't even use a single lighting and cinemato is neat af. How did you even pull that off?

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks! It's definitely tough, but if you have the right location it makes all the difference. I chose that specific store because of its tube lights all on the inside and outside. It created nice even light that was pretty consistent throughout the whole interior and exterior. If I were to have lit it, I would have put up the same fixtures they had so it was perfect!

[@monezweminn807]

@@DylanKatoFilms i have been using tons of light and still haven't achieved anything closed to even this level yet. Now i feel i am dumb.

[@MaikoSodaino]

Watching this on a 65 inch 4k TV and man this is dope! good job man

[@dogsei7956]

How did you nail the focusing in 0:28?

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Just with the on camera screen, and practicing the focus turn a couple times! For some shots I zoomed in on the screen and pulled focus like that so I could tell better if it was focused. Nothing too fancy

[@5thaugust768]

good work mann!!!!

[@edwardkim2416]

love this inspiration from sicario! i like the suspense buildup

[@RobertLawriejr]

Great video, Dylan! I am looking to film a short film at a gas station as well and I'm curious how did you approached the gas station owner/manager to get permission to film and set up a time? Did you already know the owner? Did you email them or did you just walk in and ask? Hopefully you see this. Thanks!

[@RohitGrover42]

Love it ! How did you Track the shot Inside. DIY dolly ?

[@sahitanand]

Looks incredibly professional. Any idea what color temperature the florescent lights were? And what temperature did you set the camera at inside the gas station?

[@DylanKatoFilms]

Thanks! I have no idea actually haha, I set my camera to probably around 5200k just till it looked normal

[@snickernick3651]

WOW

[@8Geid]

Amazing stuff mate I like the cinematic look & the photography And of course great sound design !!!