Joe Sexton

Jack Nicholson has three academy awards for playing Jack Nicholson.

I had a chance to see this movie a few days ago. I was impressed with overall look. I just wanted to say congratulations on a job well done.

I tried this with a panasonic adapter made for the DVX. It worked with wide lenses but not long ones. I was successful with up to my 28mm lens. But when I tried it with a 50mm lens I ended up with some weird color separation. I included a photo below of the result with the 28mm lens. Sorry the image is so dark it was supposed to be a dark scene. I can see if I still have any footage with the 50mm lens if you want to see what problems I had. To answer your question I wouldn't recommend it.

I shot a plasma a while back, I didn't have any problems with flicker or syncing. The camera I used did have a 144 degree shutter though.

I could be mistaken but I believe they used rear projection in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The scene where Indi and Henry are in the car being chased by an airplane, and they go into a tunnel and the plane follows them. When the plane goes by them and the pilot looks back. I remember hearing that they used rear projection.

I know it doesn't mean much but the IMDB is reporting the cinematic process as anamorphic.

Last time I purchased film stock, The price per foot was the same for either 35mm or 16mm. But this wasn't new stock. I was buying short ends.

I stand corrected, Actually I had my cameras confused. I haven't used the V1U just the Z1U. Thanks for pointing that out David.

It's really a matter of opinion. If it were me I would choose the HVX any day. First off, the V1U doesn't have true 24p like the HVX. I personally thing that the HVX has better color reproduction and better gamma curves then the V1U. As far as in low light, the HVX is a bit noisy. I just came off a shoot using a V1U with and SG-Pro 35mm adapter. I really don't like the way motion looks with the 24f function, and the colors were, well videoish. I thing that the look of the HVX, while still video, is a lot warmer. If you're going to be renting rather then buying I would see if the renal house will let you perform some test with each camera first, maybe that way you decide which will be better for you.

Jim, don't get discouraged or feel like your being run off because of a few cynics. I and I'm sure most of us on this forum appreciate your input. This is a forum to discuss cinematography, its techniques, and tools. It would be completely ignorant of us to dismiss any tool. The first hand knowledge you offer has been a valuable resource.

Why is everyone so passionate one way or another over this camera. As I see it, Red is just another tool that can be considered when planning a project. Yes, film has a number of aesthetic advantages over video, but video or in this case 4K have a number of economic advantages. From a producers stand point, maybe your working on a really tight budget, consider that by alleviating the cost of film stock and possessing you may have more to spend on production design, costumes, postproduction, or what ever. I know this is the wrong place to say this but, the cinematic process is only part of the film not the entire film. My point is, what ever tool allows you to make the best possible movie with the time and money allowed is the better format. If you have the budget and time to shoot film do so, but it?s nice to know that we also have another acceptable choice if needed.

Choreograph the hell out of it. Make sure that both actors know every punch and move that they are supposed to make. I can't stress this enough. From a directing stand point, make sure they throw realistic looking punches. I find that most actors slow down their punches and kicks so they don't hurt anyone, but this always makes the fight look really terrible. Shoot the fight from two opposing angles, and if the budget allows, get as many close ups as possible. Coverage can make or break you fight sequence. You can hide a lot of bad moves with a new angle or a close up.

i tink spel cheker whood be grate!

It would take a huge investment in developing new equipment to make this actually work. I don't think it would ever get off the ground because there is already a good system for printing digital to film, the Arri laser. Also as more movies are shot digital I think that we will start to see more theaters offer digital projection, and then there wont be as much need to make film prints of digitally acquired media. But I could be wrong.

[Either way, everyone has to begin somewhere -- maybe the DP and crew were incredibly inexperienced so this short was the beginning of their education process. The problem is, this wasn't a short it was 97 minutes.