Matching HVX and 35mm footage, Help!!!

abalex

abalex

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Im planing on shooting my feature script next summer. I'm thinking about shooting interiors in HVX and exteriors with 35mm(MOS), the camera belongs to my friend, he has a konvas 35mm 2M with LOMO primes. Do you think I'll be able to match both cameras? ANy problems? Could I match shots through color correction?

thanks
g.
 
Well, my biggest question is why? Is this for a specific look? Why not shoot all HVX or all 35MM? You will never match them perfectly, although you can get pretty close with a very talented colorist.
Ususally people will shoot with different cameras to change the look, say of inside and outside shots, but if you want them to look the same, why not just shoot all the same camera?
 
scharky said:
Well, my biggest question is why? Is this for a specific look? Why not shoot all HVX or all 35MM? You will never match them perfectly, although you can get pretty close with a very talented colorist.
Ususally people will shoot with different cameras to change the look, say of inside and outside shots, but if you want them to look the same, why not just shoot all the same camera?
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I think you're right, I wasn't thinking about style or look, I was just thinking that I could shoot some 35mm MOS and mixed it with HD just to experiement. I wont be able to shoot all the movie in 35mm since it's an mos camera and I just dont have the budget to afford an entire 35mm production. But thanks for the comment I'm gonna try to think about the style and look mixing both mediums.

thanks
g.
 
28 days later mixes sd and film.. the last scene in the movie if i remember right.. when theyre in the field spreading out the "help" sign is the only film used in the movie.
 
But there is a definite reason why they used film for the last scene. One was to make it look good, two and this is just speculation but that is the last thing you see of the movie, so it could be that he wanted to leave a good taste in the viewers mind.
But budget had nothing to do with it, I believe it was boyle who directed it, I'd have to check, but obviously he used the XL1 for the look it gave the film. So again, if you are going for a specific look and have a good reason to change mediums go right ahead, but be aware that matching them to make them look exactly the same will be a headach beyond headaches.
 
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