VariCam/HVX film nominated for an Oscar

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Barry_Green

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"Taxi To The Dark Side," shot with the VariCam and with an HVX200 as b-camera, has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary category. This is the second nomination for writer/director Alex Gibney, whose prior film "Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room" was also nominated for best doc.

The cinematographer, Gregory Andracke, has multiple Emmys and Peabodys and was DP on several prior Best Doc Oscar nominees. He said:
The ability of the VariCam to deliver 720/24p was a primary consideration, and when the HVX200 came on the market we felt that it was a superb complement to the VariCam, a small package to photograph scenes where the VariCam was too big.’"

“Alex purchased one of the first HVX200s in the U.S., and we took it to
Guantanamo Bay in early 2006, when our shoot began,” Andracke continued. “It was determined that I would use the VariCam for the majority of the shoot and the HVX200 would be used as a cuts camera when necessary.”
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But does it look like Super 16mm? That's what I want to know.

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Cogratulations to the Taxi team, this was indeed an excellent documentary.

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