Doug Palmer Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 http://www.in70mm.com/news/2016/ellston_bay/gallery/pages/AC%20Julian%20Sharma%20checks%20the%20camera%20prior%20to%20flying%20on%20Steadicam.htm It looks quite a handful ! Will there be much steadicam shooting in your film ? That must be a challenge if finishing in Imax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Palmer Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 http://www.in70mm.com/news/2016/ellston_bay/gallery/pages/AC%20Julian%20Sharma%20checks%20the%20camera%20prior%20to%20flying%20on%20Steadicam.htm It looks quite a handful ! Will there be much steadicam shooting in your film ? That must be a challenge if finishing in Imax. On the other hand, Vistavision doesn't have the unwieldy height perhaps of a conventional 35mm camera with mags. Maybe we should think of it as a rather large 35mm SLR ! Didn't some of those Indiana Jones movies use actual Nikon SLR bodies for miniature shooting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted July 20, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted July 20, 2016 "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" used a modified SLR to shoot the stop motion mine car chase, but they could do that because it was stop motion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Palmer Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Yes I remember now that scene. Presumably they were also trying to make the horizontal Vistavision camera as compact as possible to accommodate the miniature set, so they opted for the SLR instead. I seem to think it had 100ft of film. Not sure if it was modified to be pin-registered but perhaps not necessary. If long exposures were available I would have thought they would done go-motion not stop-motion ? to give some motion blur. Interested to know if this SLR technique has been used in other films. And with so many 35mm SLRs around now it would seem a low cost way of capturing miniature scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted July 21, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted July 21, 2016 I think they did a poor man's version of Go Motion to get the blur (I'd have to find the original Cinefex issue to be sure) -- Go Motion was generally more complex than just moving the camera a little during the exposure of the frame. They needed to use a SLR because they wanted the camera to ride the miniature train tracks and that's a small base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Tyler Purcell Posted July 21, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted July 21, 2016 David is right, the camera was computer controlled and they ran longish exposures and moved the miniatures whilst the camera was exposing. ILM produced a great documentary about Temple of Doom, which I remember seeing as a kid. I found a copy not long ago on youtube, but it was horrible quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Palmer Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Great ! I presume the cutting is being done from a scan of the Vistavision footage. Hope the first draft looks good. Thanks Tristan and Nick for this update (below). I do hope a little more money will be forthcoming to complete the underwater shooting. Dear Ellston Bay Supporter The film is being edited and a first draft will be available for the director to see in January. Kpdak have written an in depth article bout the film which will be released in early 2017. We still need to complete the under water filming scenes but have not raised the money to do so. We have been offered a deal to use the tanks at Pinewood studios, but we still need a safety crew and specialist under water divers and even at a deal its still more money to find. I have been told by the under water team to estimate this at £3500. If you could please ask any friends and contacts to join you as investors in the film and contact me that would be very kind. The film would not be the same without these critical shots so I am trying to raise the money for theses key shots. Happy Christmas Kind regards Tristan Tristan Loraine CEO/Producer Fact Not Fiction Films Phone: +44 1403 734550 Cell: +44 7968 213862 E: productions@factnotfictionfilms.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Shell Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 (edited) The entire short film is available on Vimeo for free Edited February 25 by John Shell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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