The Great Swim
Posted by Phil Powell | Filed under Film
Last weekend, my Mum took part in the first Great North Swim in Windermere. It was the first mass participation swim event of its kind in Great Britain, and it was the first time she’d trained for any kind of swimming event.
A group of us went along to support her, and we filmed a few bits throughout the day - nothing serious, but then I edited the footage together to make this little diary of our outing.
This gave me a chance to try out the 25p mode properly on our Sony Z7 for the first time. When it came to editing, I didn’t really notice much of a difference to just de-interlacing the final render, and since I was applying a Nattress filter to the finished edit, it actually meant i had to tweak a few more settings to make sure I wasn’t re-de-interlacing! I think what I need to do is do a test of two different workflows, side-by-side: one using 24p mode, the other with 50i and a de-interlace applied.
This wasn’t a very serious shoot, so it’s not brilliant footage, and with it being a changeable overcast day, the lighting don’t help much. One thing I am learning more and more about the Z7 though is that it is so easy to over-expose - the LCD screen can be very misleading and you almost have to force yourself to drop an f-stop just to make sure you’re not washing out.
I also played around with a vignette for the first time, just to add a little more of a home movie feel.
Raptors
Posted by Phil Powell | Filed under Film, Filmmaking
We just completed work on a new little documentary titled “Raptors”.
Corio Raptor Care and Rehabilitation is a centre specialising in the care and rehabilitation of birds of prey, or raptors. The center is run by Nick and Anji Henderson, who provided us with access to the birds they look after, and to talk about the work they do.
Tags: Film, Filmmaking
