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Aspect ratio is one of the most important choices for the look of the film. House of cards was never realeased theatrically, yet they made their own aspect ratio of 2:1.

It doesn't necessary have to be moonlight,it could be streetlamps as well,if you want different color contrast. You could also rig Kinos just above windows cheating a light coming through windows,if you could put just some source outside that could do the trick. Some DP's like to use a dimmer...

Well if you have black and white under the same light, white will reflect lets say 2 stops more than key while black will reflect 2 stops less,you would still expose at key and render both colors correctly. Wouldn't the same logic apply to dark/white skin? Or are you talking about extreme cases...

But don't you want to render dark skin dark? By same exposure do you mean same tonality or ?

"The Shining" by Stanley Kubrick I liked certain bits and bobs from the film both technical and aesthetical,but overall I was not really impressed. Didn't get the hype

Grab a cheap used canon DSLR and you will be happy. You could even try with your phone,they have those little tripods and I think there should be software for remote release.

I haven't seen the videos,but judging from screenshot what you want is to first of all grab a 16mm camera,if thats out of budget grab a super8 camera and you will get pretty close. Light with fresnels,high key hard light style. After you record your film, telecine it put it on a dvd and play...

Light skin color reflect more light than dark skin. I don't think that even low end DSLR should not be able to capture both a dark skin and light color,unless it is super extreme - really black skin and really pale almost white skin of the other actor. If you need a bigger diffuser you can...

Take a look at Brief Encounters. It is not exactly the same but it does explore similar topic. Coco Chanel started off depending on money too,so you could read her biography. Theodore Dreiser wrote on a lot of such topics. It was quite typical in the early 20th century for young girls from...

I vote for sepia,but that shadow on her cheek is a bit distracting

Yup,you can take a 40gig blu-ray and compress it into 2gig file,which obv will not look as good.

DIY flos will do the barebone job of the pro flos. The skin tones will never be close to tungsten,but you can do an easy test with just one bulb and see if you like it/can time the green/magenta in post or with a gell. Don't expect big throw from them,don't cover them with gell too tight or...

Another option for cheap/quick lighting is a china ball with a household bulb in it,it can be a bit tricky to flag off the walls at first but it is really quick way to make soft source. You can always hang some sort of cloth for the background or just rearrange the clutter and shoot low F-stop...

I love one particular crane shot in Lawrence of Arabia,where the reveal of the rushing troops is emphasized by the change of the perspective. But there are def a lot more cool shots in various films. One problem with jibs or any other fancy equipment is if a person rents or owns it he has too...

The first 2 shots don't really fit the visual pallete - 1st one is really mundane and the second one is way too shaky. I would cut it out and start from 00:12. Otherwise well done!

I guess it is just the old vs new mentality difference,which as far as I noticed was quite balanced. Having an honest opinion is a valuable tool in an educational process,probably the harsh criticism was taken a tad bit too far. But I haven't noticed a thread which didn't get an answer or advice...

I am pretty sure you can get some old crashed/half broken car reall cheap,depends on what exactly do you want? Or you can get away with showing like a tire rolling away some broken glass on the floor some smoke etc. Find a creative way to tell what you can't show

If it is going to be in the similar key as Fountain than its going to be cool

Take a higher than needed watage practical bulb and dim it down. Given that with praticals on in real lafe moon light becomes almost invinsible,you dont mind ctb the 1k outside to your taste of blue.