Comments on: Pine Lake Films - short nature films

Pine Lake Films - short nature films

planetkyoto — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:24:37 -0800

Pine Lake Films
Steven Dempsey (bio) makes gorgeous short nature films (more here) in the wilds around Seattle using a digital videocamera and techniques that give video a film-like appearance. The videos linked on the bio page are also worth viewing.

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:32:49 -0800

Coral cache of index page in case his server gets slammed. Coral cache of other film index page.

By: Edward King

Edward King — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:00:46 -0800

Gorgeous work! Makes me homesick for my place on Puget Sound.

By: strawberryviagra

strawberryviagra — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:06:37 -0800

The techniques that provide the quality in these films are more or less based on knowledge and use of fundamental photographic principles (ie: they don't rely on gimmickry or post effects). Most people using DV cameras don't have a clue about depth of field, exposure or when to use a tripod - editing is grossly underestimated. DV is a great format - particularly if your end medium is the interweb. For any aspiring film maker - his FAQ is definitely worth a read.

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:13:46 -0800

***PLEASE*** use the coral cache links in my first comment above. The filmmaker has emailed me to say his server can't handle the load.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:37:24 -0800

planetkyoto, Coral does not automatically "coralize" embedded links within Coralized pages.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:52:28 -0800

Here are coralized links to the movies on the first page: marymoor, snoqualmie, magical fall, brackendale, olympic Snoqualmie appears to be larger than the 50Mb filesize supported by Coral. The others appear to be working.

By: Poagao

Poagao — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:52:53 -0800

In addition to good technique, his camera, the Panasonic DVX100, films with a nice Leica lens and uses 24-frame-per-second technology. I use the same camera, and I love the images. When I bought it I tested it next to a Canon XL1S and a Sony PD170, and the image blew the other two away, in my opinion (I realize that there are actual wars on various DV forums over this issue, this is just my take on it).

By: fungible

fungible — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:05:42 -0800

Well, the films are pretty, although the music is quite a bit too much. What I'd like is for someone to find a cache of his link "1. HOW TO CONVERT NATIVE 4x3 PROGRESSIVE SCAN FOOTAGE TO HIGH QUALITY 16x9" in the tutorials section.

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:59:05 -0800

Actually, we shot him past his daily bandwidth limit, so you should be able to see it tomorrow. I still have that page in my cache, so if you send me an email I can copy the text to you.

By: blue shadows

blue shadows — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 01:18:21 -0800

Thank you planetkyoto. I love it. Great!