About stabilization, I would make sure to have some sort of shoulder rig to give the FS7 some stability throughout your shots, being able to brace against yourself will smooth it a little bit. It's a bigger body and to hand hold it will be difficult over a longer period of time.

In your example video attached, they shot the b-roll in slow motion, which is a must if that is what you're going for so the handheld look doesn't get to be too shaky and sickening. With no lens or in-camera stabilization you will probably also have to do some post-production stabilization, so make sure to film in 4K if possible. Filming as wide as you can will also help not make your footage too shaky during those sequences. Anything above 50mm I would lock-down personally, as longer focal ranges accentuate camera shake.

The main issue will be shooting in a high frame rate while also in a low light situation, it's very tricky and completely depends on environmental light. At golden hour you should be ok, but you'll find as soon as the sun sets you'll be fighting ISO and aperture to keep enough light in the scene. The indoors shoot, depends on time of day you're filming and what other lighting is in the room. I would utilize any available light fixtures and place them around the scene to help with the scene being too dark. If I had to guess, this will be the most challenging scene in what you described. T3.5 is decent, but ideally you'll want as low as you can go to be able to work in all these scenes cohesively and at the correct camera settings.

Make sure to practice in advance to as close as the lighting situations you mentioned above will be when shoot day comes. It'll help you know what to focus on and what you may need to approach differently.

Good luck, please update when you complete the final project!

Not sure I agree with the logic behind some of the first few points, although thank you for clarifying about how Instagram photos with your gear isn't about being a professional, and yes, it is cool!

For me, what those first points really are speaking to is using the correct piece of equipment for the right job, and making sure to assess with your clients what their expectations are. Appearances of your gear do not speak whatsoever to your level of professionalism in the end product. That is a fairly novice thought to be honest that professionals and experience will teach you.

The quick point you made about wanting a 4K capable camera and having XLR inputs is much more useful information for why you would want a more professional camera. If you would have focused on those key points, I feel this would've been a more informative piece.

I do agree it is an impressive thing, and very cool because of how complex "big" cameras are crafted and the capabilities they offer.

In my opinion this is a fluff/comical piece aimed at filmmakers who know the difference, but is dangerous for beginners to take as advice in their careers.

Those are my opinions, I hope they are helpful! I do think the BTS look you created for this and the use of supporting visuals was well done.

Very impressive, I was wondering about the low light, I feel BM has historically struggled with natural environments on the lower-end cameras. But this looked very clean and moderately sharp (with youtube compression, which is saying something!).

Thanks for sharing!

Agreed with the puppet character, anytime you can stretch your ideas to include out of the box ideas is fascinating.

Graphically, the titles don't really fit the style of "film noir" in my opinion. I would look at examples of fonts/layouts from films around that era and match it a bit more. It felt more in the vein of horror/suspense.

I also think the intro was a bit long, and perhaps cutting in some of the footage you captured throughout the film would help with the style you are going after. Might help be a bit more interesting as well as feel a bit like foreshadowing, which was often done in this style of filmmaking in those days.

The chapters were a great idea, well done. Interesting concept overall, keep creating!