Speed Racer - The anti DOF approach

Krummi

Krummi

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Well, not anti DOF, but anti shallow DOF..

Susan Sarandon has leaked that the Wachowskis are going to use a new approach to make every frame in Speed Racer be in focus, like the saturday morning cartoon..

Apparently they will be using multiple layers of printed information, which doesn't tell me anything except that maybe they will be shooting the same shot multiple times with different DOFs to build up a single image with infinite DOF...

It's funny that us 35mm adapter nuts keep doing anything for that 35mm shallow DOF, while guys are paying millions for the exact opposite...

Oh...and it will also be rated "G"...
 
Rated "G"? The cartoon wasn't even "G". They talked like they were angry all the time and, not to mention, all the accidents and violence.

The DOF stuff sounds interesting. Will have to wait to see a trailer before making any opinion.
 
tmnt said:
That's the dumbest idea I've heard in while, congrats Wachowski's.
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I think it could potentially work.

Hopefully that aesthetic choice is motivated by the story, as apposed to what I'm expecting: innovation for the sake of being innovative.
 
I think shooting with a deep depth of field is underated. Terrence malick seemed to shoot that way both in the New world and The thin red line. I think it looks more natural.

If 3d filmmaking ever takes off things will have to be shot with an infinite depth of feild. What is in focus will be for the viewer to decide based on what object in the screen they look at.
 
tmnt said:
That's the dumbest idea I've heard in while, congrats Wachowski's.
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Yeah, because then they'll have to rely on lighting and composition to focus your eye, instead of going the cheap and easy route of limiting depth of field.
 
The cartoons used to play with focus and dof quite well, moreso in the newer cartoon release. I suppose it all depends on what the artist thinks is pleasing to the eye. Then again, one of the brothers thinks he makes a pretty woman... We'll just have to wait for the movie and see.
 
It's going to ether be amazing or horribly trying on the eyes. It seems like lack of a focus point would make it hard to quickly find the subject of the shot. But I guess if they keep the shots uncluttered it could look ok...
 
Ok, maybe I jumped the gun but I'm curious at best to see what this is gonna look like.
 
All of the superhero films and cartoons and comic book stuff is some of the more uninspiring crap I have seen

There are a few, here and there I can dig, but overall, Hollywood is mkaing some uninspiring cinema come summertime.
 
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