my trailer posted on Apple.com

I really want to see your film. It's in Phoenix in 3 days. Your skills and story are an inspiration to me. Hard work surely pays off and for crying out loud it's about time Apple posted the trailer! Are you still shooting with the DVX or are you upgrading?
 
the movie looks amazing; i can't wait till it comes out on dvd.

if you wouldn't mind sharing, i'm sure we'd all like to know about the process you used to blow it up to hd for film transfer. the image quality is stunning.
 
Oh wow...

I would imagine the raw footage is mindblowing.

Congratulations on getting your film out there though, nice work.

I remember seeing this before, and maybe asking these same questions:
How did you get your footage to look so nice and filmic? It looks so great. Is there any unrezzed, un cc'd footy you can show, or is that too much.
 
I, like everyone else so far, am completely inspired. This trailer blew me away. The cinematography really was terrific, as well as the sound (from what I could catch in the trailer.)

I wish all the best for you and this film, and hope to see it eventually. An oscar nod as well? That's fantastic!
 
jlongley said:
Apple.com finally posted the HD trailer for my IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS documentary film.

I originally shot the footage on DVX100 and DVX100A cameras in 24pA mode, letterboxed.

The finished film was blown up to HD for color correction and film transfer. I cut everything in Final Cut Pro.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/iraqinfragments/hd/
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Hey,

I agree the image quality is stunning indeed. My question is how do you get HD versions if you shoot in standard definition (SD)?

Chris
 
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[ technical notes ]

IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS was shot with Panasonic DVX-100 and DVX-100A cameras, using 24p Advanced Pulldown mode, letter-boxed. All sound was recorded on the camera.

300 hours of material were recorded in Iraq between February 2003 and April 2005 for the production. 1600 pages of typed, time-coded, translated transcripts were used in editing.

The film was edited by Billy McMillin, James Longley and Fiona Otway using Final Cut Pro software running on Apple Macintosh computers.

The film was blown up to High Definition size and color corrected at Modern Digital in Seattle.
Dolby Digital sound mixing took place at Bad Animals studios in Seattle.

File-to-Film recording was done at Alpha Cine Labs in Seattle.
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That is from his website explaining the blow up process. I believe he rendered each frame out as a still for them. Mr. Longley is one of the giants here. Not too many Oscar nominees and Sundace multi-winners float around. I am very humbled. The man risked his life for that film. It's priceless.
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On Sunday afternoon, I was looking at the article about your film in DV magazine, for the third or fourth time, the first two times I really didn't understand it. hahh, and when I read it this time, it was SO inspiring to find out that some guy in Seattle made this awesome doc with dvx100a's. It really is amazing, and it gives me a lot of inspiration.
Alright, my geek fest is over for now hahh. Good luck at the Oscars! I hope you get it!
 
congrats to you mr. longley. Major props.
you and your team are an inspiration to everyone here. you have proven that we have one of the best cameras out there.
 
i remember your screen grabs from awhile back. big congratulations and extreme good luck on the oscar...you have all of dvxuser pulling for you...i know you have to wear a tux, but when you win throw a dvxuser tee :)
 
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