Band of Brothers?

[Mr-Joe]

Hey,

Does any one know what camera was used to film The Mini series The Band of Brothers?

Also how did they do that action cam ... you know when ever they are fighting I read that it was hand held but Was it shot on a different frame rate... You know it just looks so weird ... But cool...

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Re: Band of Brothers?

www.imdb.com says:

Camera
Arriflex 535B
Moviecam SL
Sony HDTV Cameras (interview segments)

Laboratory
Cinesite, London, UK

Film negative format (mm/video inches)
35 mm (Kodak 5289, 5279 and 5274)
Video (HDTV) (interview segments)

Cinematographic process
HDTV (1080p/24) (interview segments)
HDTV (1080p/24) (master format)
Spherical (source format)

Printed film format
Digital (Texas Instruments DLP 1280 x 1024, 1.5 : 1 anamorphic)
Video (HDTV)

Aspect ratio
1.78 : 1

As far as that really cool effects:

I belive they shot 45 degree shutters and did some wonderful POST effects to give it that WW2 feel. Combat footage is handheld (you know, doc style)

 

[Mr-Joe]

Re: Band of Brothers?

Wow thanks... Where did you find out all that info? seems like you were on the shoot yourself heh...

Thanks for the info man.

Ariflex is a pretty popular camera then huh? well for 35mm at least..

 

[J.R. Hudson]

Re: Band of Brothers?

Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan all have this look (shutter speed anyway). It is popular.

Arri is a good camera (better be for a half million dollars) :-/