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ah yes ... that would be right.. I cant remember if they said if they were actually shooting right at midday .. but yes I guess they must have been shooting with some ND.. keep forgetting there are camera,s without in built ND,s.. .. :)

 

Thanks for the link Satsuki .. seems some copy right thing going on.. great talk though..

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David Mullen ASC; your stills and VIMEO footage remind me of the final showdown between the wizard and dragon in the Disney-Paramount coproduction of "Dragonslayer". I never gave any day for night shots much credence because nothing of what I saw on the screen looked like what the human eye sees at night, but it's very amazing to me that those day for night shots really hit a homerun when emulating what an actual night shoot would look like with the right technology. I've got new respect for the DPs who did all those day for night shots pre 1980s. Incredible.

 

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Here are some screen grabs off another site, and they illustrate the point I was trying to make;

 

http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Dragonslayer5.jpg

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-07UL1SIHlik/U_xDyT4JN1I/AAAAAAAABiQ/TeMsjib7lEs/s1600/Dragonslayer07.jpg

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aOQLE4Fqk3w/S9CFizLi5sI/AAAAAAAAE00/r7MEQQtc3T0/s1600/vlcsnap-00048.jpg

 

Those are all studio shots, but to my eyes they look like they were shot with a low light DSLR without any filters. Derek Vanlint (director of photography) knew what he was doing. Wow.

 

Overall I think it's one of the best shot films of all time, but the night sequences compared to your posted footage, really blow me away.

 

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