Couple things of note for viewers who aren't experienced. - More often on higher end productions, a tripod plate is not bolted to a dovetail. Higher end camera departments normally use larger O'connor tripod heads that accept dovetails as the plate. - Matte boxes now have a standardized filter size. That is 5.56x4. A majority of matte boxes utilize this size regardless of whether or not it's a clip on or a rod mounted system. 6" filters are only used when extremely large barreled lenses are being utilized which means a larger matte box is required. I've used large clip ons as well as rod mounted - Not a point of critique but advice to fellow 1st ACs: Try not to mount your focus motor on the bottom rods. Whenever you can, top mount them. When top mounted, gravity will help keep the motor connected to the lens. You will have much less skipping. It will also keep the lower rods less cluttered for when you inevitably have to change things. I hope this helps clarify things for inexperienced viewers. Source: I'm a 1st AC who works on high end sets. Also, awesome video!

I went to Cal State Northridge's film production program, which was lead by a bunch of older men who really should not have become professors after failed film careers. In my only in-person cinematography class following the end of zoom university during my last semester as a student, my professor mostly lectured during our 3-hour class on his life, politics, and hardly ever any hands-on experience that really broke down what we would need to know and apply on set. Sometimes we'd watch KZread videos on things we were hoping he'd teach us himself. I wouldn't be surprised if your videos ended up in his class one day, at least that'd be a step in the right direction. I know that's a lot of people's film school experiences, but you'd expect education that you spend thousands of dollars on to at least teach you the bare minimum of ACing, or even how to build a camera on an industry-standard level. Nope! The good thing is I finished with 0 dollars in debt, and now I get to watch In Depth Cine videos to keep my knowledge tidied in between gigs. I prefer to tell people I didn't go to film school at this point. Thank you In Depth Cine for creating and posting this content! Can't express how helpful it is to have such gatekept knowledge online, especially as a woman trying to make it in camera dept. :]

@MartinShapiroWriter

4 ай бұрын

I went to UCLA film school and it's sadly true that most film programs don't teach real world professional-level film production workflow and techniques. They make you take a bunch of film criticism classes, which I found completely useless in the real world. Many years later, I learned so much more about production when I hired a union film crew to shoot my film.

Brilliant video. Would love a version of this for sound equipment (the boom op's setup, and the mixer).

@celestial_78

Жыл бұрын

Same! Would be awesome to see a part 2 for audio!

@logicfrogmedia

Жыл бұрын

I would love to see that too! Always been a bit confused about how all the audio stuff works

@mistermastermind528

Жыл бұрын

Seconded

@kannon3979

4 ай бұрын

Yep!

Anyone learning to be a camera assistant should read the book The Camera Assistant's Manual and watch your channel. Seriously, the gaps in that book are so well filled by your content.

Thank you for this video! I’m an internet-educated DSLR videographer who is always trying to figure out which accessories pictured in my American Cinematographer magazines and online are actually going to help me with my level/type of shooting, which aren’t, and how the heck they are all typically wired and connected!

Not all focus assist options require the box anymore, most of the more popular ones used nowadays like the focusbug CineRT and the light ranger from Preston just require you to plug them into the 4 pin serial port on a mdr, LCube, or into the camera depending on your set up. Really only the original cinematography electronics cinetape requires the large screen strapped to the camera nowadays, the Arri udm-1 made the improvement over it to allow you to not require the control module

Great video, thank you for making this updated version available!

Got a ARRI Donut Adapter yesterday to support mounting a 6x6 filter on atlas 25mm lens. It’s concave lens with 136 mm diameter.

At 4:10 I would specifically shy away from using clip on matteboxes on older telescoping lenses like the superspeeds because having weight on the front element could damage the movement.

@superaoi5863

Жыл бұрын

If you’re also using vintage adapted lenses they may have rotating telescoping elements that would cause the matte box to rotate and potentially cause it to hit something and not be able to move or break off due to resistance when it hits something

@dxkaiyuan4177

Жыл бұрын

I was 2nd AC on a production that used the superspeeds and clip ons, and you're absolutely right that isn't a good combination. Because it was telescoping, the matte box interfered with the aperture ring on the lens. The 1st AC loosened the matte box, but that only made it fall off and we ended up breaking the promist filter inside... oops

@Mssmilelovejoy

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention most of the super speeds will seize up and be unusable with a clip on.

Great video. Keep it up

love your channel !

The video helped me a lot. I'll be working in a film distributor Store soon. And so I can prepare myself a bit. Good job man!!

You’re such a W mans for this

You read my mind. I really needed this video

AMAZING THANK YOU

Superb video!

At my film school we don't have follow focus, nd filter, mattebox or external battery. Guerrilla filmmaking

Can you go over sound in more depth? I can’t grasp how the booms and external sound works exactly. How does the clapper help with that? Do the audio get saved else where and get synced later or do the booms go to the A cam? What about in a multicam multi boom setup? I know these are silly questions but I love cinema and learning so much from your videos except the audio component of the puzzle is getting lost on me. Thank you!

@Mssmilelovejoy

Жыл бұрын

Sound department and sound equipment is used by different people than Camera on large sets. There's usually a sound mixer, a boom op, and sometimes sound assistants depending on the size. Most actors have wireless mics and Booms are used to capture overall dialogue, or coverage for anything that isn't usable with the wireless mics, or just general sound of a scene. There are timecode devices that sync up digital clocks that sync with slates, the sound mixers equipment and then are plugged into the cameras so all footage from the camera and sound recorded by the sound mixer is sycned up to this same digital clock. Each file whether video or audio has a tag to this timecode. Even in todays day and age these are notoriously unreliable and even the one of the newest camera on the market, Alexa 35, has issues with timecode still. The clapper is how sound and footage was synced before digital devices and today is still used as a backup should any of the timecode devices fail. The audio is directly recorded onto the sound mixers drives and then synced by post production. Hope that all makes sense!

@jonweinraub

Жыл бұрын

@@Mssmilelovejoy it does, thank you for taking the time to reply!

Just for your attempt at saying "Palme d'Or" this video deserves a like.

Great video.

If not rehoused, u should never clip on a mattebox on super speeds, these lenses are not as sturdy as modern lenses, use rod adapters for the mattebox. 😊

@Mssmilelovejoy

Жыл бұрын

Do you know if anyone is even rehousing superspeeds?

Storage?

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another excellent post mate! I'd love to see a short video regarding how to use Time Code and the difference between TC & Gen Lock... (how to use each on real life situations...) Thanks!

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Do film camera's need anything like a battery?

@fedeMCTV

Жыл бұрын

4:45

@christopherboyle2711

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't state the difference between film/digital

@superaoi5863

Жыл бұрын

Yes film cameras need a battery, they usually have a power input where you can plug in a block battery and there are also companies who make battery plates for the cameras too that allow gold mount or v mount options

@fedeMCTV

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherboyle2711 sorry, didn't understand fully your question

@AG-BG

Жыл бұрын

unless you want to use a hand-cranked model

If you show it practically it would been better I know you don't show face much but please show pratical setup also

How are film cameras built.

@Mssmilelovejoy

Жыл бұрын

Are you asking specifically to how the film is input into the camera or how accessories are built onto the camera?

@reptongeek

Жыл бұрын

@@Mssmilelovejoy The accessories primarily. I do know how they load film into the camera but it would be appropriate to include that too

Great video as always! But i wonder if you could make a video specifically for lenses from Panavision as there not so much info abt them🫡