Ideas to make Scarlet rig look as cheap as possible for India shooting

[Bob Gundu]

Of course where you are in India is a huge factor. Mumbai in general is a lot tougher because the general population is pretty film savvy and people just come out of the woodwork looking for some handout. Delhi I found is much more laid back, except for around government buildings. Sometimes you have to play the dumb tourist card if officials ask questions, and sometimes putting a badge around your neck helps getting the population to move out of your shot.

[Les Dittert]

Bob, would a shiny badge work on a white guy ? Interesting.

[Jon Jones]

I watched the Samsara trailer last night, and they said that it was filmed 100% in 70mm Film.

The movie Samsara lit the fire in me to get this resolution. ( Samsara is genuine 4K )
I am also bringing along a Gopro. That will be sooooo easy compared to the Red ;) Gopro can get into any temple. Shoots better video than a Canon 5D. close to 4K for timelapse, but no bit depth.

[Glen Powell]

Last time I was in India I saw this guy in Amritsar stealth shooting with a disguised RED:





You can tell it's a RED because it has the RED logo button on the top front centre...

Bob's got a good grip on shooting in India - he's done two features there with a lot of street shooting. My experience shooting in Nepal & China is play dumb and have a pocket full of 'hand' money.

[Leland Haushalter]

AWESOME!


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Leland Haushalter
Daufenbach Camera

[Les Dittert]

No !
That is Ron Fricke in disguise shooting Samsara.
I always wonder how he avoided the crowds .....

@Jon : Yes , Samsara was 65mm film, scanned 8K re-sampled to 4K. That's what I mean by genuine 4K.
Specifically : If you took that 4K and showed it at 3.8K, it would look softer. A Red camera typically does not make pictures like that.
I hope to. My entire kit camera backpack weighs 30lbs. His Panavision camera body with no lens and no mag weighs 40lbs !

[Brandon J.F.]

Last time I was in India I saw this guy in Amritsar stealth shooting with a disguised RED:

You can tell it's a RED because it has the RED logo button on the top front centre...

Are you sure that's not a "Box Camera"?





According to this page it was invented in India: http://www.sephi.com/personal/workin...d-wood-camera/

More here: http://www.sephi.com/personal/mahara...century-india/