Soderbergh's DPing of the F950

[TheJackyl]

Steven Soderbergh's Bubble was shot on Sony's Cinealta F950. He said no lighting was used and everything came from the sun or existing lamps with no bulb changes. There were actually two scenes he said where an extra light was added. I think the images on the standard dvd look great and the HD version of course looks even better.

What did you think about the lighting in Bubble and how it stacks up against other HD movies?

I didn't noticed anything about the images which struck me as videoish or any instances of poor lighting, everything appeared to be intentional to me. I find it kind of shocking that such great images, or possibly overly adequate ones, could be achieved by setting the f stop and using filters.

What did you think about the photography in Bubble? How did you feel it helped or hindered the direction/storytelling?

 

[Batutta]

I saw it on HDNET. I thought the stuff in the factory looked pretty good. The stuff in the homes frankly looked amateurish to me, like a bad student film. None of this would have mattered much if the story was remotely interesting, but it wasn't, and I'm a fan of some slowly paced movies, just not this one.

 

[DarkMatter]

Can you post a link?

 

[TheJackyl]

He said this on the audio commentary. I am a big fan of Soderbergh's realism which I think he is a master at. Check out K-Street for an a much more in your face example than Bubble.

The audio commentary is also with Mark Romanek, it's very interesting if you appreciate the movie. At first I thought the detective was a real actor, someone who Soderbergh brought in on purpose during the second half of the film. I think he draws the audience's attention and leads them to the end, where Kyle takes back over with Martha. He truly is a detective, the boyfriend's "artistic" house is really that guy's house, Kyle's backstory is all true, and that was Rose's actual daughter. In the commentary they comment on how this is an a unique genre film, not your ordinary murder mystery, where it is not a "who done it," but rather a "why done it." I found that interesting.