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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Best Looking Epic Feature

Of the films I have yet to see...
Rust & Bone does look good. Can't tell much about 42 just yet. Gatsby looks amazing. Oz looks amazing, but is also 85% CG in every shot I've seen...


Of what I have seen, Prometheus wins hands down, SpiderMan is definitely up there too and it looks great on Blu-Ray, arguably a better BD transfer than Prometheus with less edge artifacts. If only the Prometheus story lived up to the visuals.... Although, it was a respectable prequel to the Alien franchise and we're talking about the best *LOOKING* Epic feature. The Hobbit is second on my list for looks, for the ones I have seen. Visually there were a few things about the film that bugged me a bit. I'm actually in the camp that thinks HFR 3D is the proper direction for 3D production, however I think the long shutter used for most setups provided too much smoothing and gave it the wrong aesthetic. I understand why they did it -- so playing every other frame back at 24fps, it would have the proper shutter cadence to present standard 24fps film-like motion blur. It worked in that regard. I'm not sure if there would be any other solution, other than moving to a 3-camera rig, shooting the stereo pair with a faster shutter and the oddball camera at 24fps with a more conventional exposure time. Or go with the faster shutter on the 3D rig and then blur and smooth in post for the 24fps presentation...

Not simple decisions there and once you start shooting a feature using one method, you're committed. All things considered, I think the Hobbit looked great -- I'm still trying to wrap my head around why my favorite book when I was a kid, and one of my favorite stories of all time, needed to become a long-winded trilogy, but that's a whole other discussion..
 
Thks for all the responses. I gotta say I thought the 2nd trailer for Gatsby I thought looked amazing! Vibrant colors which seems fresh and new in our world of cold blues and grays that has been the trend for quite a few years now for most features, especially digitally shot ones it seems.

I am also impressed with what Ive seen of Oz and I agree my favorite to date is Prometheus (even though of course this also is a cold look). Im really not impressed that much with 42, dont get me wrong its a very pretty picture but no doubt it looks very digitally shot to me. The Hobbit looked really great also but only 24fps for me, 48 doesnt work for fictional narrative IMO but that isnt what this thread is about.

I still have to say, strictly from the perspective of cinematography....my favorite looking movies are still being shot on film and I am always having DP's and colorists tell me they dont like the look of Epic footage even in comparison to Alexa....Skyfall IMO looks amazing....as the owner of two Epics of course personally it stings to hear artists I really respect poo poo the Epic footage but Im trying to be honest with myself from an artistic point of view, not an owner of gear point of view....what kind of image really touches me.
 
The movie is even better!

Cooke S4 and Angenieux Optimo Lenses



Paul Harb said:
Wow!!! Just watched Rust and Bone trailer....thats gorgeous! Anyone know the lenses they used to shoot this movie?? Thats some of the most organic footage Ive seen shot with an Epic.
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"RUST AND BONE" - best looking digital feature film I've seen.
The skintones were gorgeous... I mention this since there is the skintone thread going on.

Very, very, very rich image - I couldn't tell it was not film.

http://3guysred.com/shot-on-epic-rust-and-bone
 
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