Short Documentary BEHIND THE SCENES BREAKDOWN | BMPCC6k & FX30
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- čas přidán 5. 06. 2024
- This is a behind the scenes look at my short documentary “Growing Culture.” In this video I discuss what it takes to shoot a short doc on your own and I dive a little deeper into the post production process. This project was a great reminder to keep passion projects a priority, find a way to make things happen, stay humble, and always learn from experience.
Camera: BMPCC6k
Lenses: Meike Cine Lens 50mm & 35mm
Editing & Color: Davinci Resolve 18
Masa Seed Foundation: masaseedfoundation.org/
Zero Food Print: www.zerofoodprint.org/
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00:00 Shooting a Documentary
00:19 Documentary Featurette
01:11 How Did I Get Connected with Masa
01:40 Pre-production
02:07 Camera and Lenses
02:27 Day 1
04:35 Day 2
05:24 The Edit
07:05 Finding the voice of your documentary
07:53 More Resources
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Really insightful video here! It’s always great to see these short docs being produced to shine light onto intuitive, humane subject matters. Great work man! Love watching your videos.
Thanks my friend! In the world of tech it’s nice to produce these types of short docs to ground humanity back to the understanding of where our food comes from and the culture behind it 🤙🏽
Well done mate! Love the explanation of your mindset and gear you use. Subscribed!
Appreciate it man!
Could you do a video on the editing ? Like how you start with the interviews, setting the pace, building crescendo, mixing, etc ?
That's a great idea! I should include this in the next breakdown.
Hey man, great video. Which shots are from the FX30? In your opinion what separates the two; like is the image that much better?
Awesome video, thanks man! I use the audio transcribe feature in Resolve and it saves me so much time editing long interviews
For sure! Huge time saver ⏳
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amazing work!!! Really enjoy this video.
Thank you! Cheers! 🤙🏽
Yoooo! This is so good!! Great job!!!
Thank you!! 🤙🏽😃
Thanks so much for this. Really insightful, especially now when I am editing my One Day Doc :D
Glad it was helpful! 💪🏼
This was really good information - thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!💪🏼
Thank you so much for this bts! Really accessible and inspiring insights. I'm actually quite impressed how you and your team (?) managed to shoot such a high-quality doc AND bts, chapeau!
I'm also loving the handheld camera movement and angles you use throughout documentary. May I ask in this regard, did you apply a stabilization in post or is the motion 1:1 from the camera? And another question would be, how you plan and make decisions for shoting broll at higher frame rates to slow down later. I'm always struggeling to decide whether I want a shoot spontaneous situations in 24/25fps natural motion of emphasize on it in slow mo. But maybe thats also "just" experience or a question for an own video.
anyway, thank you! keep the inspiring work up!
Some times it’s 1:1 with natural cam movement but it depends on the shot. Sometimes I do use post stabilization. When shooting with Blackmagic, there’s an HFR (high frame rate) button so at any moment I tap that and shoot 60fps. So making the decision on the fly is super easy
Thanks man for the kind words! Appreciate it.
There is some stabilization on a couple shots but for the most part all 98% of the shots are not stabilized.
As for when to shoot slowmo and when to shoot 24fps it really comes down to story and like you said experience. Each scene presents its own characteristics but for the most part when shooting a doc you want to be in 24fps. As I mentioned in the video you don't need as much broll as you think which goes to show that if you're telling a story focus on capturing shots in real time and then for epic moments like establishing shots or transitional shots crank the shutter to get that slow motion.
I was waiting for this one! Super insightful, love the analogy to a musical conductor. The lighting on the interviews looks super natural, the average viewer wouldn't know they are lit. Out of curiosity, what lav's and recorders are you using (or wireless transmitters)?
Thanks Matt! The lav that day was the tascam dr10L with the included lav mic and the recorder for the shotgun was a zoom h4n (I need to update that one haha)
@@drew.schettlerCool thanks Drew! Still a solid setup. Audio sounded great :) I have a similar Zoom recorder and lav. Just deciding if i get a wireless setup, would be handy for some jobs.
Can you do a video about the mics you use or which mic is best for videos (lav mics)
Are the Meike your favorite budget lens? I'm trying to pick a good lens. I like clean, but am okay with a little character. I'm down to a zoom dzo lens, nisi prime, or meike prime
Favorite? Sure! But honestly, of the budget lenses DZO isn’t bad either 🤙🏽
Nice! Just watched the doc too, great stuff! One question I have is about your interview questions. He had some really compelling things to say about farming (culture) and seeds, how did you phrase the questions to elicit those responses?
Great question! Prior to the interview I wrote out some basic questions like "what is your greatest desire on the farm?" "What are the biggest challenges you face?" Since I'm not an expert in the ag space I had to approach the interview with curiosity and then navigate the interview like any story - discuss their greatest goals, desires, and obstacles they face. Usually those questions branch off into other topics. It's also good to establish the context by asking some general questions like how they got started into farming, etc.
The culture thing was actually the last thing he said in the interview and then was elicited simply by me asking "Is there anything else you'd like to add?" Sometimes you just get lucky and end up with some interview gold. I find the challenge is trimming it down without cutting really good content.
Sometimes it just falls into your lap!! I love that, thanks for the in depth answer!@@drew.schettler
what shotgun mic did you use?
Using the Deity S mic 2
Did use a lut?
Yes, using a rec709 conversion lut and also a creative lut with a color grade.
Super interesting ! YES, focus on scenes not b-roll !
Thanks man!