I'M MICHAEL PATTI, THE CINEMATOGRAPHER

Sometime you get the opportunity to follow great filmmakers into some fun adventures. This photo is director Christian Weber and I on a frozen lake in Portland, Maine. It was a fascinating experience. (Photo Credit - Adolfo Doring)  View Larger

Sometime you get the opportunity to follow great filmmakers into some fun adventures. This photo is director Christian Weber and I on a frozen lake in Portland, Maine. It was a fascinating experience. (Photo Credit - Adolfo Doring) 

Posted 3 months ago
My 2nd AC, Mr.Thomas Deluca  running though some focus marks. We pushed the camera to 2500 ISO…But, Honestly, I saw these shots after transcoding and export, it looked amazing. I believe our DIT was freaking out a bit, but it looked good in the cutting room.   View Larger

My 2nd AC, Mr.Thomas Deluca  running though some focus marks. We pushed the camera to 2500 ISO…But, Honestly, I saw these shots after transcoding and export, it looked amazing. I believe our DIT was freaking out a bit, but it looked good in the cutting room.  

Posted 3 months ago
1st Assistant Camera Portland, Maine NHL Commercial Scarlet w/Ultra Primes Shooting on a frozen lake has its ups and downs. NUMBER ONE PRIORITY is to keep your batteries warm. The night before we boarded the plain to Portland, I had a PA run and grab me a bagful of handwarmers, then once out in the field (frozen lake). I had all of my batteries in my cinebag with all of the hand warmers activated around them. But please, do not be an idiot and put your lenses around the hand warmers. They need to be acclimated for the climate you are shooting in. I kept them in the top compartment of my bag surrounded by a cushiony, protective canvas. It kept them cold and perfectly acclimated for lens swaps. Don’t forget to blackshade:)  View Larger

1st Assistant Camera Portland, Maine NHL Commercial Scarlet w/Ultra Primes

Shooting on a frozen lake has its ups and downs. NUMBER ONE PRIORITY is to keep your batteries warm. The night before we boarded the plain to Portland, I had a PA run and grab me a bagful of handwarmers, then once out in the field (frozen lake). I had all of my batteries in my cinebag with all of the hand warmers activated around them. But please, do not be an idiot and put your lenses around the hand warmers. They need to be acclimated for the climate you are shooting in. I kept them in the top compartment of my bag surrounded by a cushiony, protective canvas. It kept them cold and perfectly acclimated for lens swaps. Don’t forget to blackshade:) 

Posted 3 months ago
Ac’ing next to Director, Christian Weber. A little pyro scene to get the blood flowing. Looked amazing. I have been hearing a lot of AC’s complaining that the Epic is not AC friendly. I can kind of agree with them to an extent. One, the HDSDI out is damn near impossible to access if you don’t get a small 90 degree elbow to extend the reach of the bnc for better access. But if you use your monitor as the hot spot to send to video village you will have no issues. One last thing…NOBODY likes shooting with the bomb EVF, lose it and use the red bracket and mount the touch screen to the left side of the camera, THEN BOOM…You get more room separating you and your camera op.    View Larger

Ac’ing next to Director, Christian Weber. A little pyro scene to get the blood flowing. Looked amazing. I have been hearing a lot of AC’s complaining that the Epic is not AC friendly. I can kind of agree with them to an extent. One, the HDSDI out is damn near impossible to access if you don’t get a small 90 degree elbow to extend the reach of the bnc for better access. But if you use your monitor as the hot spot to send to video village you will have no issues. One last thing…NOBODY likes shooting with the bomb EVF, lose it and use the red bracket and mount the touch screen to the left side of the camera, THEN BOOM…You get more room separating you and your camera op.   

Posted 3 months ago