hey our joey hensey let's talk about creative lighting techniques
using a 4k projector and shoot something like this
so
so benky sent me the latest 4k project the hd3550i4 review and i asked myself how can
a filmmaker or photographer creatively use such projector other than just watching movies so i had
a feeling and hit up dp rob gregory and he said let's shoot a spec ad i said heck yeah anything
specific in mind he said how about soccer you mean real football need a player though i know just the
right guy for this coming in rob do you think free red cameras are enough for this youtube video why
don't we get patrick out with this gemini as well yeah i'm down guys can we get started let's go
well welcome behind the scenes so now we're going to talk about a few different projector setups as
well as a few thought starters on visual elements that you could potentially use to project on
your subject and also some tips and tricks and watch outs that we learned on our shoot today
all right let's start with the obvious one and that's the front projection and there's so
much to talk about so in this setup you basically project the image to the front of your subject the
meaning that the camera and the projector are both shooting into the same direction onto the subject
now if you want your projection to pop have your talent wear a white shirt like ideally a white
shirt can be also brighter colors but it should be also plain darker colors basically absorb
the light and don't reflect it as well as much and your image paints basically away this is also true
for the backdrop now if you want your image to show on the backdrop shoot against the white wall
ideally and also have your talon closer by so that it that he or she doesn't cast as much of a shadow
now if you want your projection to just be on the talent and disappear shoot against the dark wall
and have your talent stand far away as possible so that the projection doesn't hit it as much
yeah you always need a dog on set too otherwise it would be too boring and a little tip here from
rob so what you want to do is you want to make sure that the camera and the projector are lined
up together and the camera preferably would be a little bit lower than the projector so
the shadow cast by your subject will disappear behind your subject see that's as easy as that
i take 500 takes and everything he just goes once and that's it let's move on
now with front projection the image choice that you project on your subject is incredibly
important and you wanted to suit your story for our case we wanted to create the emotion the
energy that a football player experiences through abstract art as well as through nature analogies
and a good starting point is actually free stock footage sites that provide photos and videos like
paxos.com but we also use footage from from getty for more abstract work you can actually create
these elements in your computer in your nle or photoshop and the great benefit there is that
you can manipulate these elements right as you need them on your subject
life in the player so uh that gives you a lot of flexibility on set as you go one thing we notice
works best is if you use images with us with a strong contrast so that the deep blacks actually
help accentuate the brighter spots of the image and also set your subject into more of a spotlight
that's what i'm like oh the pizza is here hello
yeah i'm coming down oh thank you thank you all right bye very important always have food on set
to keep the crew happy right it's pizza time everyone
so this is possibly the most visually intriguing setup that we're doing today and in person
it's absolutely mesmerizing with the back projection you're basically shooting from
the projector right into the camera and have your subject placed right in the middle of it
in today's shoot we have the kind help of my buddy
zuma who is a model and i actually play football with for real so thanks so much for helping out
what's your handle you're welcome andrew is a zoomer underscore underscore check him out
very important everyone always instagram story when you're
creating no matter what we'll talk about that in another video to make the back
projection and the light streaks really pop you want to haze like there is no tomorrow
yeah you get the most interesting effects if you project an image that is simple abstract
and ideally has fine bright details on a back background like the matrix code for
example you can also play with blocks of colors don't be shy pump up the saturation
and it's almost like a laser show the key here is to just experiment and see what works best for you
kick it kick it luckily that's a crash cam it's a
commodore so we're good if it falls over apparently too but maybe not
all right since we're all camera nurse let's quickly have a gear break and talk about what
we're shooting on yo patrick what are you shooting on today here uh today i got the
red gemini and the dzo picture films and then i'm running around with the easy rig because 20 pounds
it's a lot of weight and uh i'm not blessed like you moto users to be able to go handheld all day
why are these guys doing this they just should stop fooling around like hey guys stop fooling
around rob what are you shooting on uh we're shooting on the red gemini with a 35 millimeters
ice cp3 lens and then i've got the komodo with his ice uh 100 millimeter cb3 lens as well yeah
i'm shooting on the komodo as well with a sigma 18 to 35 1.8 lens so we're shooting four freaking red
cameras hashtag overkill but if you ever wonder as always on my channel in the left top corner i'm
always referencing the camera and lens used for each and every single shot also if you wonder what
how we keep all these cameras in sync make sure to check out my next video here's a little hint
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now the third option is a little trickier to pull off but absolutely worth the effort and that's
top projection now we have to work with a little bit of a shitty rig solution here by holding off
the projector from the ladder because we tried we were thinking about mounting the projector
up on one of those beams but we couldn't get the mounting solutions delivered in time so
shitty rig it is but for this one you definitely want to haze up the room again because it creates
this nice cone of light and use very basic abstract images because they also project
down on the floor and make really like put the subject into a very nice interesting looking shape
so definitely worth the effort this thing is getting hot now ouch what comes in very handy
for us in this situation is that the benq 3550i comes actually with android tv and chromecast
built in so add a push of a button we can just project what we have on our laptops or phones
just straight on the on the projector and and have it thrown up this comes very handy especially if
you bring your projector into unwieldy places like on top of a ladder or so it could be a use case
of course with android tv you can access all your favorite streaming services through an app on the
projector and just throw it up and see watch your favorite movies except for netflix vancouver is
telling me that that app is coming soon in the meantime you can easily cast it from your laptop
alright guys that's a wrap in the studio let's go home and get cozy
welcome to my crib come on in since we cannot go to movies these days
for obvious reasons we just bring the cinema home and that's just like that with the benq ht3550
and i think the i must stand for a challenger because we've seen this is a smart projector
and i've no clue what the numbers are standing for must be some secret code i just haven't
figured out yet so now that we've talked about what you can creatively do with a 4k projector
let's talk what they're actually designed to do and that's bringing our movies to life well let
me start by saying shame on me because as much as i obsess over capturing the best image possible
with my cameras i have been watching movies and yes sometimes my own videos on a freaking 1080p
tv for years and that's because i've never pulled a trigger on it on a projector because i
have a very small apartment and i've never really tried i always try to keep it as tidy as possible
but i i figured out a solution on how to bring a home cinema in a very fast setup which takes me
less than 10 minutes so i got this projector screen sent by ground view thanks for that
ground view and what i really dig about it a it fits perfectly under my couch so it's hidden
it's super easy super easy to set up it literally takes you like five seconds as you can see
and it doesn't wrinkle and it has also and that's super important it's super
wide viewing angle so if i decide to awkwardly watch from here for no obvious reason uh that's
perfectly fine as well and it comes in different sizes i decided to go for the 70 inch screen uh
because of the size of my apartment i just had you need to have a certain distance between you
the projector and the screen and that just works best uh from the viewing distance as well as i'm
sitting here on the couch so cool all right now that we got comfortable back to the actual style
of the show and that's the projector that we use for our creative work and it comes actually packed
with some awesome features first of all it's a 4k hdr projector with 8.3 million pixels and benq's
cinematic color technology that covers 95 of the dci p3 color spectrum and goes beyond
the general setrack 709 it really reflects the image and the colors as the filmmakers intended
you to see in fact all units are calibrated in factory and they send you this calibration report
and you can geek out on and it shows you just like how the calibrations results were because
it's really hard for us also to show you the image quality because even when we are shooting
on a freaking red hashtag overkill it is hard to see but let me tell you i'm very very delighted
though you have to keep in mind that the projector itself is not bright enough for day night filled
rooms like mine when it's daytime and also another downside and it's like with every projector and
due to my setup here is that you definitely hear some fan noise when you're that close so it's like
a red dsm c2 camera right patrick so as you may know i'm a big star wars nerd and i've been binge
watching the mandalorian on this projector and oh boy oh boy did i have a tsunami of
emotions and felt like a child again in the final episode of season two no spoilers though actually
show me videos of baby yoda so this projector comes with a google assistant built in so
you can ask big questions like what is the answer to life the universe and everything
there you have it 42 and with that we will wrap this video in the next video we will talk about
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in the dark right patrick yeah also comment below what kind of interesting projector techniques you
may have used or what you would suggest we should do next time and use this projector for aside from
watching baby yoda videos and as always thanks so much for watching have a good morning have
a good night whenever and wherever you are around this beautiful planet bye bye
you mean let's see you mean real football let's do it
hey we need a player though i was like he's coming back to me on this no i mean soccer
need a player though i know just the right guy for this no no