Sony F5 Workshop

Though I'm not part of the cinematography group due to taking on the role as the director I still know that having knowledge of the camera that we will be shooting on would be integral when making this film. I went with Tom Newsham the DOP for this film, to the workshop held by Mark Parkin and another technical member of staff in which we were shown around the F5. I had been aware of the camera since the start of the year and knew that using it would allow much more flexibility and overall cinema quality in comparison to the other cameras that have been available. With both myself and Tom being comfortable using the camera it would speed up set up time, lens changing and creative decisions.

We plan to get the camera out asap to do some test shoots and run the through the workflow of this new piece of kit on Final Cut Pro 7 and test the gammas in order to explore what look we can achieve when running the footage through various colour grades. We plan to visit the locations we will be shooting our film which will be more beneficial than shooting in random locations, though we will test the camera prior to traveling to these places to solidify our technical knowledge.

I will be using Nikon and Carl Zeiss film lenses provided by my brother who studied Film Production at Gloucester and his other equipment to push the footage further. My brother is very interested in helping out on set as a runner and I know that his presence will promote an efficient workflow.