Darrell Ayer Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Has anyone seen "Drive" yet. I'm not famaliar with any of Nicolas Winding Refn's other films, i have to say this was amazing. The lighting and lens choices from Newton Thomas Sigel where fantastic. I don't think there was a frame of that movie that wasn't extremely well thought out. If you haven't seen it, please do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KH Martin Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Has anyone seen "Drive" yet. I'm not famaliar with any of Nicolas Winding Refn's other films, i have to say this was amazing. The lighting and lens choices from Newton Thomas Sigel where fantastic. I don't think there was a frame of that movie that wasn't extremely well thought out. If you haven't seen it, please do. An interview I did with the cinematographer just went up online at the HD VIDEO PRO website. http://www.hdvideopro.com/display/features/a-boy-and-his-car.html Am very much looking forward to seeing the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KH Martin Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 (edited) double post Edited September 13, 2011 by KH Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell Ayer Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 An interview I did with the cinematographer just went up online at the HD VIDEO PRO website. http://www.hdvideopro.com/display/features/a-boy-and-his-car.html Am very much looking forward to seeing the film. Thanks for the article, I saw didn't know it was even shot digital until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KH Martin Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Alexa doesn't look like film to me (night stuff just doesn't pop), but I guess it is close enough for most folks. Deakins seems to be an instant convert after the Andrew Niccol film, enough to make the Bond people go Alexa for the next one, and I just did a piece on the Scorsese picture, which is Alexa and 3D, so it is catching on bigtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KH Martin Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) double post Edited September 19, 2011 by KH Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Eduardo Uchoa Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 The movie was stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 An interview I did with the cinematographer just went up online at the HD VIDEO PRO website. http://www.hdvideopro.com/display/features/a-boy-and-his-car.html Am very much looking forward to seeing the film. Interesting article. Thanks for posting. Does anyone have any idea what Sigel meant by 'the Kodak system? “ALEXA can capture in a variety of ways, using internal drives, SR tape or the Kodak system, though availability and cost ruled out the latter,” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted September 20, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted September 20, 2011 Interesting article. Thanks for posting. Does anyone have any idea what Sigel meant by 'the Kodak system? “ALEXA can capture in a variety of ways, using internal drives, SR tape or the Kodak system, though availability and cost ruled out the latter,” He probably said "Codex" and the journalist thought he said "Kodak". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KH Martin Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 He probably said "Codex" and the journalist thought he said "Kodak". Now you've got ME stumped. I just went back to the transcript and he definitely said Codex. Don't know when it became Kodak, unless spellcheck didn't ID the word Codex and suggested Kodak as replacement ... but that still means I screwed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adam Frisch FSF Posted September 26, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted September 26, 2011 Great film. Instant classic. And if I may say so, Newton Thomas Sigel ASC's best work ever. Color palette, the obscured, hard cut lights, the stellar driving lighting, the beautiful motivated night stuff etc - great stuff. And a great showpiece for Alexa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Bowerbank Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Beautiful film, enjoyed every bit of it. Anyone know which filters Sigel used? For wide-angle shots where he was shooting up into lights, you could see artifacts of what seemed like Pro Mists. Don't know if I liked it or not...but it did work with the style & look of the piece for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Bowerbank Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Ahh, should read the article first: "Sigel avoided filtration, employing only very light Soft/FX for a few select shots." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KH Martin Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Ahh, should read the article first: "Sigel avoided filtration, employing only very light Soft/FX for a few select shots." American Cinematographer just put out what looks like a more comprehensive article on the film. I tried getting the 'digital preview' off their webpage but it cut out or expired before I could read more than a page or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Vincent Sweeney Posted October 1, 2011 Premium Member Share Posted October 1, 2011 Just saw it on a perfect 4K screen. Great film. I couldn't help but notice an odd softness to the whole movie though. There were also very slight gamma shifts in several scenes. The weirdest thing was when there were very small points of light in someone's eye, there would often be a color shifting thing going on. Was this (color and softness issues) related to the limits of a 1080 camera on a big 4k screen? I also missed the better skin color that film would have caught, I hate to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mei Lewis Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Loved this film, the soundtrack was superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Jackson Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 e rare films where everything seemed to gel together very well. I also loved the soundtrack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Hulnick Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Great soundtrack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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