Recent content by Oculus Film

Sigma 17-70: very nice lens. I've got the mark I for stills, but now there is a version with image stabilisation (don't know how much that is worth for video). I especially like the bokeh, which is quite soft for its price and - to my taste - better then many more expensive lenses.

I'd say don't do it if you need your camera. If you don't need it and have time to spend to get your money back, do it. Easiest option would be getting an insurance against all risk at the value of a new camera. In that case you don't need to wait for someone-else's ensurance company and you...

Haha, yeah, we kind of missed it in the final. Welcome on the forum, you dutchy:p!

Haha, guys have needs!

Oops, didn't read well. As for the under 1k field recorder: very interesting!

That must be a very (lead) heavy film! The trailer is good looking but the first thing I thought (without having read the replies before...) is that it doesn't really tease. Maybe you should give a little more information and give away a bit of the plot. For the rest: brilliant!

Also take a look at the Rode NTG-3. I use it myself and from what I've heard it is (almost) as nice as the MKH-416 for about half the price.

I'd call it "motion picture" instead, it would be the most neutral term that reflects the right signification. Both the words video and film derive from a format-thing. Now I''m not a native speaker of English, but it seems to me that movie is something made up from motion and video? Or am I...

like! I think the voice-actor is quite good.

It's always cool to see other's shorts and I think this one is nice! I love the way the story builds up and there's a nice twist. Some critisicm: I think the lighting is too hard, but on the other hand, it adds to the surreal atmosphere. The next time however you should get rid of the paper...

Nice! Which music did you use for the trailer? It has a nice atmosphere

Thanks! The music in the trailer will be totally different than in the actual short (we'll be using different arrangements of Fauré's song 'Après un rêve'), but we needed some music that had some action in it, and Beethoven didn't mind composing some for us:P haha, without jokes: his seventh is...

The Discovery of Heaven (original (Dutch) title: De Ontdekking van de Hemel) by Harry Mulisch. Can't imagine having read a better book than that one. It is basically about everything...don't know however whether or not the translation in English is real good since I haven't read it in English...

OK:)

I especially liked the huge-perspective shot you took, almost Michel Gondry-ish