AV Mercenary Film Productions

DSLR Student Filmmaker Ep: 10 Light Painting

2012-02-02T09:22:00.000-05:00

This web series focuses on affordable gear, tips and techniques and reviews of DSLR Cinematography equipment and Visual Effects techniques for the college level film maker.

Episode 10 focuses on light painting techniques.

YongNuo Speed Light
http://www.amazon.com/Yongnuo-YN-560-Speedlight-Flash-Canon/dp/B004GZLFHM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328127851&sr=8-1

Ashly Photoshoot

2012-02-01T15:20:00.002-05:00

Shot in Down town Clearwater Florida.

Camera Canon 60D with Tamron 17-50mm 2.8, and Rokinon 85mm 1.4

Katherine Photoshoot

2011-12-28T17:34:00.000-05:00

Photography by Anthony Verderosa
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Angie Photoshoot

2011-12-17T15:34:00.002-05:00

My photoshoot in Downtown Clearwater Florida. Shot with Canon 60D and 50mm 1.8, Rokinon 85mm 1.4, and Tamron 17-50mm 2.8

DSLR Student Filmmaker Ep: 8 Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 Lens Review

2011-12-17T10:02:00.000-05:00

DSLR Student Filmmaker Ep: 7 Canon 18-135 IS

2011-12-05T21:01:00.002-05:00

After Math

2011-11-18T09:35:00.001-05:00

An introduction to our Youth Group at Crystal Cove Community Church in Palm Harbor, Florida.

Shot and edited by Anthony Verderosa

DSLR Student Filmmaker Ep: 6 Camera Stabilizations

2011-11-17T12:23:00.004-05:00

This web series focuses on affordable gear, tips and techniques and reviews of DSLR Cinematography equipment and Visual Effects techniques for the college level film maker.

Episode 6 focuses on the different supports and stabilzations I use for my DSLR setup.

See the description on youtube for links to the products I use.

DSLR Student Filmmaker Ep: 5 Magic Lantern Focus Menu

2011-11-04T14:16:00.000-04:00

This web series focuses on affordable gear, tips and techniques and reviews of DSLR Cinematography equipment and Visual Effects techniques for the college level film maker.

Episode 5 focuses on the different settings for the Focus and tweaks menus for the custom firmware for Canon DSLRs Magic Lantern and how to utilize it on your t2i, t3i, 60D and 5DMK2. Skywarp makes a cameo appearance as my subjects in today's episode.

Bokeh Effects kit
www.diyphotography.net/diyp-products

Magic Lantern Vimeo Group
http://vimeo.com/groups/magiclantern/forums

DSLR Student Filmmaker Ep: 4 Magic Lantern Exposure Menu

2011-10-31T18:41:00.000-04:00

This web series focuses on affordable gear, tips and techniques and reviews of DSLR Cinematography equipment and Visual Effects techniques for the college level film maker.

Episode 4 focuses on the exposure menu for the Magic Lantern Custom Firmware for Canon DSLRS.

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HDSLR Episode 3 Magic Lantern Audio Menu

2011-10-18T10:17:00.000-04:00

In this week's episode I go over some of the key audio features of Magic Lantern the custom firmware for Canon DSLRs.

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DSLR Student Filmmaker Episode 2

2011-10-17T12:23:00.001-04:00

In this week's episode I go over some of the key features of Magic Lantern the custom firmware for Canon DSLRs.

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Student Filmmaker Episode 1

2011-10-09T11:53:00.000-04:00

This web series focuses on affordable gear, tips and techniques and reviews of DSLR Cinematography equipment and Visual Effects techniques for the college level film maker.

Episode 1 is the introduction to the series and what the goals for the program is.

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Lawyer Commercial

2011-10-03T10:02:00.000-04:00

Serious Mock Lawyer Commercial

Joke Lawyer Commercial

I shot these commercials as a test to my portable green screen lighting setup as well as to demonstrate a mock lawyer commercial for future clients. I had a lot of fun filming this with my bud Nicky P, who as you can see in the blooper real, is not professionally trained in the acting arts. Meaning with the right amount of time and editing, almost anyone can say their lines.

Large Format Cameras

2011-06-13T22:31:00.003-04:00

I've been doing a lot of research on DSLRs the past year, and I thought I'd compile some links in this post that talk about some of the cameras currently on the market.

First up is the Sony Alpha A55

This camera is a hybrid SLT camera that features a translusent mirror so that the LCD information can be displayed inside the camera's viewfinder. This camera also features a live auto focus, that the Canon Cameras lack.

Next is the Sony FS100

Sony Professional - NEX FS100E: Affordable Super 35mm from Sony Professional on Vimeo.

This is a professional camcorder with a large sensor format similar to a DSLR. With this camera you get key features of pro video cameras such as XLR inputs and audio monitoring, but you still get that cinematic look of a film camera that the DSLRs have been able to capture.

Last is a video comparing the Canon 60D(my current camera) to the Panasonic GH2

The GH2 also features a live auto focus mode that again my camera envies! This camera also can use the micro 4/3rds mount and Panasonic's new Pancake prime lenses.

Epic Time Lapse Test

2011-03-05T11:34:00.002-05:00

Here is a video of my first attempt at time lapse photography.

I've learned a lot about sun rises and time lapse shooting this video. Since I awakened myself at 6:30am to get ready to capture the sun rising, I was not fully awake and so I had my shutter speed very low and my white balance on fluorescent. These mistakes give it a feel of the moon rising rather than the sun and have caused the sun to change in size and for the images to get darker as I increased the shutter.

It's much more difficult to film the sun rising rather than setting because you have to predict where the sun will pop up from the horizon, where as with a sun set, the sun is already in the frame making it easier to adjust the camera's settings accordingly.