Since the advent of the HD-SLRs of late, many budding film makers now have the opportunity and resources to make films that have that “Hollywood” filmic look. However, those who have tried would know that it is not as easy as it sounds. Yes, HD-SLRs have large sensors and are able to pick up low light shots well, but you’ll soon realise that it is also BECAUSE of this large sensor, that you would need to light the scene more. What I’m saying here might be sound paradoxical but from my experience, HD-SLRs do provide good quality images with shallow depth of fields, but lighting is still necessary to bring out the emotions, highlight certain details, or even creating the mood on camera. With more light falling onto the sensor, you’ll now need to light more stuff, to ensure that the quality of light that’s falling onto the sensors is what you want.

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