dvx100a and me

[geniuselvs]

i am due to get a dvx100a delivered tommorow, it has taking me as im sure most of u a while to actually get one. and i have been reading this site for a while and am a new poster. i was just sitting here when i wondered how faithfull we will all be to the dvx100 serious when affordable 24 hd cameras come out with good quality and lil visual comprimise. i mean im just as excited as anyone to shoot on the dvx100a and from what i hear in the right patient hands it can weild some amazing stuff. however we all know that if we could we would shoot using robert rodriguez's cameras. so is the dvx a stepping stone, perhaps a key to a rusty door, or is it indeed a new form of cinema that can stand alone as strong story telling medium. i know for me it will be a long time before i can afford a new camera and accessories so and by then i plan to have worked my dvx100a for all its worth. just curious as to some thoughts, im not biased except for i think film is too sloppy and difficult with lil pay off but u use what u can get.

[Barry_Green]

As long as DVD remains a viable medium for distribution, the DVX will remain a viable means of production.

You can't put high-def content on a DVD. *The only way consumers can get high-def right now is through broadcasting -- there is no mass-market delivery system for high-def DVD or high-def tape or anything like that. And even when the dust settles as to whether the studios will back blu-ray or HD-DVD or whatever, it'll still be years before there's enough players bought and installed in homes to make high-def distribution a practical option.

And all the while that's happening, people will still be watching DVD's...

I think the DVX has plenty of life left in it, and will remain a viable production tool for years to come. *High-def cameras may come, but until the infrastructure is in place to deliver the content, the DVX is still perfectly capable of delivering exquisite DVD quality.

[geniuselvs]

i agree however u dont need a high deff dvd to notice the filmic qualities of something like once upon a time in mexico, in comparison to some really awesome wedding videos shot on mini dv, so true u can not watch footage on a dvd in high def but can feel the difference just like putting film on dvd ur not actually watching film but that feeling were all use to when it comes to motion pictures is still achieved. it just upsets me a lil when i hear the dvx100a used for behind the scenes footage or surveilance camera work in a movie instead a legitimate move medium. like hd and film look different because they r different however hd still has that quality that allows to suspend reality and allow a viewer to get lost as oppsed to like an xl1 which is awe for reality like on the site news. u know what i mean. i agree with u. but this is the closest thing ill use for a long time that will allow that difference in perspective so i really wanna focus on using it wisely. im a loyal fan and i dont even have one lol. like the poster said that fueled my initial interest in the dvx100 series "make a living, flip a switch, make a movie!" words to live by words to die by.

[Barry_Green]

Well, yeah, but...

... you do realize the DVX offers the same 24P feeling as the CineAlta used in "Once Upon A Time In Mexico", right? It has that same 24P, that same suspension of reality.

Get the DVX, shoot in 24P, and you'll see that it delivers the feeling you're looking for, and not at all like the "wedding videos shot on mini dv" look.

[geniuselvs]

im looking forward to it and sitting down and really learning the art. im glad u understood me its a heated debate right now amaong film makers and im glad we could just talk with out getting onesided. ive seen it some of the things posted on the site that quality that im looking for and it makes me proud of my generation, i think it could be concluded that my generation (slightly older slightly younger) is a film making generation, and im glad to see technology leveling the playing field, so that more film makers and writers and actors and set builders and so on get a chance to tell more stories. the audiences r the true winners. however im looking to shoot something film noir-ish but with lots of colors like dick tracey or the twilightzone meets willy wonka but not in a silly way but in a ultra cool, blues jazz rock sorta way a mixture between elvis and miles davis.

[Mike_Donis]

The only thing stopping the DVX from looking like Once Upon A Time In Mexico on DVD is the DoP :)

[monte]

erm and gaffer >:(