5D Mark II used to shoot entire House season finale

How many times have I seen moire on telly? And not from DSLRs either! Gods if I had a quid for each I could afford my own Red :smile:.

Dave
 
I'm not talking about reality TV or documentary type shows. I never see it in dramas, sitcoms, etc.
 
Lots of aliasing and some moire on last night's episode, I almost thought they'd pulled the 5D Mark II switch early, but I think it was mostly the heavy color correction and effects work. They were playing a lot with color schemes and dealing with different emotions and such and I think extra sharpness was added in, I guess, to show the characters being left bare as they were forced to stay put in the lockdown on the hospital.

In any case, can't wait for that last episode this season!
 
Abaddon said:
I'm not talking about reality TV or documentary type shows. I never see it in dramas, sitcoms, etc.
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Oh yes there is. I mentioned this in another thread many months ago.

It’s funny how I started seeing it. What happened was after reading so much about it here and in other forums I decided one day, while watching the television, to look for it….and then it hit me like a ton of bricks. It was everywhere. It’s funny how I never noticed these things before….but then again I wasn’t looking for it before.
 
they do multicam shooting on 24 with 5d mk II's, jello? moire? aliasing? broadcast standards are typically

oh that's pretty! it's that cheap! LET'S DO IT GUYS!

~producers frolic around~
 
I imagine they would do all they could to make the images as clean as possible. Since aliasing is a problem, I'm sure they did something to reduce or eliminate it. I'm just curious as to what they did.
 
Funny how a few of us got slammed in a thread awhile back for believing that House might actually be shooting a full episode on the 5D.
 
ian-t said:
oh yes there is. I mentioned this in another thread many months ago.

It’s funny how i started seeing it. What happened was after reading so much about it here and in other forums i decided one day, while watching the television, to look for it….and then it hit me like a ton of bricks. It was everywhere. It’s funny how i never noticed these things before….but then again i wasn’t looking for it before.
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+1
 
I see aliasing in TV shows all the time. I agree with the statement about technical and real world. Most people don't even see this stuff.
 
xmephestox said:
they do multicam shooting on 24 with 5d mk II's, jello? moire? aliasing? broadcast standards are typically

oh that's pretty! it's that cheap! LET'S DO IT GUYS!

~producers frolic around~
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I'm not sure money is really the issue. After all, they're still paying crew, actors, grip trucks, craft services, etc. Cutting back on the camera costs would be just a drop in a bucket to them.

Seems like it would be more of a creative decision. And rolling shutter, aliasing, moire issues would be a lot easier to control in a production environment of that type.
 
handsome pete said:
Seems like it would be more of a creative decision. .
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As the director said, they needed to shoot in tight spaces so the smaller camera worked better.

Also, if they normally shoot super 35, they would get more DOF with the 5D. They could have a lot of fun with lens choices for the Canon too, superwide & whatnot. Of course you can get superwide primes from Panavision, but ouch...
 
steventimothy said:
As the director said, they needed to shoot in tight spaces so the smaller camera worked better.

Also, if they normally shoot super 35, they would get more DOF with the 5D. They could have a lot of fun with lens choices for the Canon too, superwide & whatnot. Of course you can get superwide primes from Panavision, but ouch...
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That show doesnt shoot Panavision.

And it was either a scene or two in last nights episode...or the one before where they used the 5D. The DP, Gale, also used the 5D on a commercial, he is a fan.

Ever worked on a TV show? Space is always tight...
 
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