Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Public Enemies
Today, in one of my film classes my professor said that Public Enemies was filmed partially in 35mm film and partially in HD Digital. So I watched it tonight. I can totally tell the difference, it's crazy. I like the look of film better than digital, by the way, I think its more realistic.
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hi..Am film and television writer from India.. here is some useful information for new student..
ReplyDeletedigital camera has come to stay
do you know that the world;s biggest box office hit film, James Cameron's 'Avtaar'was shot on sony high definition cameras with cannon lenses, giving a shot in the arm not only to the digital format technology but also to the 3D stereoscopic format. George Lucas's last two "star wars" films were also shot on HD Cameras with Panavision lenses.
also the winner of 8 Oscar awards, including the Oscar for director of photography, "slumdog millionaire" was shot on Sl-2K AND Canon 5D Cameras both being totally digital.
Geoffery Chappell of Cooke Optics, UK tells that when he visited camera rental houses in Germany recently, he was surprised to find that the 35 mm/16 mm cameras were not being hired by film makers. the only cameras were moving out of rental houses were Canon 7D/5D and the RED ONE's.
India is now trying keep pace with the international technology and the first film being shot on Canon 7D cameras is almost nearing completion.
the film"AAJ BHI" is being produced by PD.Garg under the banner of Palm Tree Productions. the film is being directed by Piyush chakarvarty and DOP is Ashok who has shot many many feature films on various mediums by now. this is Ashok first film being shot digitally on Canon 7D and his work has come out extremely well and he is also extremely happy with the outcome.
At the moment, only the canon 7D/5D cameras and RED ONE's have super 35 mm size CMOS Sensor which gives digital cinematography the same or similar look and latitude as that of a 35 mm film.
the camera set up for the film 'AAJ BHI' is provided by The FX FACTORY of Mumbai who are also handling the entire post production including Reverse Telecine on 35 mm optical film with dolby digital sound.
i ordered one for me. My friend in Australia already have one and he is shooting his second shot film for festival . 7D is really good... there are few limitation also. I don't know what is price in UK. here in india with basic lenses its for INR 85 K it means £ 1206.84/- . in Grey market without bill its cheap . dont go for costly cam .. you are new film maker and i think its cheap and best. if you need more clarification you may contact my friend varun at varuns9@hotmail.com . give my reference. He is NRI now in Australia.
regards
anand
Thanks, I get equipment through my school though.
ReplyDeleteI don't deny that Avatar and Star Wars are beautifully shot movies and that digital worked really well for them. But digital doesn't work for every kind of movie. Digital images are recorded and displayed in pixels, rather than the crystal array or grain produced by the celluloid emulsion used for film. Pixels create a very exact, perfect image. Since our eyes don't see things in a perfect way, the imperfections of film look more natural. Digital works greats for Avatar and Star Wars because they take place in another world and that sense of realism is already gone. I will always prefer film to digital because of it's (in my opinion) realistic imperfections.