Premium Member Gregory Irwin Posted May 17, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted May 17, 2014 Enjoy... I sure did... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWdZVtXT7E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted May 17, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted May 17, 2014 I'm never quite sure how people manage to combine handheld camerawork with making it look that polished. I can't do that. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted May 17, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted May 17, 2014 The beauty of film... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Great idea, we completely *bleeped* up our own planet, now we need to find someone else's to *bleep* up. :blink: R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Matthew W. Phillips Posted May 17, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted May 17, 2014 Great idea, we completely *bleeped* up our own planet, now we need to find someone else's to *bleep* up. :blink: R, But do you want to see cute little Mackenzie Foy die, you heartless wretch? lol :D j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Gregory Irwin Posted May 17, 2014 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 17, 2014 I'm never quite sure how people manage to combine handheld camerawork with making it look that polished. I can't do that. P I'm going to take that as a compliment! Thanks Phil. Consider it was hand held with a 78 pound IMAX camera as well! G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 I'm never quite sure how people manage to combine handheld camerawork with making it look that polished. I can't do that. P I think we've just become so used to deliberate shaky-cam that it's easy to forget what Handheld can look like with a great operator and a director who isn't all style and no substance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Bill DiPietra Posted May 17, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted May 17, 2014 I know Nolan is a big Kubrick fan and the space sequences look like they are born out of that influence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Millar Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 looking forward to this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Steven Beverly Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 I'm going to take that as a compliment! Thanks Phil. Consider it was hand held with a 78 pound IMAX camera as well! G Great work, but BEST HANDHELD WORK EVER, Bill Butler, Jaws, 1975! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Steven Beverly Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Great idea, we completely *bleeped* up our own planet, now we need to find someone else's to *bleep* up. :blink: R, And based on truth, the western Antarctic shelve is irreversably collapsing as we speak, creating a rise in sea levels of over 4 feet in the next century and 10 feet when all is said and done. The series Years of Living Dangerously has shown what scientists and climatologists have proven about climate change, global warming and the predicted effect of that on food production and in the immedate future, higher temperatures especially in the deserts where I happen to live at the moment, is already creating problems. STILL very little in the way of repairing the damage we wrout although wind energy is up over400% and solar panels are becoming far more common but it's still just a drop in the bucket. Dirty coal, dirty oil, dirty money driving dirty agandas run the whole show. Nolan found the rught issue ti expiore for our times and I hope the right people get his point and take it to the next level. I can actually see films like this, themes of an environmental apocalyptic future becoming very popular in the next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted May 18, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted May 18, 2014 Consider it was hand held with a 78 pound IMAX camera as well! Well, I've never operated a camera that big, nor do I expect that I ever will, but I suspect there's probably a few ways that's actually quite helpful when working handheld. And a few ways it isn't, too! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Grossett Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Greg, how did Hoyte operate the IMAX camera handheld? I heard that Nolan dared Wally Pfister to shoot one quick shot of The Dark Knight holding an IMAX camera, just so he could say that he did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Gregory Irwin Posted May 18, 2014 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 18, 2014 Greg, how did Hoyte operate the IMAX camera handheld? I heard that Nolan dared Wally Pfister to shoot one quick shot of The Dark Knight holding an IMAX camera, just so he could say that he did it. We made an entirely new viewing system for the IMAX MSM camera to make the eyepiece position much more friendly for hand held. It was also much brighter and sharper than the original. We then machined a "Panavised" mount on the bottom of the camera body to accept Panavision style handles that allowed the camera to be balanced on Hoyte's shoulder. Finally, I had made extra long cables that allowed all power and Preston requirements to be led aft to a specially built backpack that our dolly grip wore while guiding Hoyte during a shot. All in all, it worked brilliantly. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Grossett Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 We made an entirely new viewing system for the IMAX MSM camera to make the eyepiece position much more friendly for hand held. It was also much brighter and sharper than the original. We then machined a "Panavised" mount on the bottom of the camera body to accept Panavision style handles that allowed the camera to be balanced on Hoyte's shoulder. Finally, I had made extra long cables that allowed all power and Preston requirements to be led aft to a specially built backpack that our dolly grip wore while guiding Hoyte during a shot. All in all, it worked brilliantly. G Amazing! Thanks for the information. I know how "under wraps" Chris Nolan's films are in general, so it's most appreciated. I heard you guys even put an IMAX camera in the nose of a Learjet?... :) Can't wait for the ASC article about this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Burke Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I saw a photo of Chris Nolan standing next to the imax camera. it looks to be about the same size as a Sony F 65. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Burke Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I saw a photo of Chris Nolan standing next to the imax camera. it looks to be about the same size as a Sony F 65. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Gregory Irwin Posted May 22, 2014 Author Premium Member Share Posted May 22, 2014 I saw a photo of Chris Nolan standing next to the imax camera. it looks to be about the same size as a Sony F 65. In reality, ithe IMAX camera is bigger, heavier and denser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KH Martin Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Wasn't there some elaborate rig that let Kubrick do the handheld 65mm work in 2001? I remember that there is a rather steep platform leading down into the excavation where the monolith is found on the moon, and that Kubrick himself shot that, but don't recall ever seeing any b-t-s showing exactly how he manhandled that sucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Holland Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Panavision had a 65mm handheld camera ,no elaborate rig just sat on your shoulder ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Seems it weighed 24lbs, some old 16mm cameras or dockable broadcast cameras can weigh that http://www.widescreenmuseum.com/widescreen/panavisn.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Howell Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 I believe, back when he was making simulator rides, Douglas Trumbull built some pretty small light weight Imax cameras to be flown on wires. I'm not having much luck finding pictures/details but I've definitely seen an interview with him on youtube where he talks about it at some length Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted May 23, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted May 23, 2014 You've got to love Trumbull. Camera too heavy? No problem, we'll make a lighter one! Frame rate too low? No problem, we'll go faster! That's the sort of position one would wish to be in. Want X? build X! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted May 23, 2014 Premium Member Share Posted May 23, 2014 I just want one of his humvees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Millar Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 That's the sort of position one would wish to be in. Want X? build X! So... Do it! Not like everyone can just jump in and it works immediately - you gotta keep at it - persistence might just get you that elusive 'break' ... Or maybe you just happen to be clever enough to manage yourself ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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