BEHIND THE SCENES - FLUID ART PROTOTYPING
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BEHIND THE SCENES - FLUID ART PROTOTYPING // SHOT IN 12K // URSA MINI PRO #12K
Roman De Giuli
Many people ask me how I work and how develop my visual methods. This is a short insight to give you an idea. I'm currently working on a drop machine which produces repetitive patterns of paint, like I have seen them many times when paint drops off of the paper onto my bench. At this stage I try to get it working with very simple tools and supplies. What you see is nothing else than syringes filled with a paint mix and releasing drops through a tube or another dropper which splits the fluid into multiple channels. The setup sits on a motion control device to make it move or rotate. This works fine but it's far from perfect. I usually don't release material at this stage but the follow-up is already in the pipeline so you guys can see where I started and where it went.
I was curious about the Blackmagic Ursa Mini Pro 12K and was lucky enough to get a unit for a few days. As I'm into high resolution video and HDR, 12K as well as the new sensor technology of this camera is more than enough to consider a buy. But keep in mind that my perspective is very specific and I'm by no means an expert in other fields than experimental fluid art.
Long story short: You get a lot of camera for 10K USD, a gorgeous 4K image, a nice raw file format, a good set of features, shooting on low cost media and much more. But for the moment the Ursa is not ready yet and there is no way it can replace my RED DSMC2 System. It needs a few firmware improvements and further work on color science. The Ursa performs weak in highlights in comparison to Arri or Red and is unforgiving when you underexpose. The color noise is heavy, especially in the red channel. I found the camera being quite soft in both 8K and 12K, but the overall aesthetics is smooth and organic like you would expect it from a film camera. The only thing is that I treat video quite aggressively in post production and the Ursa footage falls apart quickly, especially in HDR.
As there is no lens being capable of capturing 12K resolution anyway, the concept of the Ursa is to be a down-sampling camera which is the reason why the 8K image is good and the 4k image is very good. Final note: 12K downscaled to 8K does not give you any benefit over shooting 8K in camera directly.
Overall, the Ursa is perfect for film and documentary as you can jump between resolutions and framerates like never before. Braw is performing well and 14-bit color depth should be enough for most jobs. However, it would not be my choice for high res VFX and demanding color tasks. In terms of color, sharpness and dynamic range in highlights, I still go with RED for now. This might change in the future as I expect BM to update their color science and firmware on a regular base. Let's find out.
Thanks for watching!
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+++ My Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjcj... +++
+++ My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/romandegiuli +++
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Music licensed via Musicbed: "Alive" by Vesky.
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https://youtu.be/77RASIYZ2sk
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Roman De Giuli
Many people ask me how I work and how develop my visual methods. This is a short insight to give you an idea. I'm currently working on a drop machine which produces repetitive patterns of paint, like I have seen them many times when paint drops off of the paper onto my bench. At this stage I try to get it working with very simple tools and supplies. What you see is nothing else than syringes filled with a paint mix and releasing drops through a tube or another dropper which splits the fluid into multiple channels. The setup sits on a motion control device to make it move or rotate. This works fine but it's far from perfect. I usually don't release material at this stage but the follow-up is already in the pipeline so you guys can see where I started and where it went.
I was curious about the Blackmagic Ursa Mini Pro 12K and was lucky enough to get a unit for a few days. As I'm into high resolution video and HDR, 12K as well as the new sensor technology of this camera is more than enough to consider a buy. But keep in mind that my perspective is very specific and I'm by no means an expert in other fields than experimental fluid art.
Long story short: You get a lot of camera for 10K USD, a gorgeous 4K image, a nice raw file format, a good set of features, shooting on low cost media and much more. But for the moment the Ursa is not ready yet and there is no way it can replace my RED DSMC2 System. It needs a few firmware improvements and further work on color science. The Ursa performs weak in highlights in comparison to Arri or Red and is unforgiving when you underexpose. The color noise is heavy, especially in the red channel. I found the camera being quite soft in both 8K and 12K, but the overall aesthetics is smooth and organic like you would expect it from a film camera. The only thing is that I treat video quite aggressively in post production and the Ursa footage falls apart quickly, especially in HDR.
As there is no lens being capable of capturing 12K resolution anyway, the concept of the Ursa is to be a down-sampling camera which is the reason why the 8K image is good and the 4k image is very good. Final note: 12K downscaled to 8K does not give you any benefit over shooting 8K in camera directly.
Overall, the Ursa is perfect for film and documentary as you can jump between resolutions and framerates like never before. Braw is performing well and 14-bit color depth should be enough for most jobs. However, it would not be my choice for high res VFX and demanding color tasks. In terms of color, sharpness and dynamic range in highlights, I still go with RED for now. This might change in the future as I expect BM to update their color science and firmware on a regular base. Let's find out.
Thanks for watching!
_________________________________________________________
+++ My Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjcj... +++
+++ My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/romandegiuli +++
+++ My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/terracollage +++
+++ My Website: http://www.terracollage.com +++
_________________________________________________________
Music licensed via Musicbed: "Alive" by Vesky.
_________________________________________________________
This video is available for commercial usage.
Request a license here: https://www.terracollage.com/licensing
https://youtu.be/77RASIYZ2sk
https://vimeo.com/477546712