Kevin Vega
Carbonite Member
We're having a little trouble figuring out what to shoot our company's feature on.
We've been leaning towards RED Epics, Canon C300s, Sony F55s, or Arri Alexas; but with the story line being what it is, we've recently considered shooting film.
This is the synopsis:
After the sudden death of a sibling, Diamond and Amber's idyllic young lives are thrust into a hellish nightmare of abuse at the hands of their father. Unable to cope with the tragic event, parents Jeff and Erica descend into a dark abyss of depression and alcoholism.
Diamond and Amber, growing tired of the abuse, and their mother's acceptance of it, run away to their older sister's (Michelle, 20) house, who has since moved out of the family home. It's a long 100 mile trip of hitchhiking and walking that let's them see the good and bad of modern society.
With that, we've been thinking that the grain of film might add a little subconscious grittiness to the film. We're just dreading the idea of dealing with film labs, dark rooms, dust, short run times, etc.
Looking for opinions.
What about shooting RED and doing grain in post? I just don't know how natural it'll look, though.
We've been leaning towards RED Epics, Canon C300s, Sony F55s, or Arri Alexas; but with the story line being what it is, we've recently considered shooting film.
This is the synopsis:
After the sudden death of a sibling, Diamond and Amber's idyllic young lives are thrust into a hellish nightmare of abuse at the hands of their father. Unable to cope with the tragic event, parents Jeff and Erica descend into a dark abyss of depression and alcoholism.
Diamond and Amber, growing tired of the abuse, and their mother's acceptance of it, run away to their older sister's (Michelle, 20) house, who has since moved out of the family home. It's a long 100 mile trip of hitchhiking and walking that let's them see the good and bad of modern society.
With that, we've been thinking that the grain of film might add a little subconscious grittiness to the film. We're just dreading the idea of dealing with film labs, dark rooms, dust, short run times, etc.
Looking for opinions.
What about shooting RED and doing grain in post? I just don't know how natural it'll look, though.
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(but then again, an Alexa will produce a better picture then C300) If you have a "so-so" crew then shoot RAW with as much bitdept and dynamic range you can get. So you can work around production mistakes in post.
