filmtovideo
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A while ago I read a great article about this movie that talked extensively
about how the DVX-100 was selected by the DP for budget and low light
performance. Where? I've searched everywhere. It couid have been in
"American Cinematographer", "Creative Cow", "DV" but I can't find it.
I didn't hallucinate. I remember the pictures and the discussion of using
the DVX-100.
Well, I finally saw the "Man Push Cart" on DVD. I love it.
It's too dark in places where I
think they could have thrown in even a couple hundred watts somehow
despite their protestations on the commentary track but I still love this
movie.
The commentary track features the director, the D.P. and the lead actor.
They sound like they have it together but they never mention what camera
they used. At one point I think it's the director who says that they "shot in
HD" but that's the only reference to anything in the realm of camera/format.
Also, it's weird how they all constantly talk about "filming" in that conspicuously
incorrect way that most of us were chastised not to do when we first started
working and used the term generically for shooting until we were told unless
there is film in that there camera; it's not "filming".
After I saw the movie, I raced here because I wanted to read as much as I
could about how this movie was shot and, remembering that magazine
article, I figured DVXuser.com would have terabytes of discussion.
I was shocked to discover that a search turned up one single solitary mention,
a positive review from Spidey, with no replies to that post.
I did NOT see that article in a dream. It was in a reputable trade publication and
it discussed "Man Push Cart" being shot with a DVX-100.
I am so impressed with this movie and I think that it should give tremendous
encouragement to all DVX users if indeed it were shot with a DVX 100.
Does anybody know about this?
By the way, although I do like the movie, and I understand the rationale
for all the long lens shots as discussed on the commentary track, I think
that without some wide shots there's no context to many of the scenes.
That part drove me nuts. I was screaming at the tv for them to widen out
at least once. Also it's weird how they say that they were two or three blocks
away on a lot of their long lens shots. It doesn't sound like they say it in a
figurative manner but unless they had a DVX-100 with a million to one zoom
I'd say 40-50 feet would be more like it in most of those cases.
They made a great film although they say "filming" like high school students
on the first day of tv class; they describe insane distance with the most
literal deliveries and there is stuff in that movie, including women standing
up in a limo flashing that I did not see until it was mentioned on the commentary
track! I saw the limo go by and thought oh yeah, some gals yelling and having
fun but how dark does it have to be when I don't notice two tipsy chicks
displaying their breasts?
If "Man Push Cart" were shot with a DVX-100, well that's proof that you
can make a great movie with this camera, as I'm sure many of you know
already...but I would like to confirm this report!
about how the DVX-100 was selected by the DP for budget and low light
performance. Where? I've searched everywhere. It couid have been in
"American Cinematographer", "Creative Cow", "DV" but I can't find it.
I didn't hallucinate. I remember the pictures and the discussion of using
the DVX-100.
Well, I finally saw the "Man Push Cart" on DVD. I love it.
It's too dark in places where I
think they could have thrown in even a couple hundred watts somehow
despite their protestations on the commentary track but I still love this
movie.
The commentary track features the director, the D.P. and the lead actor.
They sound like they have it together but they never mention what camera
they used. At one point I think it's the director who says that they "shot in
HD" but that's the only reference to anything in the realm of camera/format.
Also, it's weird how they all constantly talk about "filming" in that conspicuously
incorrect way that most of us were chastised not to do when we first started
working and used the term generically for shooting until we were told unless
there is film in that there camera; it's not "filming".
After I saw the movie, I raced here because I wanted to read as much as I
could about how this movie was shot and, remembering that magazine
article, I figured DVXuser.com would have terabytes of discussion.
I was shocked to discover that a search turned up one single solitary mention,
a positive review from Spidey, with no replies to that post.
I did NOT see that article in a dream. It was in a reputable trade publication and
it discussed "Man Push Cart" being shot with a DVX-100.
I am so impressed with this movie and I think that it should give tremendous
encouragement to all DVX users if indeed it were shot with a DVX 100.
Does anybody know about this?
By the way, although I do like the movie, and I understand the rationale
for all the long lens shots as discussed on the commentary track, I think
that without some wide shots there's no context to many of the scenes.
That part drove me nuts. I was screaming at the tv for them to widen out
at least once. Also it's weird how they say that they were two or three blocks
away on a lot of their long lens shots. It doesn't sound like they say it in a
figurative manner but unless they had a DVX-100 with a million to one zoom
I'd say 40-50 feet would be more like it in most of those cases.
They made a great film although they say "filming" like high school students
on the first day of tv class; they describe insane distance with the most
literal deliveries and there is stuff in that movie, including women standing
up in a limo flashing that I did not see until it was mentioned on the commentary
track! I saw the limo go by and thought oh yeah, some gals yelling and having
fun but how dark does it have to be when I don't notice two tipsy chicks
displaying their breasts?
If "Man Push Cart" were shot with a DVX-100, well that's proof that you
can make a great movie with this camera, as I'm sure many of you know
already...but I would like to confirm this report!
