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It looks awesome guys :-D I'm so excited to see the finished product when it's done. And it looks like entirely too much fun to make as well. Color me jealous.

Hey,

here you go: what made the cinematography in Firefly so wonderful is something you probably know - the extensive use of hand held camera. They made it seem like your right there, looking into the action. But that's obvious.

Other than that, always remember that filming is not always about the "best looking shot", it's also about using shots to say something. putting thought into shots in the sence of the text of the scene or the meening of it.

These are all things that you probably already know, I just wanted to say them to sound smart and insitful... lol

Thanks for your wonderful project and sorry 'bout the spelling,
DeShlivk from Israel

"Kaylee, find the kid who's takin' a dirt nap with baby Jesus, we need a hood ornament..."

Wow, Call looks like a badass

Like its been said already lots of hand held. But also I think the disregard for lighting standards. Like if some lens flare happens, so what? :D Of course using it to your advantage, not just willy nilly ( thats a professional term ;-) )

Resently rediscovered my love for SciFi and your project looks awesome. Is there anything us out here in the nether regions can do to help? Good luck with this and I can't wait to see it!

Getting excited now that there's captures from the actual footage to stare at. Looks great, so far. All I can say is what's already been said. Use the handheld camera approach (and try to simulate the look in the FX shots too. Mapping noise onto the camera path, out of focus shots, imperfect framing, poorly timed zooms, etc...). Seems strange to advise people to do imperfect work intentionally, but it adds to whole Firefly feel.

The ship's interior sure seems to match the exterior pretty well. Set definitely looks 'lived in'.

I remember hearing Joss say that he went for the whole 'documentary' style look - like you're actually in the thick of the action. That's why he used the hand held, fast zooms, out of focus, off-frame etc. It looks almost like someones holding a camcorder, recording the action. Now I said ALMOST like a camcorder. The trick is to make it look INTENTIONALLY camcorder-ish, as opposed to what we all see on home videos - which sucks. The difference is subtle.

Joss also used some interesting shots from above, weird artistic angles to shoot characters/action. And the lighting - as above. Not afraid of black and being in the dark a bit. Naturally lit from within the set, as opposed to external lights shining onto the set, if possible. Oh - also, different colors for different sections of the ship. I'm probably mistaken, but everything I've seen from Samsara so far looks a bit greyish. Grey is not the best of colors for film. Don't forget color timing! Those screencaps look a bit faded. Firefly had some vivid color.

Looks great so far!

DC- Remember this isnt film, its video.

I forgot to add this to my previous post: while trying to be like Firefly is awesome, do your own thing. I think it will make it better. Creativity is badass. Stagnation is not. and I think I mispelled something, but I dont care. :D

We're trying to be as original as a fan film can, and yet we want to do our best to evoke the spirit of Firefly so it's obvious we take place in the same 'verse :)

Please color correct this project. It takes away the "Home cam" quality, here i did a few examples using After Effects. Color grading can give the scene more depth, not only sharpening quality but also removing particles, adjusting and corecting contrast as well as hue, saturation and color levels simulataniously.

I love Firefly, needless to say. And because of that, I get rather excited when I think of a indy series set in the same verse that Joss Whedon had created. Im glad its not going to waste after all.

I could've sworn I psoted in this before, apparently not. It looks amazing. It has an interesting Firefly feel, especially that image of Call grabbing Sera's wrist. Keep up the good work!

On a completely unrelated and perhaps unfounded level, I would worry that the set (and indeed the whole of what I've seen) looks slightly flat-y (a technical term, I assure you). Allow me to explain: It looks as though plastic flats (uh .. as in set) set up all around. I dunno how you'd fix that, and maybe it'll look more real when I (we) see the final product. Just thought I'd throw MHO out there.

Bash at will.

Give it a chance - you can't really judge from the photos