Venice’s People: Canon 7D 24p
For more information about what was used please go to the blog here
I REALLY recommend download the FULL HD version from Vimeo by going to the Vimeo page, signing in and click on download original. I watched it on my 47″ LCD screen via my XBOX 360 and it looked beautiful. This is the Magic Bullet Looks (checkout code Bloom20 to get 20& off) version. All sound recorded using the Rode Video Mic straight into the camera.
Venice’s People: Canon 7D 24p from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.
Big thanks to Sara Collaton for inspiring and for her cameo as she adds much needed glamour to the piece.
Skywalker Ranch Video Tour
December 16, 2009 at 18:45[...] was pretty special to me. Rick, Mike and I also watched some of my other work on the big screen. “Venice’s People”, “San Francisco’s People”, “Cherry Blossom Girl” and “Sofia’s People”. They all [...]
ZTSymmes
December 9, 2009 at 22:03great work Philip, prime lenses or a combination of zoom and primes? i just bought a used 5D w/ a 17-40mm “L” lens. should be great for portraits, but wow, I might have to get something for film, beautiful work. i really like the skater who’s shoes appear in the air after his plundge…not maybe people will catch it. i also like the basketball shot w/ the prime lens? take care,
-Zach
San Francisco
Bertil Karlsson
December 5, 2009 at 21:30That is really a master artists work. I am so impressed. Btw, what program do you prefer to edit with? I guess the HD-quick time files that comes out of the camera is not very easy to work with? I am thinking of buying a 7D but I’m afraid my intel duel core is not powerful enough to edit the files!?
Best regards from Sweden
/Bertil
Steve Staffan
November 12, 2009 at 16:52What were your setting while shooting this? As in your picture style, and ISO? Thanks!!
Chuck Farris
November 12, 2009 at 01:27Very nice , Philip!
Very nice use of natural sound, including the location music, and I’m pleasantly surprised by the Video Mic audio.
I’d like to have heard the spray paint can, and the basketball.
Were there any other possible snippets of sound- a bottle opening, laughter, that would have fit the piece? Or like fade the talking out to sound of waves, that sort of thing.
What did you do in MB other than vignette? Contrast? Saturation?
It looks so much richer than the stock look on Youtube.
Does the picture profile affect the image anywhere near as much as MB?
What do you think of the 7D vs the 5D?
Getting used to the form factor?
Great contrast of sad people in a beautiful location.
Thanks, would love to see more like this!
pbloom
November 12, 2009 at 08:05I could have added loads of fake sounds, but nothing real was clean enough to be used apart from the waves.
I did all sorts of things in Magic Bullet…about 7 different processes, all quite subtle.
7d is great. 5d is great too. I prefer 7d currently due to frame rates.
drt
November 10, 2009 at 21:06really great footage!!!
you are a master!
i like the colors very much! may i ask what you did? curves or plugins…
keep up the great work!
daniel
pbloom
November 12, 2009 at 00:03magic bullet looks. 20% odd with code bloom20
Vinz K
November 6, 2009 at 08:57Whaou! That’s a masterpiece!
I really love it… From far one of the stuff I’ve the most enjoyed these last days.
Give the word to the freaks and you won’t be disappointed! (and I consider myself as a freak…). By the way backlight shots are amazing especially the basketball one!
Adam Levins
November 6, 2009 at 07:00This is your best in the people series yet. Think I might need to get a 7D if not for any other reason that the size and like you say it is very non intrusive.
Terry Wilson
November 5, 2009 at 08:26Lovely Shots. Great to watch. With such a shallow DOF and having to constantly change focus for people moving around so much, do you end up having to choose one particular bit of the face to ‘focus on’ for focus, if you see what I mean? What do you prioritise?
Cheers
Terry
pc2
November 7, 2009 at 12:42That’s a very good question. I am also interested in the answer.
I think this is s great shoot and I am absolutely novice in handling the camera and I don’t mean to criticize but for my taste faces go out of focus too often. Is this intentional or just the limitation of the 50mm-1.4 lens you might have used?
/pc2
pbloom
November 7, 2009 at 13:01intentional. if i wanted to avoid i would have stopped down.
Roman M France
November 5, 2009 at 04:31Wait Phil… you have an XBOX 360?! LOL do you even play online? Oh yeah and the video is even snazzier now.
Marlon Perez
November 5, 2009 at 02:03Hey Philip!
First of all, I really love this series, and Venice’s people is your best one yet because I really like the PJ style. How do you get the courage to come up to people like that and just record them.
I have a couple of questions regarding gear. If you can answer them, that’d be fantastic!
1) I noticed that Venice’s people is more stable than SF’s people. Is that mainly due to the zacuto rapid fire? I guess every contact point helps.
2) I also want to get the same rode mic that you have used in this video. At what focal length does the rode mic start showing up in the frame?
Thanks! if you could answer these questions, that’d be fantastic!
Sincerely,
Marlon
Mark Doherty
November 4, 2009 at 22:51Really loved the video. I am from Dublin and was in both Venice and San Francisco over the summer and think you have managed to capture what it is like experience all 3 of those cities perfectly. This one being my favourite one so far, i especially loved the singing homeless guy, brought me right back.
Sumit Agarwal
November 4, 2009 at 17:19Hey Philip, for your street videography work do you ever use reflectors or anything similar to help with uncontrollable light situations?
Good stuff!
Mike
November 4, 2009 at 13:29Philip,
Great video! Personally I think the best you have done in the “People” series. the visuals were great, nice documentary approach and it told a several different stories at once. Well done and safe travels.
Bob T
November 4, 2009 at 08:12Philip, Great video although I am not sure about the new edit, I personally don’t like the last 2 shots after the end titles
pbloom
November 4, 2009 at 08:17fair enough. I like little epilogues in my films
Shaun
November 4, 2009 at 06:00Hi Philip
Loved this piece – shots are beautiful. Do you think you could have achieved the same result content-wise using the EX3 instead of a stills camera? I imagine it’s a little less unobtrusive and makes the subject feel more at ease? What have your experiences been between using the two?
Cheers,
Shaun.
pbloom
November 4, 2009 at 06:07i could have got similar content, but people really did feel completely relaxed with the DSLR that they were very un-self conscious. I always said I was filming not doing stills. Smaller the camera, the less intimidated people feel. For doco stuff like this there is nothing better.
Roger Trier
November 4, 2009 at 05:59Awesome video. Quite funny but sad at the same time.
pbloom
November 4, 2009 at 06:07thanks Roger
John Marc Green
November 4, 2009 at 05:08I am loving the “____’s People” Series. I have been watching since it was just “Sofia’s People.” I really see the impact of the shallow depth of field; very inspirational. I’m guessing you’re editing while you travel with a Macbook Pro and Final Cut Pro, right? Do you use portable hard drives, or just the internal? Just curious.
pbloom
November 4, 2009 at 06:00hi John
I never use internal drives for editing. But yes, cut on my 17″ MBP. I normally use Lacie Rugges drives but this one i used an iomega bus powered one.
Andrew Howe
November 3, 2009 at 23:55Looks like the People series is going to end up being a life’s work unless you sub it out. Maybe some kind of F-Stop Academy grand project. I don’t think there are many other Venice Beaches in the world though. The documentary style was perfect. Having the dialogue gave it much more poignancy but we still had the trademark stunning visuals, gift for observation and touch of humour and surprise. I loved the refreshing honesty of the winos.
One little scene that tickled me was around 0:43. When the skater disappeared I was expecting him to emerge spectacularly over the titles. I had a little chuckle when all that appeared was his trainers in the background. Who would have thought that you would have bumped into Eddie Jordan there or that he would play guitar so well
pbloom
November 4, 2009 at 06:03Thanks Andrew.You know me, i love quirky!
Jacob Meaux
November 3, 2009 at 19:49You sir are a human tripod.
pbloom
November 3, 2009 at 20:02hardly!
Jacob Meaux
November 12, 2009 at 02:51ha! you need to see my handheld footage… I’m without a Z-finder though! (at least until it ships)
Vladimir
November 3, 2009 at 17:36VERYYYY NICE. Do we have some political statement in here? Regardless, it capture the essence of SOCAL as I remembered. The lenses do make a difference.
Very Cool.
pbloom
November 3, 2009 at 17:48I think different people will watch this and different views as to what the statement is. That is my style of documentary work. I don’t ram a message down someone’s throat. I let the people do the talking and hope people can make their own judgements.
Thanks as always Vladimir!
2009/11/03 Phillip Bloom releases “Venice’s People” | DPExperience
November 3, 2009 at 15:50[...] it out here: http://philipbloom.co.uk/films/dslr-films/venices-people-canon-7d-24p/ Tweet This!Share this on FacebookStumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUponAdd this to [...]
Hunter Boone
November 3, 2009 at 15:42Man, I sure do love me some slide-guitar
Scott O'REilly
November 3, 2009 at 15:41Very nice work as usual Philip. This proves you need not fear the audio capabilities of the 5Ds and 7Ds with a decent mic as is sounds pretty good to me.
I noticed you removed your hand grip from your Zacuto Tactical basically making it a “Rapid Fire” configuration. Any reason for this? I recently purchased the Rapid Fire and found I still desire more stability so I was planning on buying a hand grip or shoulder pad. I was surprised to see you opting not to use either and wondered if there was a reason or just a desire to go as compact as possible. Thanks!
pbloom
November 3, 2009 at 16:38mainly for weight and bulk. I had three lenses on me in small bag. The extra grip is very useful
Aaron Tharpe
November 3, 2009 at 15:33love the live audio in this one! just feels so much more real! love the interaction with the vet too!
Jason Collin Photography
November 3, 2009 at 15:32Outstanding work. No doubt the Canon 7D is a strong video performer. I hope this series of videos continues.
Brian Matheson
November 3, 2009 at 15:28Nice job Phil. I especially love the silhouetted basketball shot.
And the two life guards getting a suntan comparing their life of service to someone dodging bullets in Iraq. Hilarious.
pbloom
November 3, 2009 at 16:39yeah, not sure they will like that brian!
Rakan
November 3, 2009 at 15:15Hey phil,
Nice vid! I took a particular interest when you mentioned that you were messing with the picture settings.
I just got my 7D two weeks ago and I’ve been only recently playing with those picture settings. I haven’t heard much about the topic on any forums, but I think they’re noteworthy.
People should (and probably will) come out with a few setting combos to emulate certain looks, like they have for the DVX.
Check out this cool look a friend of mine just showed me:
http://specialdeliveryproductions.blogspot.com/
It should be the first post. The look makes things look intense, and I’m sure if it were tweaked along with white balance it could give a 300-esque feel.
Happy shootin’
Simon Dempsey
November 3, 2009 at 13:19Another beautiful piece Phil, great work pal!
Alessandro Nucci
November 3, 2009 at 13:18Hi Philip, very very good as always! I liked a lot the “documentary” style with live audio opposite to the usual music. Can you tell me exactly how did you change the standard picture profile? Thanks
Roderick
November 3, 2009 at 12:56Really really nice Phil, that makes the 7D look like a seriously sexy camera. Cheers.
Jeff Wood
November 3, 2009 at 12:54Really liked this one Phil. Great snapshot of the people’s lives and feelings. Sound’s not bad for that little 7d! More of this
Franklin Tello
November 3, 2009 at 12:50Congrats on another great addition to your “People’s Series” Philip! Great job with the sound and the storytelling!
-Franklin
Vladislav Dechev
November 3, 2009 at 12:38Really, really great one, Mr.Bloom!!! I love the new approach. It really shows Venice the way it is…love it! It kinda reminds me of the opening shot of “White men can’t jump”…sweet empty beach early in the morning, only few old gentleman singing some retro songs…
Great quality too! Seems like Sara’s got a great impact on you!:)
May be the second best short that you’ve shot (after Sofia’s people of course:) )
Keep it up, Philip!
Martin Pert
November 3, 2009 at 12:38What a raw look! I love it. And to get that guys candid opinion about the various American Statesmen on camera at the right time-timing! Been following you for a while and thought I best comment sooner or later! Cheers.