DVX100 used in behind the scenes - AWESOME!

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SquidLips

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My roomate just directed a 1.5 million dollar film up in Canada and when I saw the behind the scenes footage, I was blown away. It was obviously a 24P camera, I just couldn't tell which one. Since I had just done a feature with one and was not happy with the night time stuff (looked too "video-ish for me) I assumed this stuff I was watching was probably the XL2 or something as it looked incredible and it was all filmed at night.

My roomamte said he was told what the camera was and it wasn't an XL2. So when I said "DVX100"?. He nodded, "yeah, that was it".

All I can say is wow. Using the professional lighting on the set with that camera produced amazing results. I'll try and get captures if I can. Put me back in the DVX camp again after my own disapointing lighting set up with my film.
 
Re: DVX100 used in behind the scenes - AWESOME!

You might try to get DV-RACK from Serious Magic to help you with the lighting problems. Just got mine from ebay new for 299.00 plus tax and shipping. Saved close to 200.00 and even got a t-shirt with it.  After playing with the demo version I'm convinced that with proper white balancing and tweaking I can get a very good output on my DVX. Plus it really compact when using your laptop as your rack.
 
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Never heard of it. What is DV-RACK? A software program? I like the sounds of it :)
 
Re: DVX100 used in behind the scenes - AWESOME!

squid lips, first of all your images looks pretty good. Yes, I would love to see what 1 million dollar budget dvx looks like. Some pics would be nice. thanks!
 
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[quote author=SquidLips link=board=nws;num=1104369385;start=0#2 date=12/29/04 at 21:44:37]
Never heard of it.  What is DV-RACK?  A software program?  I like the sounds of it   :)[/quote]
DV Rack is *the* killer application for desktop video.  Check it out at http://www.seriousmagic.com
 
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Note that DVrack is only available for the PC and not a mac.
 
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I was worried about the Mac issue with DV rack and then realized that if the budget allows you can use a pc laptop with an external firewire drive and record as Quicktime which can then be used in FCP.

I'm interested to try it out. Should have all the gear together in a couple of weeks. If anybody is interested let me know and I'll post how it works out.

Also, I can't wait to hear more about this DVX feature posted originally.
 
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Is the DVrack for laptops or desktops or both? Do you have to have it up and running when your actually on a shoot or is it mainly used after your done shooting?
 
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The DVrack is for both, but running it with a desktop will be even more cumbersome than with a laptop. You have to have it up and running.

Sorry to highjack this topic. Maybe somebody will want to move us. ;D
 
Re: DVX100 used in behind the scenes - AWESOME!

well whre's the footage of that 1.5 million behind the scenes??????

any links????
 
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Does the DV Rack has a 16:9 monitor that will unsqueeze squeeze mode footage on the set?
 
Unsqueezing in DV Rack

Unsqueezing in DV Rack

To elaborate on Barry's entirely accurate but rather brief reply, DV Rack has a feature for setting the Pixel Aspect Ratio from 1.000 (1:1) to 2.400 (12:5). I wish I could tell you about a much-requested augmentation to this feature that is in the works, but that will have to wait for official release of the Patch 3 update, perhaps as soon as this afternoon--I'm testing this patch as I write.... More soon!
 
New DV Rack Shortcuts for 16:9 and 4:3

New DV Rack Shortcuts for 16:9 and 4:3

As promised, this just in...
The third free upgrade to DV Rack, which was posted just hours ago, provides shortcuts for switching to 4:3 or 16:9 pixel aspect ratio. They are F8 and CTRL+F8, respectively.
Another thread on this forum shows the rest of the release notes for this upgrade.
 
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any word on when will the DVX/serious magic bundle will start shipping????
 
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SquidLips,

Ummm was that feature film called "IT WAITS"? Directed by Steven Monroe?
 
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Im the one who filmed all that "Behind the scenes footage"!
 
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[quote author=smithy link=board=nws;num=1104369385;start=0#1 date=12/29/04 at 19:49:52]Saved close to 200.00 and even got a t-shirt with it.  [/quote]

Did you get that stupid "DV Rack saved my Ass" T-shirt that's in their magazine ad? I swear I want to punch that curly!
 
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