Film Making

Cinema Camera

When it comes to cinema camera, years ago the only options were Arri or Red cinema cameras, but as the years went by some new options became available like the Canon c series, Sony FX series or the Panasonics. In the recent years DSLR's followed by mirrorless cameras became a second option for B cameras from which shots were found equally good in terms of color depth and resolution. Then the option of external recorders have become another best option after Atomos introduced their Ninja and Shogun series which even film makers using cinema cameras have started using because they could shoot in RAW and professional color depth which is more than 8 bit color. This gave them enough color depth of 10 bit, 12 bit or 16 bits and the flexibility of RAW files which came out of cinema cameras. After this, film makers began to realize that shooting with an Atomos recorder means recording content directly in ProRes unlike shooting in cinema cameras which requires conversion from native formats of the Red or Arri which after conversion comes to the same ProRes format. So nowadays many film makers have switched to assembled Rigs by which you could use a good sensor from any camera and record on to the Atomos and get professional quality outputs good enough for cinema screens or other purposes which require professional quality footage for post production.

Cinema Shooting Lights

When it comes to lighting the cheapest available option is sunlight with some fill lights to even out the shadows or to even eliminate fill lights you could shoot in the golden hour in the morning or evening where light is evenly distributed on the subject but this way you can get very little footage. It was a common practice in the past to use generators and heavy HMI lights but as the quality of sensors improved the requirement for lights has reduced to a great extent. Some preferred to use tungston lights which require 3 phase current, but now with the availablity of good LED lights it is possible to light up a scene with a single phase current. The only cases where you may require more power and lights is when when you use a small sensor like the APSC or MFT's. One other instance where you require plenty of light is while using a global shutter. That is why many big companies although have come up with global shutter cameras, still have more new models rolling out with their rolling shutter systems as it requires less light. We at Ci Studios have a set up of professional cameras for a low budget and LED lights to light up any scene with a single phase power supply which is common in houses. We have developed this kind of set up after many years of Research and we have succeeded in screening our films of several types of cinema screens including theatre advertisements.

Low budget Film Making

When it comes to low budget film making there are several options in the market. We at Ci Studios have developed a system of shooting films where we reduce the cost of production as much as possible but without sacrifice in quality. Eg, we use roller skates or roller blades for trolly shots which saves a lot of time. It takes only 10 or 15 minutes to harness the skates and set up the gimbal and start shooting unlike a real trolly which takes hours to set up. The LED lights we use are also easy to set up and the whole unit is easy to transport to any location. Even a car or Jeep is enough to get to any location with all the necessary equipment. Our crew will consist of a Cameraman, Focus puller, and recordist. We are also working on a Laser focus system to eliminate focus puller. We do not hire cameras to other teams as this is a custom made set up which can be handled only by ourselves. We will hand over recorded footage to your hard disk immediatly after shooting which can go directly to your editing table. We also have an editing suite and VFX system if required.

Shooting charges per day is 12,000 Rs per day. We accept only spot payment. Payment is on daily basis. We do not work for weekly or schedule basis as we have had the experience of bad paymasters in the past.

Head Office: Bagalur Road
Hosur
Watsup 9176656122