If anyone is interested I went to the second screening of a film called 'Van Deimen's Land' last night. Its an Aussie film made by a couple of young guys, self funded - and shot on RED.
All natural light... shot in the bush.
About early Tasmania convict colonials who resort to cannibalism.
This thing looks great! I had no idea it was shot on RED until the Q&A after the show. Initially I was thinking - these guys have about a 3 mil budget that's a lot for a self-funded project... turns out the budget was incredibly slim... they wouldn't give us a number as they were trying to sell the film... but I imagine under 100K.
I shoot almost everything on RED and still didn't recognize the footage, I thought it was 35mm.
The film did have an over the top grade - contrasty and desaturated... suited the tone and era of the film and perhaps covered any potential digital looking artifacts in certain tones... if indeed there were any.
I was initially interested in seeing the film as we have a project going into production end of this year which is also about early settlers... just a weird coincidence that these guys have made a film in the same genre and in the same way that we are making ours... inspirational and encouraging.
All I can say is, doesn't matter what it is that you want to see, go and see anything shot on RED at the cinema, it almost confusing how amazing it looks.
cheers
Tim
