Sin City: first HD film shot in 4:4:4!

Yup, I got confused. I'm dead wrong on RR using VariCam. I was informed at a VariCam workshop by Chuck Lee, the Fuji Rep, that RR was using Fuji HD zoom and prime lenses so I figured he used the VariCam as well... Guess I didn't look at it any deeper than that.

According to HDexpo.net, millions was shot on a VariCam and recently screened to a small group of 100 VIP's at the HD Expo West earlier this month on March 3. That is my source.

Brian
 
I take that back, too. The snippet on their website, the HDExpo website, gives mention of a screening of millions at their expo, but says nothing about its aquisition format. Sorry.

Brian
 
According to HDexpo.net, millions was shot on a VariCam and recently screened to a small group of 100 VIP's at the HD Expo West earlier this month on March 3. That is my source.
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All I see on HDEXPO.net is some information about a 100-person screening of the film, but nothing about it being shot on any *Video* format. In fact, imdb.com lists the company credits and it clearly states the films used ARRI cameras. So, from what I have researched, I'd say I'm 95% sure it's FILM. I'm still looking for more definitive answers. ~reservoir~
 
Um...here we go...here's the definitive answer. Yes it is indeed FILM:

ARRICAM IN-CAMERA SLATE SYSTEM SAVES 'MILLIONS'

Millions is the latest production of Director Danny Boyle's (Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, A Life Less Ordinary & The Beach among others), currently filming on location in Liverpool. The DoP, Denmark based Anthony Dod Mantle, is using two ARRICAMs; one Lite and one Studio. The story is centred around two boys, aged nine and twelve, who stumble upon a hidden stash of one million Pounds in cash. It is set some time in the near future and supposes that the UK has decided to convert from the Pound Sterling to the Euro. Because the date of currency transition is looming, the boys only have a few days to spend their find before it becomes worthless. The film revolves around the adventures that unfold in the course of their attempt.

Due to the tender age of the lead actors, the Production team was worried that the use of a traditional clapperboard would be too intrusive and off-putting. During the usual pre-shoot planning, Arri Media suggested that the ARRICAM system with the In-camera Slate seemed the perfect answer: The camera could be started discretely at any time without any fuss or risk of distracting the young actors. As a result, Danny Boyle, Anthony Dod Mantle and the Producer, Tracey Seaward came into Arri Media to look at the ARRICAMS and the In-camera Slate system.

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Suitably impressed, tests were then conducted to prove the system and ensure things worked as expected. The crew shot a few scenes on location with the soundman, Dennis Cartwright, and the ARRICAMS equipped with the In-camera Slate Box (ISB). The rushes were sent to Technicolor who developed the footage and struck a print for viewing on a Locpro.

From here, the sync test took two different routes. One was to produce sync rushes for the Avid via a telecine. This was done by Jim Guthrie at Arion, who used the man readable time code of the In-camera Slate system to synchronise to the sound.

The other route used the print to produce sync rushes for location viewing on the Arri Locpro. This was done by a company called Synxspeed on a traditional film synchroniser, who again employed the man readable time code.A 24 fps time coded DAT was copied from the synchronised sepmag. This DAT was played back in a player chasing the time code output of the Locpro to prove the sync rushes projection route. Both routes of the sync test worked faultlessly and, at the time of writing, the production is in its last week of shooting, having used the In-camera Slate system throughout.
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Source:

The ARRI Newsletter

http://www.arri.com/news/newsletter/articles/55859536810/in_camera.htm

~reservoir~
 
i worked on a Danny Boyle movie for about 2 weeks before it got shut down. the movie centered around a warehouse. danny was going to shoot everything outside the warehouse on film and everything inside on guess what? DVX100's....it would have been pretty cool...he loved the look of the video the dvx could put out...he shot loads of test footage with it. imagine the press that would have happened because of it...would have been alot like what 28 days later conjured up....oh well.
 
According to an interview I read, RR didn't tell the guild to "F-off". He didn't protest or make a big show of it. He simply resigned from the guild, quietly. He didn't make a fuss or cuss them out or speak negatively of the guild when he did it. But he did quit because he wanted to share the director credit with Miller. RR's agent informed the press about his quitting the guild.
 
reservoir said:
Yep....RR has got some of the biggest Ka-Hoon-Eys in Hollywood. He told the DGA to F' off!! Not the other way around!! Hollywood is soooo crazy about guilds and freakin' unions that if two people are not in a particular organization *together*, they can't "technically" work together. Absolutely Crazy!! So yeah....RR resigned.
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Read the whole post Tlalconetl!! Saying he told the guild to "F-off" was meant to be figurative and NOT LITERAL!! Geez...it plainly says *RR resigned*. Use a little intuition when reading these posts and don't take them so literal. In other words...Yes RR did tell the guild to F-off....by resigning!! Him sending the message of "Screw you guys...I'm going home"!! I think it is implied rather than *said*. Thanx!! ~reservoir~
 
Actually, Reservoir, I don't think he had a "screw you guys" state of mind. From what I've read, Rodriguez actually resigned so as not to HARM the guild. Not every director in the industry can get away with the things Rodriguez, Tarantino, and Lucas do because they don't all have major clout like these guys. Rodriguez allegedly reasoned that it was in the best interest of EVERYONE to simply resign quietly so as not to set a harmful precedent that can hurt directors down the line. (Multiple directors could potentially HURT a situation. Imagine a studio using multiple directors to the detriment of filmmakers. See: Superman 2)

Cheers,
the FOB
 
kidfob said:
Actually, Reservoir, I don't think he had a "screw you guys" state of mind. From what I've read, Rodriguez actually resigned so as not to HARM the guild. Not every director in the industry can get away with the things Rodriguez, Tarantino, and Lucas do because they don't all have major clout like these guys. Rodriguez allegedly reasoned that it was in the best interest of EVERYONE to simply resign quietly so as not to set a harmful precedent that can hurt directors down the line. (Multiple directors could potentially HURT a situation. Imagine a studio using multiple directors to the detriment of filmmakers. See: Superman 2)

Cheers,
the FOB
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What ever you say FOB. But when a director with the status of RR, QT, or Lucas resigns from the Guild. It sends a powerful message!! Thank you and have a nice day!! ~reservoir~
 
reservoir said:
What ever you say FOB. But when a director with the status of RR, QT, or Lucas resigns from the Guild. It sends a powerful message!! Thank you and have a nice day!! ~reservoir~
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reservoir,
you're one of those real touchy guys, ain't ya? i'll be gentle with you.
 
Tlalconetl said:
reservoir,
you're one of those real touchy guys, ain't ya? i'll be gentle with you.
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I can't help it. I have *Sensitive Male Personality*!! Take it easy with me for sure. I don't want to get thrown outta' here *again*. :)
Just kidding!! You know I can take the abuse!!

~reservoir~
 
I fail to see how multiple director would hurt the director's 'union'. RR lost a flick with Paramount because of that. Frank Miller needed lots of convincing before he would give it away to be made into a movie.

I saw SIN CITY monday. Almost every shot and EVERY line of dialog is exactly like it is in the comic book. Robert dealt with actors and ran the camera, frank had already done most of the films framing, set design already in his comic. In my opinion RR realized it would be criminal not to share directing credit.

BTW this movie was so good, I couldn't sleep that night. Last movie that did that to me Chan Wook-Park's OLD BOY. And before that it was requiem for a dream. SIN CITY IS PERFECT, if you can stomach the violence.

josh
www.loyaltythemovie.com
 
got my copy of loyalty......it's amking the rounds among my film head friends...it's funny as hell...I hope there was a stab at humor there,...because it is funny.
 
That is an imperssive opening, espcially given the budeget. (The movie was incredibly beautiful and with a great cast consideing the budget.)

The "look" is combination of CGI backgrounds and adjusted curves for the keyed parts. You wouldn't really want magic bullet, you'd probably want the curves adjustment (or color corrector 3 way in FCP), desaturation, and masks around areas you want to keep saturated.
 
brdplya1 - Thanks that comment made the whole thing worth it. Means you got it. 80% of the movie is really meant to be funny if your a twisted bastard like we are. It amuses me to no end watching 'normal movie' people watch Loyalty half of em get it and half of 'em are chomping there nails AFRAID to laugh. Seriously that is the coolest thing anyone has said about it. Thanks. I'm casting the next one this weekend. This time I'm gonna be serious and mean violent instead of fun violent.

Make copies and distribute all ya want. We just put a review section up on the site. BTW.
 
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