I watched this a couple of days ago available through itunes.
Directed by Chris Kenneally and produced by and starring Keanu Reeves it's a discussion of the merits of Film vs Digital featuring James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, The Wachowskis, the newly ex-head of Fox and a whole bunch of cinematographers.
It doesn't go super in-depth where it gets bogged down in techno babble but just enough for the layman to still enjoy it and enjoy it I did. I thought I'd recommend it as I know some folks here will find value in it.
It also goes into the D.I process, digital colour grading, the rise of the use of the Red and Arri digital cameras, the growth of digital projection and the archiving of movies on film vs digital storage.
If any one has seen it already, your thoughts?
"Well here's a big bag of rock salt" - Patton Oswalt
thanks for the heads up.
watched it today..
this should be required watching for anyone on this site.
or for anyone that wonders why film is disappearing and
digital is taking over..
it does seem like a long ad for cameras..
and keanu is actually decent in his questions..
it covers a lot of basic technology and history and
the speakers and examples are interesting..
of course there's quite a good representation of star wars
and lucas about all the pro digital side...
very good..
later
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I don't think it's close to an ad for cameras, it seemed balanced to me. Considering film cameras are no longer produced you have to buy digital and I think all the big companies got equal face time.
And Keanu is pretty great, say what you will about his acting, I've always liked him and he's great in this, a really affable guy. Really passionate about film, knowledgeable and really interested in the changing climate in the industry.
I didn't really want to bring up Lucas but the fact that he surrounds himself with concept art, story boards and monitors like he's self promoting is such a douchey move. And you can see it's not just the room he was in, it was set up that way for the interview, while every other filmmaker is just sitting in a nondescript room.
It's like he has to promote Star Wars at every opportunity and always portray the aura of this creative genius and grand visionary. "OK Keanu I'll do your documentary, but only if I can remind the world I'm the genius that created Star Wars, might sell a few more blu-rays"
"Well here's a big bag of rock salt" - Patton Oswalt
see you auntie said:
And Keanu is pretty great, say what you will about his acting, I've always liked him and he's great in this, a really affable guy. Really passionate about film, knowledgeable and really interested in the changing climate in the industry.
Before I watch I must know what type of camera it was shot on.
DuracellEnergizer said:
I'm sorry, but nothing can excuse the abomination that is The Day the Earth Stood Still remake ;-)
I haven't seen it. I'm not a glutton for punishment.
DominicCobb said:
Before I watch I must know what type of camera it was shot on.
Spoilers ;)
Digital.
Reeves seems to prefer film and the fact the doco is being shot on digital is brought up in one of the interviews.
"Well here's a big bag of rock salt" - Patton Oswalt
On a related note, I've discovered one hour photo processing is starting to vanish from drug stores. They outsource any rolls people bring in, but for how much longer? And there's no longer a pro camera shop in my town. A pain in the butt if you have tons of old family photos or slides you want to preserve.
It's getting harder to keep using my trusty old SLR, and not go digital for good.
Where were you in '77?
see you auntie said:
I don't think it's close to an ad for cameras, it seemed balanced to me. Considering film cameras are no longer produced you have to buy digital and I think all the big companies got equal face time.
i wouldn't have minded it once or twice,
but it was pretty constant at the end.
And Keanu is pretty great, say what you will about his acting, I've always liked him and he's great in this, a really affable guy. Really passionate about film, knowledgeable and really interested in the changing climate in the industry.
like i said, i didn't mind him in this,
since he wasn't really acting
I didn't really want to bring up Lucas but the fact that he surrounds himself with concept art, story boards and monitors like he's self promoting is such a douchey move. And you can see it's not just the room he was in, it was set up that way for the interview, while every other filmmaker is just sitting in a nondescript room.
It's like he has to promote Star Wars at every opportunity and always portray the aura of this creative genius and grand visionary. "OK Keanu I'll do your documentary, but only if I can remind the world I'm the genius that created Star Wars, might sell a few more blu-rays"
i didn't get that at all.
what else would he be talking about?
the point was, he went all digital, and
was one of the forerunners of the technology..
they need a pro-digital voice, and he was definitely
an advocate of it..
the fact that other directors weren't in similar surroundings
was because they're not in that position... would cameron
have been surrounded by avatar figures and storyboards?
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