chris_livsey Posted February 22, 2011 Share #1 Posted February 22, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Film is dying ? Not for cinema: Advertisement Link says ad but goes direct to the article Towards the end: "I've been really lucky that the bulk of my work in the past five years has been on film. I'm a bit spoiled really and not in the real world, I admit." ChrisL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Hi chris_livsey, Take a look here The King's Speech - shot on 35mm film. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Mike Rawcs Posted February 22, 2011 Share #2 Posted February 22, 2011 Wonder what film stock was used? Good post, thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpolzfuss Posted February 22, 2011 Share #3 Posted February 22, 2011 Wonder what film stock was used? The King's Speech (2010) - Technical specifications says "Fuji Super F-64D 8522, Eterna Vivid 160T 8543, Eterna Vivid 500T 8547" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhsimmonds Posted February 22, 2011 Share #4 Posted February 22, 2011 It is great cinematography and a superb film in every sense. Having grown up in England when George 6th was our Monarch, I was rather nervous to see how well the film would portray this critical period in our long history......I was not disappointed at all. The atmosphere and attention to detail was prevalent everywhere. Film was a good choice! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgray Posted February 22, 2011 Share #5 Posted February 22, 2011 Lots of films are still shot on film. So are quite a few TV shows. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StS Posted February 23, 2011 Share #6 Posted February 23, 2011 "Inception" was filmed on film. Someone, who produes films for TV stations just told me they start to do the transition from videotape to digital now. Stefan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riccis Posted February 23, 2011 Share #7 Posted February 23, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) For those of you interested, check out this post (Twin Lens Life ~ Fine Art Film Photography ~Los Angeles Southern California: In The Bleak Midwinter - New Kodak Portra400 vs Vision3 500T 35mm) from some friends of mine that shoot the 500T as their low light color film. You can see plenty of images in their blog and, if you are willing to put up with all the work needed to shoot this thing, it is very inexpensive to shoot. Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted February 23, 2011 Share #8 Posted February 23, 2011 Kodak: film No Compromise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted February 25, 2011 Share #9 Posted February 25, 2011 What I really liked about this movie apart from the the acting, story and rendering is the sometimes quite extreme use of wide angle lenses and distorted perspectives. It happened quite a lot, that I hit rewind, pause and admired the selections of the cinematographer - fantastic, creative work! I am not a wide angle shooter by any stretch, but this movie is a MUST for anybody loving extreme wide angles (Ken Rockwell must loooove this movie)! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted February 28, 2011 Share #10 Posted February 28, 2011 Oscars' Night update: The King's Speech wins Best Picture - but more significantly, Inception won Best Cinematography. Shot on 35mm - AND Vistavision and 65mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted February 28, 2011 Share #11 Posted February 28, 2011 It happened quite a lot, that I hit rewind, pause and admired the selections of the cinematographer ! Did they kick you out of the cinema? Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted February 28, 2011 Share #12 Posted February 28, 2011 Did they kick you out of the cinema? Pete I am the Filmvorführer and them doors are safe as a bunker ;-) No seriously, when I moved from Germany to China, one of the most missed things I regularly went is the movies. There are plenty cinemas in China as well, but no independent ones, no specialized ones. There are no places, where you can rent movies. The only means, to watch movies in China mainland is to either stick to cut versions of main Hollywood blockbusters (bad Chinese synchronized with underlines mostly) or buy DVDs in the shops (these are pirated DVDs in open shops, as you would go to the bakery and buy bread). Many Chinese people think, people, who go to the DVD shops and pay for a DVD are nuts, as you can watch all major blockbusters for free on internet streams anyway. When I am in Europe, I make it a must, to go to the movies every second day, to catch up that feel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 28, 2011 Share #13 Posted February 28, 2011 What I really liked about this movie ... Which one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted February 28, 2011 Share #14 Posted February 28, 2011 Which one? "The King's Speech" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted February 28, 2011 Share #15 Posted February 28, 2011 Naively, I thought that the DVD wasn't available until May, but then I read your subsequent post... No wonder the number of really good films released has plumeted over recent years. I'm amazed that some of the film companies are still in business. (I'm not blaming you, by the way, just the attitude of authorities to piracy on such a scale) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StS Posted February 28, 2011 Share #16 Posted February 28, 2011 Just to mention the Academy Awards this year covered quite some film-filmed film-meters, Inception got one for "best camera" as well and "The King's Speech" did obviously not suffer from the used medium. I would rate both films to the best I saw in the last months. Stefan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted February 28, 2011 Share #17 Posted February 28, 2011 Naively, I thought that the DVD wasn't available until May, but then I read your subsequent post... No wonder the number of really good films released has plumeted over recent years. I'm amazed that some of the film companies are still in business. (I'm not blaming you, by the way, just the attitude of authorities to piracy on such a scale) Well understood Andy. What is not very easy to grasp by western people, who never visited China, is, how very different the perspectives in thinking about matters as piracy are. This is a very, very different country in a completely unique situation, rising with phenomenal pace to one of the world leading economies from what many Chinese people still proudly claim a development country. … I am straying wayyyy OT here, back to the movies. I am amazed, "Inception" has been shot on film Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonR Posted March 3, 2011 Share #18 Posted March 3, 2011 Fortunately most of the cinema capable digital cameras have a really convoluted workflow. The Arri Alexa camera looks to have solved this which may hasten the switch to digital. But bear in mind that (budget permitting) there will always be some filmmakers who want a film look so will continue using it. A case in point would be Black Swan which is mostly shot on super-16mm which has visible grain when projected at the cinema. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted March 3, 2011 Share #19 Posted March 3, 2011 "A case in point would be Black Swan which is mostly shot on super-16mm which has visible grain when projected at the cinema." Except for the parts shot with a Canon 7D and other Canons: EOSHD.com - Darren Aronofsky's new film Black Swan shot on 7D, 5D Mark II and 16mm Obviously "Inception" used massive amounts of CGI (images created IN a computer) - but film for the live work and the images on which the CGI parts were based. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgray Posted March 3, 2011 Share #20 Posted March 3, 2011 Again, not to sound it like a know it all, but quite a lot of movies are still filmed on film. Most, if not all, of the best picture nominees every year are. As mentioned, even 16mm is getting used in higher profile movies, like Black Swan, The Hurt Locker, and The Wrestler. Certain directors have said they will always shoot on film: Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan. While there are definitely more and more movies shot on digital, and more movies that shoot some scenes on digital, I think that film origination is still the norm in big budget Hollywood productions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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