Scanner Darkly, A (2006) by Richard Linklater, shot on DVX100s

Emanuel

Emanuel

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Scanner Darkly, A (2006) by Richard Linklater, starring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson and Winona Ryder was exclusively shot with a DVX (rotoscoping in traditional cell animation).

Any other useful info on the subject?

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in Videography magazine it mentioned they chose the dvx because it shot in true 24 progressive frames per second and that it was small enough that they could get shots inside the more compact areas, like apartments, for instance.

another interesting thing mentioned was that while they were composing their shots they didnt need to worry about things like electrical cords or stands being in their shots as they could just 'draw' them out later when the film went through it's animation stage.

i wish i had the article in front of me... but i remember those distinctly. it was a very cool article that really made me proud to own a dvx. (and it seems like every other article in that mag talks about the panny camera! bravo!!)
 
There was also a great article in American Cinematographer on the subject. The most interestnig point to me was that the DP took a lot of care in lighting the DVX-shot video, even though it would later be animated. When he reviewed previously films made the same way, he saw in the animation what he perceived as bad lighting. If the lighting was bad, it came through in what the animators drew. So, he lit the scenes as he normally would, and it produced better images for the animators to work with.
 
I'm surprised this hasn't garnered more interest. The DV/indie community went ga-ga when "28 Days Later" was shot on XL1 cameras (with no real name actors). Here's a DVX-shot picture that stars Keanu Reeves, Woody Harrelson, Robert Downey Jr., Winona Ryder, and a budget of over $8 million. But, granted, it was "painted over" to look like animation so I guess that changes the excitement factor of people wanting to see what the DVX can do on the big screen!

Here's an article on Avid's site about how they got the look and stuff:
http://www.avid.com/profiles/060710_ascannerdarkly_mediacomposer.asp?featureID=1001&marketID=&from=AvidCustomerSuccesses
 
I was camera on the behind the scenes docs for the Scanner DVD , "One Summer In Austin" & "The Weight Of The Line". Just saw 'em last night finally (been traveling). They came out pretty well. Hope ya'll enjoy....
 
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