Brian Rose Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Now that Hurt Locker has won, is this the first time a film shot largely on Super 16mm has won Best Picture? What do you think this says about the current and future state of the super 16 format? BR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Really? According to some digital people on here S16 was discontinued five years ago. And 35mm will be phased out completely on June 1st, 2010. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Rose Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 And anything shot on film is being transferred to 4K and burned? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Keith Walters Posted March 9, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted March 9, 2010 And anything shot on film is being transferred to 4K and burned? :) Aww, you guys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Michael Lehnert Posted March 9, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted March 9, 2010 4K? I thought 2K is already overkill for S16... tse... Seriously though: I think one might as well ask if Bigelow's achievement will boost Eterna sales, entice "suits" to engage with small budget projects, be less gender unaware, will make Arri re-think their Alexa strategy and entice JP Beauviala to launch that Aaton Super 8 camera after all... Don't think so on all accounts, but it will be used as a reference by many (and hopefully substantiated by some) that with luck, determination, an artistic vision and technical skills, you can create whatever you damn well on any format, and bring it successfully through the pipeline. Last one was Leaving Las Vegas, 1995. At that time, with less forgiving EXR filmstock (how cine-film evolved since then... wow) and the all-35 format monopoly, I think that was a bigger achievement to win, format-wise, I mean. Today, the plethora of available formats and their applications might actually make it easier for S16 et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Borowski Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 As an avid shooter of S16, 2K isn't overkill, but 4K definitely is. ANd I shoot with primes and slow stocks 50D 100T 200T. . . 4K isn't overkill for 35mm, but 6K 8K definitely are. Unless you're talking about 35mm scope, 6K is like burning money on the lawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Michael Lehnert Posted March 9, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted March 9, 2010 Karl, relax, I agree! It was just a joke ;) B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco King Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 whilst we are discussing The Hurt Locker does anyone know what stock they used for the film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin R Probyn Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 whilst we are discussing The Hurt Locker does anyone know what stock they used for the film? Fujicolour ETERNA 500T 8673 And 2500 8663 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Vincent Sweeney Posted May 5, 2010 Premium Member Share Posted May 5, 2010 The Wrestler was also S16; speaking of newer films shot on that format that also won/was nominated for many awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris descor Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 yeah, the wrestler and hurt locker both shoot on super16. quite cool. i hope next years best picture will be 16mm or the year after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionel Pina Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 FYI Wiki has a large list of recent and not so recent films shot in Super-16MM. See link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_shot_in_Super_16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas James Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 The 1960's Gemini space walks were filmed using 16mm as well as the Apollo Moon landings. Looks good on Blu-Ray disc however I wished that they could have carried more film because the frame rate was too low in order to conserve film. NFL films also uses the 16mm format but they shoot all the footage at 120 frames per second so it ends up being sharper than 35mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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