Why are we not talking about The Raid: Redemption
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Jon Furtado
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I wish I had it in my area! I SO want to see this. Even before I knew it was an AF100 film.
Menno Mennes
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The Award winning film Slumdog Millionaire is shot on a 2/3 inch camera...and was a blockbuster:thumbsup: In other words, it's (fortunately) not the sensor size wich stipulates the sussess of a movie!
Cheers!
Paul Llewellyn
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I have been looking forward to this film for some time. I had no idea it was shot with the Af100, all I knew was that people have been raving about it as a classic of the genre.
I never even thought to look up the camera even when I heard the director mention the image break up in low light scenes in this interview:
http://moviecitynews.com/2012/03/the-raid-redemption-writerdirector-gareth-evans/
It really does go to show that image quality really isn't everything.
I never even thought to look up the camera even when I heard the director mention the image break up in low light scenes in this interview:
http://moviecitynews.com/2012/03/the-raid-redemption-writerdirector-gareth-evans/
It really does go to show that image quality really isn't everything.
Thank you pharpsied for pointing this out! Just purchased my AF100, and have been reading/watching my AF100 Book and DVD. Excited about watching this movie. It's playing locally! Was supposed to watch, "Wrath of the Titans" w/ the wifey this weekend but after reading this thread, I told her instead we're watching, "The Raid: Redemption" and she said, "Huh? What's that? Are you for real?" 
EidolonFilms
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Just came back from seeing this, and man it was awesome. One of the best action movies I've seen in years. On the cinematography/choreography side it was all top notch. But I did see some horrendous noise issues in lower light scenes, and many times on skin as well which I found annoying. But I'm pretty sure non-filmmakers would never take notice, or just think it's just how film looks.
Honestly, I think they may not have used the best possible settings, and should have perhaps lit the film a little differently to avoid some of the low light issues. There was noise in some scenes that I've never seen come from my AF100 stuff. I do think the AF100 has a distinct look for sure though, but maybe because I've been shooting exclusively with it for over a year, I am hyper sensitive to it.
But of course, it's a great example that it's not the camera that makes the film!
Honestly, I think they may not have used the best possible settings, and should have perhaps lit the film a little differently to avoid some of the low light issues. There was noise in some scenes that I've never seen come from my AF100 stuff. I do think the AF100 has a distinct look for sure though, but maybe because I've been shooting exclusively with it for over a year, I am hyper sensitive to it.
But of course, it's a great example that it's not the camera that makes the film!
Melvin Harris
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I just watched the interview and beside the interviewer talking too much, I laughed. He right. When you are close to something, you see the flaws because after your millionth viewing, what's left to see? Plus, according to hat I saw and heard on the bts stuff, they were shooting with led lights on boom poles and it didn't look like litepads ho or anything like that...
Melvin Harris
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This, I think, is our burden. We know too much. See too much. We get inside and forget to just watch. We critique all of the time and lose the simple joy of just watching... That's why I did the audience poll thing. I wanted to know what unburdened people thought, and they loved it, and so did I.
Melvin Harris
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Thank you pharpsied for pointing this out! Just purchased my AF100, and have been reading/watching my AF100 Book and DVD. Excited about watching this movie. It's playing locally! Was supposed to watch, "Wrath of the Titans" w/ the wifey this weekend but after reading this thread, I told her instead we're watching, "The Raid: Redemption" and she said, "Huh? What's that? Are you for real?"
Ha! Yeah, thats what mine said at first, so I went by myself, you know, to get my mangasm out of the way, and am taking my wife later now that I've been talking about it.
cap10kirk
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Thanks for pointing this film out. I love my AF100. I never had a single complaint. I realized early on that non-filmmakers don't care about pixels, sensor sizes, etc. If you put something compelling on the screen, they'll love it. No matter what it is shot on.
EidolonFilms
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Yea it's hard to watch any film without thinking as a filmmaker about lighting, shot choices, pixel peeping. I usually can get lost in a great film but unfortunately once you think this way it never really goes away.
Jan_Crittenden
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I have said this repeatedly, talent in front of the camera, talent behind the camera, tie that up with a good story line and you will have a film people will want to see.
Thanks for point out this film guys, didn't know.
Best
jan
Erik Naso
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Just got back from seeing The Raid. It was great! Yes some issues with noise and the final scene on the stairs was washed out. Might have had some post issues. The opening shots looked great and those where really dark which makes me think they had some settings mishaps as opposed to camera issues. but like what most people said it didn’t take away from the action. Big thumbs up!
The fighting action is crazy good. I’m a little exhausted.
The fighting action is crazy good. I’m a little exhausted.
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EndCredits
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Very informative interview. But damn the camera op cant stop playing with the zoom!
Illya Friedman
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The Raid used some really nice cinema lenses on Hot Rod PL Tuner Kits. Excellent choice
Melvin Harris
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Ha... yeah, I felt like I had worked out after it. I went again yesterday with my wife. She was mad at me going in, and was talking to me after leaving. I guess watching all of those guys (18 straight in one scene) getting decimated was cathartic for her.
Marriage...
Melvin Harris
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Yes, and I think that some of the techniques they used to shoot the action actually heightened the action. I wonder if it would have felt the same way if they used big "impressive" locked down cameras. Obviously the choreography was spectacular, but the way they shot it really brought it out. I think also about the crop and how they may have used that as an advantage. The crop allowed for them to be further away and still retain a "telephoto" presence. It allowed them to be visually inside but physically outside the action.