Marcel Zyskind Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Hi A film I did some time ago in London finally gets a release. My first S16mm feature. S16mm to 35mm anamorphic blow up. Aaton camera and Zeiss primes. 7254 (great stock) & 7218 (pushed in some scenes). http://bulletboy.net/trailer/ I really hope to shoot more S16mm for 35mm blow up. I much preferred to HD. All the best Marcel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member John Pytlak RIP Posted March 19, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 19, 2005 7254 (great stock) & 7218 (pushed in some scenes). http://bulletboy.net/trailer/ I really hope to shoot more S16mm for 35mm blow up. I much preferred to HD. All the best Marcel <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Did you really mean 7254? That film was discontinued in the mid 1970's. Or maybe your meant 7274? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Zyskind Posted March 19, 2005 Author Share Posted March 19, 2005 You're right John. 7274 It is. All though it would be nice to shoot some 70's stock. :-) Thank you M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member drew_town Posted March 19, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 19, 2005 The trailer looks really good. Will the movie have a wide or select theaters release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted March 19, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 19, 2005 Nice stuff -- poetic, realistic, dramatic... very rich-looking too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolfe Klement Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Very nice. Congratulations! A quick question for both you and David (whose work is fantastic as well), how much say do you like to have over actor performance? Do you publically or privately confer with the director and say "good, bad, needs more" or do you distance your self from the performance aspect and focus more on the technical frame , focus issues. I suppose my question would be if the director had the reverse reaction to a shot(you thought it good, he thought it bad) thanks Rolfe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Lamar King IMPOSTOR Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Nice work Marcel. Great realism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted March 19, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 19, 2005 I generally avoid getting into performance issues unless related to cinematography -- not so much for the director's sake, but for the actors' -- I don't want them feeling like anyone other than the director is judging their performance. They should only hear ONE VOICE on the set discussing their acting... and that's the director's. Now, I will throw in my two cents during blocking & rehearsing both for technical reasons but also for story reasons. #1 comment from directors on the set about my cinematography: "Do you need to throw more light on that? Looks dark over there..." I can't say I've worked with many directors who were saavy about lighting other than as a means to see the actors. For the most part, their tastes are pretty mundane in that regard, except for Michael Polish, who has excellent taste in lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Zyskind Posted March 19, 2005 Author Share Posted March 19, 2005 A quick question for both you and David (whose work is fantastic as well), how much say do you like to have over actor performance? Do you publically or privately confer with the director and say "good, bad, needs more" or do you distance your self from the performance aspect and focus more on the technical frame , focus issues. I suppose my question would be if the director had the reverse reaction to a shot(you thought it good, he thought it bad) Hi It never really happens that I need say anything about actors performance. It does happen rarely that I suggest a different variant. Depends a lot which directors I work with, how they interact with me, how comfortable they are and so on. I must say, I have been very privileged so far to work with very talented directors. That said, I do enjoy watching actors performance and do not distance myself from it. I have enough to look out for, since I always operate on the films I work on as well as light. All the best Marcel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Neary Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Hi- really really REALLY nice looking! was this strictly an optical blow-up to 35mm? Was there anything you would do the same/ differently if you were to go through the same S16-35 process again? thanks for any insight- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Zyskind Posted March 19, 2005 Author Share Posted March 19, 2005 was this strictly an optical blow-up to 35mm? Was there anything you would do the same/ differently if you were to go through the same S16-35 process again? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi and thanks Yes, it was strictly optical blow up. DI would have been nice, since it was a blow up to anamorphic 35. We did do tests. But in the end no money for a DI. We graded on 16mm and the anamorphic stretch was applied in the blow up to 35mm. So it goes. I'd pretty much go the same route again. If it is a grainy-gritty feel that is needed. It's a "street film" so the S16mm format suited this film very well. But there are always small things I would change, a compostion here, a light there, but as long as I learn from that... All the best Marcel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Durrenberger Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Hi Marcel, The trailer looks excellent. I like how you manage to make "real" scenes visually interesting with naturalistic lighting that adds subtle contrast punch (edge and side-lighting or spotlighting) while never calling attention to itself. Really good work. Incidentally, I saw "Code 46" in Oxford last year and really loved what you and Alwin Kuchler did to effect the dingy, futuristic film-noir look. I especially remember the street scenes in the Asian district of the city quite fondly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkbissen Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 looks great. i hope this sees a US theatrical distribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Robert Edge Posted March 21, 2005 Premium Member Share Posted March 21, 2005 The website for the film quotes you to the effect that the entire film was shot handheld. Is that correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel Zyskind Posted March 22, 2005 Author Share Posted March 22, 2005 The website for the film quotes you to the effect that the entire film was shot handheld. Is that correct? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, more or less. Except for a few shots on the sticks, all scenes were covered handheld. All the best Marcel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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