Cinematographer James Hurlbut ASC has embraced this technology and it is really exiting to see the 5d Mark II actually being chosen over 35mm film for some productions. It seems that what you lose in dynamic range is offset by what you gain in portblity, and depth of field control. These cameras really are exiting to work with and the attributes that James talks about really make it perfect for wedding cinematography. Here is a behind the scenes movie of his latest feature ‘The Last Three Minutes’
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April, 2010
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19/04/2010 10:43 am
15/04/2010 12:14 am
Rick McCallum, Star Wars producer, says some amazing things about the Canon DSLR’s. Rather than quote him, I’ll just let you watch the video. Note that the Sony F35, which Rick mentions, costs several hundred thousand dollars last time I checked.
10/04/2010 10:31 pm
OK, first there was the rumour of 5d mark IIs being used on the set of Iron Man II. Then the confirmed news that they were being used in the US series 24. Then Robert Rodriguez was spotted shooting a music video with two 7ds. Now the final episode of this season of House has been shot exclusively on 5ds. This is big, until now House has been shot on 35mm film! The idea that a director actually chooses to shoot with DSLRs over film is a strange one. Director Greg Yaitanes explained that it is the small form factor and ‘rich depth of field’ that attracted him.
It airs on 17th May, will be really interesting to see how it looks. For more information from cinema5d.com see here and Philip Blooms resent blog here
07/04/2010 11:49 pm
Kevin Morris, the head of sport at Altrincham Grammar School for boys has commissioned me to make another movie. It’s a cinematic take on a rugby match with local rivals Sale. It is to be displayed on the schools website as a motivational piece to boost moral and exitment for the future.
They actually lost which made for an interesting job of getting a motivational feel with the film.
This is the first edit. Not quite sure about the colour grading and rythm edits yet. I’ll need to spend a bit of time away from it and come back with fresh eyes.