Film Jams
konichiwa film jammers today
We're taking out our two Alexa mini cameras here for some slow-motion tests. Filming at 60 and 200 frames per second. Wow!
Are you ready to go real-life fruit ninja?
This week Sean Keller is joining us who DP'd our 48 hour film project this year, "Love Hurts"
Which may have won a little cinematography award?
Just a few possibly but that was a great time and we did indeed use the Alexa Mini
Oh the Alexa Mini you say one of our favorite cameras to film on. It looks very organic
And one of the nicest things is its slow-motion footage, which we're going to do some tests on today
Yes so we want to shoot a few different scenes to show you guys what the Alexa Mini can look like in some different environments
Shall we start off with some ninja chopping melons. I thought you'd never ask
I Actually did three seasons of American Ninja Warrior and Ultimate Beastmaster on Netflix. My understanding is I'm gonna be a fruit ninja?
I'm Nikki usually makeup here. But today I'm gonna be a ninja and I'm gonna slice through fruit with some swords
So Randy here he's setting up our fruit cutting platform, it's official ninja approved
So we have Sean's Alexa here and our Alexa mini one set to 60 frames per second and the other to 200 frames per second
Right so we can get an exact match between the two to compare the frame rates
Meditation before food chopping
Ninja chop this! Papaya!
Starfruit!
Broccoli!
We got a whole lot more stuff ready to chop up
Eat your greens!
Watermelon!
The king of all fruits, the ultimate test, the watermelon.
What we have next is called a pomelo it's native to Southeast Asia, it's kind of like a giant grapefruit
That's a clean-cut! Honeydew
We're gonna roll I'm 200 frames per second, he's 60 frames per second and we're gonna roll on the honeydew. what's gonna happen now?!
Pumpkin!
This little pumpkin has been special to my family for many years, but today we're gonna cut it's *censored* head off!
So what else could we use to film the Alexa mini slow-motion?
Coffee? And creamer!
We're going to mix the dark with the light and the thick with the juicy and it's all going to be
Coffee
How about some food coloring? On a macro lens?
This shot blows. How about some beautiful
Ninja b-roll!
What about what about some champagne? Ah champagne like 80s music video style?
Alright boys what's going on? Holding some glass. Film jams!
Brielle did her slow motion dance and I did mine I think mine was a little better
Dude, you didn't tell me that was out!
I was thinking for the wrap we could do like a little pie with everybody like "hey, want some pie baby?" Well we can eat it or...
Alright so I'm gonna give you the pie and I'm gonna out there like "hey Sean, let's do another take and then you'll be like -- Let me go out there,
Then I'll just give you the signal. What's the signal is it like "Caw?" It's "Ca-caw!" Okay. Alright let's do this
Ca-Caw!
Sean! What?
Can we just talk for a second? I will in a second just hold on
You're always busy. I know I'm busy. Sean! What!
Wait a minute. Were you rolling on the Alexa for that? Please? Tell me you were cuz-
Oh Yeah!
Brianna was rollin!
Well, that was fun, alright so Sean what are your final thoughts on this?
I have to say the high frame rate on the Alexa mini is hard to beat. The 200 frames per second
Absolutely dramatic beautiful stuff, but the 60 frames per second, it holds its place. It really does. Yeah, absolutely
I really think that the slow-mo on this camera is clean very filmic looking and I can't wait to go shoot some more narrative stuff
And do it again. Let's do it man. Absolutely. Well, thanks for watching and please like and subscribe for new videos every Friday
Watermelon! Ninja chop this! This pumpkin!
I'm trying to -- No!
We forgot to roll on the other camera
Really?