Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted May 18, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted May 18, 2007 I saw this charming little Irish musical-romance film today, "Once" -- a very simple movie by any measure but well done in a sort of slice-of-life crude handheld method. I was baffled by the shooting format - while it was clearly prosumer video from the deep focus, edge artifacts, zooming at night, but the softness and noise seemed somewhere between DV and HD. I think this may have been the first HDV feature I've seen in the theaters, which I can't say is all that technically impressive. My guess would be something like a 50i Sony Z1, I don't know. If that's what I saw, it's definitely not on the same level as an pro 2/3" HD camcorder; it's somewhere just above regular DV. But it suited the material, which was pretty low-key and unstylized. Day scenes looked the best, more like soft 16mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted May 18, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted May 18, 2007 I saw this charming little Irish musical-romance film today, "Once" -- a very simple movie by any measure but well done in a sort of slice-of-life crude handheld method. I was baffled by the shooting format - while it was clearly prosumer video from the deep focus, edge artifacts, zooming at night, but the softness and noise seemed somewhere between DV and HD. I think this may have been the first HDV feature I've seen in the theaters, which I can't say is all that technically impressive. My guess would be something like a 50i Sony Z1, I don't know. If that's what I saw, it's definitely not on the same level as an pro 2/3" HD camcorder; it's somewhere just above regular DV. But it suited the material, which was pretty low-key and unstylized. Day scenes looked the best, more like soft 16mm. I just shot a thesis film on HDV with a Redrocklens adapter and I must say I'm not at all impressed. I was consistently disappointed with how the format just falls apart with any sort of camera movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti Näyhä Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 For what it's worth, the director is just talking about "DV" in his interviews. He also mentioned a Sony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted May 19, 2007 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 19, 2007 For what it's worth, the director is just talking about "DV" in his interviews. He also mentioned a Sony. I was just basing that on this quote: http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12026.html MoviesOnline: What camera did you use to shoot it? John Carney: We shot it on three of those little Sony HDVs. I think they?re called 325?s or something. --- But the only "325" I can find online is a Digital-8 TRV-325 PAL camcorder, so you may be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eoin mc loughlin Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Hey David, Check out this link....the Dp Tim Fleming leaves a little note about the film...and how it was shot http://www.filmmakersnetwork.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=898 ps. You were right about the Z1s!!! Eoin Mc Loughlin Dublin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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