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MICRO short films (around a minute or so)

[One lens, One camera, One location Short film] The Long Goodbye
(“A prayer for the dying”)


Shot entirely on one location
With one lens (vintage Canon FD 50mm f1.4 s.s.c.) + Metabones Speed booster
With one camera (Fujifilm XH2)

Audio recorded separately,
With Zoom F3, and RODE video mic NTG

All natural lighting

Drawing by me

[Disclaimer]
There are no firearms in this video.

Music
Artist name: Big Trees
Song Name:Jarvis Island (Instrumental)
License # : 7315258512
 
Teaching “How to cut Snapper”, Pro Sushi Chef’s sketchbook


Short (self)documentary, sort of.
Trying to teach someone always teach me something, that I wouldn’t have known otherwise.
(I’m NOT talking about online stuff. )

Music
Artist Name: Cemetery Men
Song Name: Crooked Tree (Version II)(Instrumental)
License#: 2527888498

Artist Name: Lance Conrad
Song Name: Breaking Dawn (Instrumental)
License#: 1277710918

Artist Name: Cemetery Men
Song Name: Crooked Tree (Instrumental)
License#: 4776095282
 
The text message came in about a week, maybe 10 days ago.
A simple and short message, asking for help (that is, if I could.)

Self-Scan10003 by T K, on Flickr

One thing I never do, is, refusing when a girl asks for help, regardless the situation.
Perhaps, I’ve read Raymond Chandler’s books and watched movies like Casablanca too many times.
My brain doesn’t understand that one (really) can’t live like Philip Marlowe or Rick Blaine.

So, “the help” actually doesn’t require Franchi SPAS-12, fortunately.
(Good old 80s and 90s …)
I only need to bring my Yanagiba, Deba, and Sujihiki.
(That sketch was drawn when someone asked me for a help … long time ago.)

Yup. I’m working again, pretty regularly.
That’s why my video upload schedule is so erratic.
(But I’m still filming.)

[Short Story] Don't know if I can make it into a film or not...
 
The Last Samurai Breakfast



Pro Sushi Chef preparing breakfast before leaving for work.
Shot entirely on Fuji XT4, with vintage Asahi Pentax Super Takumar 50mm f1.4 + Comlite speed booster

It’s been a while since I made a video with XT4. (These days, I’ve been mostly using XH2 and GoPro (Hero10) for my videos.)
This one, I wanted to do a quick, guerrilla style filming, with minimal set up.
One camera, one lens, no external monitor, no rigging up the camera, with Peak Design travel tripod.
(This set up allows me to shoot / move very quickly. The downside is that I have greater chance of screwing up something that I wouldn’t realize until later, in the editing stage.)
 
The Last Samurai Dinner (Pro Sushi Chef’s experimental short film)


Pro Sushi Chef making Red Snapper Head dinner.
I wanted to capture “the flame”, in the scene I’m burning alcohol in Sake and Mirin.
So, I decided to film outside, picking up around sunset time.
(As you can see, the sun went down before I could finish cooking. Roughly 1/2 of the footage I ended up shooting in the dark.)

[Disclaimer] There are no firearms in the video.
 
Shot entirely on SAKK camera saddle, Pro Sushi Chef’s cinéma vérité


One lens, One camera, all on SAKK camera saddle. (Except for the first few seconds)
Let’s take a quick look at “behind the scenes” of professional chefs and the local fish company in San Francisco.
A Japanese chef visiting “A LaRocca”, local sea food company, at Pier 45 San Francisco.

Special Thanks to
A. LaROCCA Seafood, Pier 45 Box2, San Francisco, CA 94133

Shot entirely on Fuji XH2, with vintage Canon FD50mmf1.4 + Metabones Speed booster
(Opening scene by GoPro Hero10)
All handheld (Using SAKK camera saddle. I'm going t make a separate video about this.)
 
Is there a life after death? [short film, Leica SL2-S video test]



Shot entirely on Leica SL2-S, with vintage Canon FD 50mm f1.4 (both still photos and video)
No rigging. I wanted a truly minimalist set up.
By far, the most efficient still photo / video hybrid camera I’ve used.
(Switching from video to photo and switching back to video, this camera’s system is the quickest, simplest, and most intuitive.)
 
Leica SL2-S short film “24fps”


I see the world at 24 frames per second.
Everything looks pretty in 24fps, especially when they are spinning / rotating.

DISCLAIMER ; There are NO FIREARMS in this video!


I just bought a cheap black out curtain on Amazon, used it as "negative fill"
(trying to create more "dramatic shadow". Well, I need to do some more practice.


The entire film is shot on Leica SL2-S, with vintage Canon FD 50mmf1.4.

For the record, I’ve been crazy busy in the last 2 1/2 month. Haven’t touched any of these props for months. So I’m a bit rusty.
 
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I like the idea of owning an 1.2 lens but I don’t really need it and probably wouldn’t be able to make up my mind what focal length to purchase.
 
I tried “street photos” in my town, this is what I got (Shot with Leica SL2-S)


1956 Chevrolet 150 (non running), a couple of horses, and a duck family. That’s what I found.
Leica SL2-S is, in my very personal and biased opinion, the best “hybrid camera for this type of shooting. (Quickly and randomly switching between still photos and videos.)
It is the easiest (most intuitive), fastest (most efficient), even someone like myself who’s one of the most clumsy photo / video hybrid shooter, can do it without screwing things up.
 
[short film]To live and die in West Marin (Shot on dji Action 5 PRP & Leica SL2-S)



This is what it’s like to live in West Marin (well, to me, it is.)
Half documentary, half narrative.
[Disclaimer] There are no firearms in this video.
 
How to film yourself like Steve McQueen, Leica SL2-S & SIURI 50mmT2.9 Anamorphic lens


No external monitor, very minimalistic set up.
What that means is that you have to film while looking at the picture squished from the sides.
This lens has 1.6x squeeze, so it’s not that bad. I think most people can handle this without getting headache.
(But, it is more difficult to focus, than, say... vintage still photo lenses. But, it's anamorphic. So it's expected.)

If it were 2.0x squeeze factor lens, then I’d use external monitor all the time.

This “short film” was shot in the same day, same time as my last video.
In fact, the previous video was shot in between the cuts while I was filming this.
( That deer with 4-point just showed up while I was filming this. So I took the camera off of the tripod, shot (filmed) the deer with handheld.)
 
Achieving the Michael Mann THIEF look “self rack focus” on Leica SL2-S (shot film)


The quick&dirty, pulling rack focus while filming myself. Using nothing more than just a Leica SL2-S with RODE video NTG on top, 35 & 85mm lenses, and a tripod. No helper.

Shot entirely in one afternoon. All by myself.
With Leica SL2-S and Sigma 85mm f1.4 DN DG ART lens and 7artisans 35mm f1.8.
Absolutely minimalist set up. No external monitor, no cage, nothing.
Shot with just available lights. (Except for “retort pouch curry” close up scene. (I was holding Apture MC in the left hand.)

Basically, I wanted to do “one man band rack focus” experiment.

I normally don’t like (therefore, don’t use) auto focus lenses.
BUT, there are times that they can be useful.
 
Filming "man's best friend" with Leica summicron 35mmf2 V5 (on SL2-S, with Leica M -L adapter)


M-mount lenses are NOT meant for shooting videos, I know.
But, I really don't care.
And I think it's totally usable.
 
Pro Sushi Chef’s Dark Christmas, an homage to Jean-Pierre Melville Le Samourai [Experimental short film, Leica SL2-S]


An homage to Jean-Pierre Melville's master piece, "Le Samourai".
Solitude. Silence. Slow-burn pacing. Yes, it is deliberately dark and quiet.
The opening shot, abandoned broken organ at the parking of church, was taken in Christmas eve afternoon.
I thought it's utterly proper, for the "Dark Christmas".
Story line doesn't make logical sense?
Doesn't matter, because, movie is essentially like watching dreams.
 
[One-minute short film] “Going to work…” (Guerilla filming with Leica SL2-S)


[description]
“Punchline” short film, No dialogue, No crew, No permit.
Shot entirely with SIRUI Saturn 75mm T2.9 anamorphic lens, on Leica SL2-S. NO EXTERNAL MONITOR. NO SHOTGUN MIC on top of the camera.
 
berth said:
Careful, could be rough day at the job site.
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Thanks for the comment. And sorry for the slow reply. (I work too long hours, too many days. I can do this only in my day off.)
I think, I enjoy making this kind of contents the most.
(Although, one-minute short film is a kind of graveyard niche on Youtube platform. Youtube algorithm doesn't like it ('cause they can't run advertisement), suggesting to post it as "short". :ROFLMAO: No way I'm gonna post these things as "shorts". They are shot on widescreen format.( I hate vertical format). No one, I mean, NO ONE will watch short film on Youtube short.

Good thing I do Youtube thing ONLY for having fun.
 
Quality. Thank you.
 
Hang'Em High -Leica SL2-S short film, ONE lens challenge



Can you tell a story with just ONE lens?
Shot entirely on Leica SL2-S , with SIRUI Saturn 35mm.
Audio recorded on Zoom H1N.
There are no firearms in this video.
 
I actually screwed up while exporting a final video.
It was abruptly chopped at the end.
(My mistake. I didn't check the entire footage before publishing. And I didn't notice it until a few days later.)

Here's one I just finished.

“A Man with THE BEST CAMERA” -Leica SL2-S short film, Shot WITHOUT A PLAN ,ONE lens challenge



"Go ahead. Load up and shoot"

NO planning whatsoever, with a minimal set up gear. Alone.
I think I like filming that way. (Rather than carefully preplanning everything, following tightly created shot list and story board, thing like that.)
Shot entirely on Leica SL2-S , with SIRUI Saturn 35mm.
Audio recorded on Zoom H1N.

Thanks for the comment BTW.
I left it (previous video) as the way it is.
Mostly because it's a punchline joke film, so once the "hanging" is shown, it's better to close as quick as possible.
 
Documenting boring and mundane life with DJI Action 5 pro -Action cam diary 001-


Shot “almost” entirely on DJI Action 5 pro.
(Sort of) Cinéma vérité (French for "truth cinema") style.
 
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