Shooting a Feature Film using the Canon C300 Mark II Part 4 – Shooting Night for Day

Shooting a Feature Film using the Canon C300 Mark II Part 4 – Shooting Night for Day, blog post by Darius Stevens Wilhere

This is the final part of my full in depth review on the camera gear I used to shoot my feature film, the indie comedy “The Hollywouldn’ts.”

Part 1: In depth with shooting a feature film on the C300 Mark II
Part 2: Shooting with the Zacuto Recoil Rig and the Gratical HD Viewfinder
Part 3: Shooting with Canon Cinema Zooms vs Canon Cinema Primes
Part 4: Shooting “Night for Day” with the C300 Mark II.

In this part I just wanted to share the quality of image that I was still getting when doing an experimental short called “Size Matters.” We’ve all shot day for night, but not many of us have shot Night for Day and I was curious as to the look I would get with the city lights turning on and cars driving by that aren’t being overpowered by sunlight so showing up brightly in the image while still having an image that looked like it could’ve been shot during the day.

I would say it worked really well! The music is getting finalized for the short in the next couple weeks and I’ll get the short online for everyone to see.  I was very pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to grade this footage which I had deliberately underexposed to keep the ISO as low as possible (less noise/cleaner image).

Anyways, have a look at the before/afters and let me know what you think!

Also the link to a fantastic (and far more to the point and pragmatic review) from Tim Fok on the camera itself: https://www.cinema5d.com/depth-canon-c300-mark-ii-operators-point-view/

Shooting a Feature Film using the Canon C300 Mark II Part 4 – Shooting Night for Day, blog post by Darius Stevens Wilhere