John Holland

Sorry but every time i post on here , must seem a boring old fart ,but this 85, 85b ,85nd6 is just so basic , i cant belive people are still asking such silly questions . John Holland , London.

i did think that thinking was long gone , Do remember Hiro Narita A.S.C wasnt allowed by Paramount to use Agfa 320 on "The Rocketeer" but was a long time ago , glad to say dont seem to have such a problem over here . John Holland London.

David , why did Warners need convincing on your choice of Fuji ? . John Holland ,London.

This movie hasnt been released here yet , but have heard / read that a lot of pov. running shots weredone using 16mm cameras ! . Seems that people who have been argueing about shutter angles etc , couldnt tell that it had been shot on 16mm. doesnt say a lot for Genesis as far as i am concerned . John Holland. London.

Yes Max you are so right , shouldnt matter what format you use . One should be able to compose good images in any format , but "Scope " is the best . And i mean Anamorphic . wish some of the people who post on here would spend a bit of time looking at well shot films includes just looking and taking how things are lit !. John Holland . London.

Hi think you really have lost the plot , making movies is mostly about cheating , if this story of yours was set on the Sun , happy to go there and kill the crew , just as long as equipment is not damaged !!! . John Holland , London/

Hi are sure he said 3 stops over , i am all for over exposing max 2 stops me .Anyway Conrad Hall did get an Oscar for it think it it is a beautiful film , went to cinema everyday for a week to just look at images . By the way its George Roy Hill , the director of this picture .

Phil, me neither never mentioned 500 stock , most of that stuff was shot using 50/ 100asa stock . John Holland , London.

And rest was Super 16mm, and some 35mm, bye the the way film is hi-def , there is no thing as special hi-def film stock , shouldnt belive what you read on backs of DVD boxes . John Holland , London.

No havent a clue ,but why bother ??? . Not anyway best WW 2 , with terrible effects , Gil Taylor B.S.C had his hand in those . Make something original please fed up with remakes . John Holland ,London.

For goodness sake ,the punters dont give poop about "bokeh " and to be honest nor do i , just want a great story , great acting and nice well lit pics . john Holland ,London.

David , did tests with Watkin in Spain as an A/C for " Robin and Marion 5274 , at that time it was the pits , i think we called it red ,green fashover .Red faces and really bad green shadows , and terrible latitude . Watkin i know really did push any the stock to its limits ,but had serious trouble with this one . Just compare it to The Three.Musketeers , 5254. same lab ,Technicolor London. John Holland. London.

Sorry to be boring ,said this so many times on here , 5251 50 asa and then the best 5254 100asa and [The Most ]important thing is when high speed neg and higher temp process was bought in , for Kodaks wonder stock 5274 , which then took about 3 years to get right. So many pics shot in the States at that time and to here to a lesser extent , looked really bad. There was a bit of revolution here {UK] lead by Mr Unsworth and Watkin . Kodak then got there arse into gear ,but it took a vey long time .So main reason David Watkin shot loads of his films using Agfa neg . Sorry for the rant . John Holland ,London.

Stephen , yes and doesnt it look great !! . John Holland.

Yes i think you are right , but people seem so scared to shoot wide open nowadays. John Holland ,London.

Have to agree with most of your comments about "Torchwood" also has some very weird "video look " on panning and tracking shots , can anyone explain this to me ? John Holland ,London.

Hi yes he is great cinematogapher , but i thought "The Aviator " was the a great let down , S/35 and Di was poop , he is a guy who knows how to use Anormorphic , shame it wasnt used on this film . John Holland ,London.

Hi ,no not 65mm, it was shot 35mm. John Holland ,London.

How about a 5k tunsten fresnal with lens removed , might still be able to hang blinds in front of lamp , depends on if you can power the 5k and reduces your shots as the lamp is in the room ! . John Holland , London

I also have never owned a colour temp meter . Never seemed an important thing to own , why do you think you need one ? John Holland ,London.

So David , were happy with the end result of "opticals " being done DI ? afraid the film didnt have a wide release here , so not able to see it on a big screen , prob. not be able to notice anything on a DVD. John Holland , London.

My main problem with CGI is its over use , if used to add a touch to scene that would not possible to do in real time or life thats fine with me , my teenage children "say thats done on a computer " all the time now without any prompting from me , so we have lost the "Magic , which is very sad . John Holland, London.

I agree , also VX people like S35 rather than Anamorphic , it make life easier for them , so we suffer a loss of quality,because of digital fx kids . John Holland, London.

I thought this section of this site was about Cinematographers ????????????? . No F - - - ing shoes. John Holland , London .

Matthew , just forget it , 5247 hasnt been made for years , if you just look back to John Pytaks post about it, the one after you called me a Heretic . You are wasting your time and money ,even if you did find some hidden away somewhere , please belive me . John Holland , London.