Reverie and DSLR cameras

Hey guys, this time around I'll be looking at a short film by Vincent Laforet, Reverie.
He made this film using an attachment to his hi-def, 1080p Cannon still camera.
This new technique uses the camera's ability to shoot in low light and to create selective focus, combined with the HD capabilities of the camera. But to shoot video, he used an attachment to convert all the stills to video. Here's some of his shots:

This shot is interesting. It outlines very clearly the selective focus being used in the shot. The focus here is on the reflection of the flowers in the galss. This shot is very diffcult to capture, made possible by the camera's low f-stop. To obtain a relfection, the flowers had to be lighted, but couldn't be lighted from inside the car because then the photographer would show up in the shot. So he used the faint light that was coming from outside to light the flowers and he probably wore a black shirt. But the thing is, the camera was able to pick up on this low light and give a nice clean cut picture.

Again, great use of low light in this one. A bridge is a place where you ar enot likely to find a lot of light. And because of the position of the camera, the headlights of other cars should be creating silhouettes of everything, yet the camera still captures everything in crisp detail. I also think the fisheye lens serves to accentuate the lighting done. The lighting, minimal, is brought together from different parts of the screen with the fisheye lens and we get a feel for the overall lighting used, and the ability of this camera to pick up on it. Very good.

Laforet stays true to what he is know for here, his picturesque aerial landscapes. But he also implements the use of the cameras ability to shoot in low light. Up in a helicopter, away from the city, your not going to get a lot of light, so the use of this camera's supe rlow f-stop is a good choice. But also, if you notice the city in the background, you can see that it's blurry, drawing our attention to the man's face. Just another way Laforet uses selective focus in his shots to make the image a stunning one.

Well thats all for now. Maybe another post about how photographers are turning to video, but still using their same camera lenses, in the near future. Depending on my teacher's mood.