Hi, I was wondering if anybody has read or knows what settings were used on the HF10 for the filming of CRANK 2 HIGH VOLTAGE? I have read on numerous sites and magazines about the settings used on the A1 but they hardly mention the HF10 except for using the shutter at 1/2000 and that darkens my image a lot. Any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks.
Quick Question about HF10 / HF100 "Crank 2" Settings.
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24p/Cinema Mode
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I know they shot in 24p/cinema mode. If you watch HF10 cinema mode video on an HDTV, it looks very filmic (without a 35mm adapter). Too bad Canon discontinued it. The camera was bad ass. I think people didn't take the camera seriously, because it's so small.
This is what Mark Neveldine (the director of Crank 2) said about the HF10, “We love RED cameras, we’re going to shoot with them again, but it’s like shooting a 35mm film and you need a ton of AC’s and it takes a lot of time for set up,” admits Mark Neveldine. “With the cameras we’re using we literally can point and shoot and we have the same image quality that we had on Crank 1.” :beer:
Here's some video shot on the HF10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwzglQJblCE
Pictured above is a Canon VIXIA HG21 (High Definition 1920x1080, 120GB HDD) on a rod support system. This picture just demonstrates the thought behind shooting a feature film on a 1920x1080 HD camcorder. A refurbished Canon Vixia HF10 cost $499 if you can find one (they used 25 HD cameras to film Crank 2).
The DP Brandon Trost said the following, “As DP, I had as many as 25 cameras to govern on this film,” Trost explained “We had three camera operators shooting, as well as Mark and Brian and myself. Outside of that we also had an AC for each camera. We never had a shot list. Instead it was ‘anything goes.’ Mark and Brian and I collaborated on seeing how many cool shots we could come up with in the heat of the moment, and that’s how we made the movie. Throughout the entire shoot we would plant the little HF10 cameras wherever we could. We put those camcorders on remote-control cars and crazy stuff like that. There were even a couple scenes where the ‘hero shot’ was actually done with an HF10. We also took a half-circle piece of Speed-Rail and mounted eight little HF10’s on it, which was light enough for Mark (the director) to do hand-held shots while skating,” Trost added. “He used it for effects shots and to follow [the movie’s star] Jason Statham while he was running. The idea was to be able to edit the eight cameras’ shots together so the viewer’s perspective on the action scoots from one side of the frame to the other.”
24p/Cinema Mode
I know they shot in 24p/cinema mode. If you watch HF10 cinema mode video on an HDTV, it looks very filmic (without a 35mm adapter). Too bad Canon discontinued it. The camera was bad ass. I think people didn't take the camera seriously, because it's so small.
This is what Mark Neveldine (the director of Crank 2) said about the HF10, “We love RED cameras, we’re going to shoot with them again, but it’s like shooting a 35mm film and you need a ton of AC’s and it takes a lot of time for set up,” admits Mark Neveldine. “With the cameras we’re using we literally can point and shoot and we have the same image quality that we had on Crank 1.” :beer:
Here's some video shot on the HF10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwzglQJblCE
Pictured above is a Canon VIXIA HG21 (High Definition 1920x1080, 120GB HDD) on a rod support system. This picture just demonstrates the thought behind shooting a feature film on a 1920x1080 HD camcorder. A refurbished Canon Vixia HF10 cost $499 if you can find one (they used 25 HD cameras to film Crank 2).
The DP Brandon Trost said the following, “As DP, I had as many as 25 cameras to govern on this film,” Trost explained “We had three camera operators shooting, as well as Mark and Brian and myself. Outside of that we also had an AC for each camera. We never had a shot list. Instead it was ‘anything goes.’ Mark and Brian and I collaborated on seeing how many cool shots we could come up with in the heat of the moment, and that’s how we made the movie. Throughout the entire shoot we would plant the little HF10 cameras wherever we could. We put those camcorders on remote-control cars and crazy stuff like that. There were even a couple scenes where the ‘hero shot’ was actually done with an HF10. We also took a half-circle piece of Speed-Rail and mounted eight little HF10’s on it, which was light enough for Mark (the director) to do hand-held shots while skating,” Trost added. “He used it for effects shots and to follow [the movie’s star] Jason Statham while he was running. The idea was to be able to edit the eight cameras’ shots together so the viewer’s perspective on the action scoots from one side of the frame to the other.”
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Hi, Im looking to know more about this configuration pictured in the upper photo- particularly the adapter for the vixia series and what is the lens used above. Also who makes the rod support system pictured above.
Hey David,
it looks like most of that equipment you've asked for is made by Cinevate. The adapter, the follow focus, and the rods are definitely from Cinevate.
http://www.cinevate.com/website/index.php
As for the lens, I personally cannot tell.
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