Open Water

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mrbimmer

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Does anyone know what kind of cameras were used to film Open Water...It looks extremely DV. I saw the preview in theatres and the 35mm blow up looks terrible..Very digital...What the hell is it about anyway? Looks cool, and kinda weird..
 
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Hmm..maybe that was the look they were going for..trying to make it more blair witch home video type movie...
 
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I talked to the filmaker prior to Sundance and they said "I wish we had the DVX100!". IAL is correct; they used the VX2000.
 
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I wrote the director and he responded telling me this much about the film..

"sony vx-2000 and sony pd-150.   budget was around $130,000.     no cg, no stunt people. all the sharks in the film are real, live,  and the actors are in the water with them. 

 

hope you enjoy the film!

good luck with your filmmaking."
 
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[quote author=Terry_Lasater link=board=Offtopic;num=1085858670;start=0#6 date=06/01/04 at 10:03:38]hospital bills.[/quote]

LOL ;D
 
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shooting w/a Sony VX about people swimming w/sharks,no CG, and no Richard Dreyfuss cost $130,000, and then the guy running show was quoted as wishing he had a ($3500) DVX cam? Robert Rodriguez could've filmed the sharks playing the guitar and shooting other sharks for less than a quarter of that budget--in fact, we ALL could have made 10 shark movies with budget!
 
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Alot of the budget probably went to the transfer to film. The director probably sent plenty of copies to plenty of film fests and that costs money. I am sure a lot of the budget was for the transfer..... :P
 
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you're right about the film transfer(a HUGE gamble, when they could've shown distributors a video version)and that's probably where 80-90 of the budget went to--but $130,000?! If I were able get funding for even half that budget, my first movie getting into Sundance wouldn't be about sharks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . unless, they were EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EVIL sharks ;D
 
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I'd love to have 10,000 for my next project.

Hell, 1,000 would be better than what I got now...

Other than my DVX, the last short I did cost about 100 bucks or so- and it didn't look cheap at all. We had lighting and such that most people think it looks exactly like film...
 
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I think if the mojority of the $130 for film transfer is a bit excessive..even at $600 per min. But everything cost money these days....food for crew, accomodations, equipment, etc..etc..etc.
 
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Prosthetics and Chum. Per John Hudson..

Iam still laughing..Thats a good one! ;D
 
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