Felix Planer

i'm a big fan of hoyte van hoytema's work ... does anyone know why nolan didn't collaborate with wally pfister this time? was it because of pfister's "transcendence"?

How many LTO copies do you usually keep of all the footage? ok so since we've covered LTO and long-term storage I have a remaining question: Let's say the film is completed and has gone through the whole digital workflow (aquired digitally, editing, finishing, distribution to cinemas on HDDs -> all those stages digital), does it make sense to also make a 35mm copy/print/transfer for storaging purposes? If so, how many copies will they generally make or keep? Kodak advertises on the back of the ASC a lot about 35mm storaging. Any experiences on that?

Hi there, I'm curious what this forum thinks of "47 Ronin" since it was shot by acclaimed Director of Photography John Mathieson. I saw it a couple of weeks ago and felt that the cinematography was quite good in places and a lot of scenes were beautifully lit. Though I must say there were a lot of things that "killed" the film for me (but that probably wasn't the DoPs fault): - some of the CGI was really bad. well don't get me wrong I'm sure a lot of people did their best but that snow fox in the forest just had me cringing in my seat, cause it just didn't look right (That's not the cinematographers fault right?) - the story ... (well, the fantasy take on that topic is quite nice, but why couldn't this be realized by a japanese prduction/director? I guess it just shows if a topic is your culture and a subject you've been brought up with and in contact since ... well your whole life) - But the editing was the worst part (sorry I'm not very impartial on this). Well let me explain what I mean: I noticed the editing right away but I paid special interest to that one scene where the "big" character gets wounded and they lie him down in the hut and every ronin is there to well ... just be there for him while he's in pain. I felt that scene was pretty well lit and the atmosphere was great and the master shot looked like a painting (hell the costume was great!). So, while the set up for that particular scene was quite nice but the editing was so hectic and unbelievably fast-paced. Why? That style didn't fit the scene at all. Why is the editing so - kind of unfocused - when everything in japanese culture and also in this film tells us that the japanese are thoughtful, honorful and quiet? There are many other scenes like this (e.g. the one where Keanu's charakter sits outside under the starry sky and we get a quiet moment of peace before the ensuing attack. Again: great set-up, but the editing just kept jumping from that great wide-shot to run of the mill shot reverse shot). Well sorry for that lenghty post but I keep thinking about this and would be happy to discuss it on this forum.

What are studios using for example? They must have some kind of raid-system when they're still working on a project right? I once worked in a smaller company where whe had mac pros with that fibre channel connected to some kind of server. That was pretty fast and had a backup / raid solution as well. and: are those NAS-Servers for home/small office use any good? Or why aren't they a solution you'd recommend?

Thanks for all the replies. LTO sounds good for backing up and storage but what about a backup solution where i can access my files if i need to? When I said server I meant something like a NAS-Raid Server where the Server takes care of all the mirroring and i just put in hard drives. Do you have experience with stuff like that? How do you manage your backups at home (or in the office)? thanks again

Hi, I'm kinda new here and I hope this is the right category for this topic. I'm currently backing up all of my stuff (again) and I have a lot of external Hard Drives where i keep my stuff safe but the thing is I'm not happy with my current backup-technique. Let me explain: As a student cinematographer you often end up buying one or two hard drives from the budget to double or triple backup on-set and to work with in the post production. Sometimes when shooting Alexa i provided my old MacbookPro which could read the SxS-Cards and got all the footage. Well, if i didn't get the footage right away I always kinda felt more secure having a backup of all the material as well so i requested the original files from pretty much everything i shot so far. (Also because of future showreels etc.) Well and here I am 1TB or 2TB external HDDs stacking up at home for each project and I feel kinda lost not really knowing if I should keep all of the original files, make a second copy of everything, buy a server or what to do? How do you handle your files, especially if you're for example self employed or like to keep the footage at home as well? I think this could help a lot of people, not losing their stuff, or getting lost in their files, especially if you're switching systems (internal HDDs and different file formats are the worst). Thanks

have you tried resolve 10 (with the newest update)? it seems to work fine with Premiere Pro CS6 -> Export Final Cut XML i get that you don't really like resolve but i've used it on a couple of occasions now (mostly with alexa footage) and it's working great. for example: you don't need the autodetect feature if you export an XML from resolve (and the graded footage as seperate clips) after you've finished. i'm happy to help as far as i'm able